NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1978 NCAA Championships

134 lb

Champion Ken Mallory, Montclair State (NJ).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd and 5th place bouts

  1. 1Ken MalloryMONC
  2. 2Frank DeAngelisOU
  3. 3Franc AffentrangerCSUB
  4. 4Brian BrownF&M
  5. 5Mike ChinnLSU
  6. 6Rande StottlemyerPITT

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dan Cysewski Jr., Indiana (IN) over Art Haberman, Florida — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Lee Roy Smith (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Polsinelli, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 3:46 · View bout
  3. Mike Mathies (5), Portland State (OR) over Brad Isom, Weber State (UT) — Fall 3:28 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Walsh, Cleveland State (OH) over Lee Roy Smith (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) over Tom Scotton Sr. (6), Bucknell (PA) — Dec 14–10 · View bout
  3. Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Bob Trapino, Wisconsin — Dec 20–14 · View bout
  4. Dane Ives, Missouri over Scott Arnel, Rhode Island — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  5. Dave Blake, Arizona over Mike Walsh, Michigan State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  6. Ed Maisey, Brigham Young (UT) over Dan Caballero, Oregon State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  7. Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield over Butch Campbell, Temple (PA) — DQ · View bout
  8. Frank DeAngelis, Oklahoma over Dan Cysewski Jr., Indiana (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  9. Ken Mallory (8), Montclair State (NJ) over Frank Gilpin, New Mexico — MD 15–6 · View bout
  10. Kurt Mock (7), Kentucky over Kevin Roesch, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  11. Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State over Les Standerfer, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  12. Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Mike Mathies (5), Portland State (OR) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  13. Ron Voss, Western Michigan over Andy Zook, Millersville (PA) — Sup 19–7 · View bout
  14. Steve Hunte (2), Iowa over Anthony 'Buddy' Lee, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 6:57 · View bout
  15. Steve Silverberg, Virginia over Mark Warner, Iowa State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  16. Tyrone Rose, Nevada-Las Vegas over Dennis Lewis, Ball State (IN) — MD 13–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Walsh, Cleveland State (OH) over Ron Voss, Western Michigan — MD 16–8 · View bout
  2. Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Ed Maisey, Brigham Young (UT) over Bobby Sparks, Washington (WA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield over Steve Silverberg, Virginia — Fall 1:20 · View bout
  5. Frank DeAngelis, Oklahoma over Steve Hunte (2), Iowa — Dec 7–7 · View bout
  6. Ken Mallory (8), Montclair State (NJ) over Tyrone Rose, Nevada-Las Vegas — MD 15–6 · View bout
  7. Kurt Mock (7), Kentucky over Dane Ives, Missouri — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Blake, Arizona — Dec 12–7 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Ed Maisey, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield over Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  3. Frank DeAngelis, Oklahoma over Kurt Mock (7), Kentucky — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  4. Ken Mallory (8), Montclair State (NJ) over Bill Walsh, Cleveland State (OH) — Fall 5:25 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Frank DeAngelis, Oklahoma over Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 15–8 · View bout
  2. Ken Mallory (8), Montclair State (NJ) over Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield — Dec 14–12 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ken Mallory (8), Montclair State (NJ) over Frank DeAngelis, Oklahoma — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State over Bob Trapino, Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Steve Hunte (2), Iowa over Dan Cysewski Jr., Indiana (IN) — Sup 16–1 · View bout
  3. Steve Silverberg, Virginia over Butch Campbell, Temple (PA) — MFF · View bout
  4. Tyrone Rose, Nevada-Las Vegas over Frank Gilpin, New Mexico — MD 10–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State over Ed Maisey, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Steve Silverberg, Virginia — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  3. Steve Hunte (2), Iowa over Kurt Mock (7), Kentucky — Dflt · View bout
  4. Tyrone Rose, Nevada-Las Vegas over Bill Walsh, Cleveland State (OH) — Fall 5:08 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State over Steve Hunte (2), Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Tyrone Rose, Nevada-Las Vegas — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield over Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Franc Affentranger (4), California-Bakersfield over Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Chinn (3), Louisiana State over Rande Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh (PA) — MFF · View bout