NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1978 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Dan Hicks, Oregon State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Dan HicksORST
  2. 2Andy ReinWIS
  3. 3Scott TrizzinoIOWA
  4. 4John MechamBYU
  5. 5Mike MooreLH
  6. 6Randy NielsenISU

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bob Harwick, Virginia over Ralph McCausland, Eastern Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Frank Pucino, Rhode Island over Jerry Disimone, Colorado State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Steve Cavayero, Binghamton (NY) over Mike Collins, Florida — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andy Rein (2), Wisconsin over Steve Cavayero, Binghamton (NY) — MD 19–8 · View bout
  2. Brad Alfred, Boise State (ID) over Mark Truitt, Marshall (WV) — Fall 4:40 · View bout
  3. Charles Shelton, Oklahoma State over Bob Harwick, Virginia — Dec 15–8 · View bout
  4. Dan Hicks (1), Oregon State over Greg Drenik, Cleveland State (OH) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  5. Dennis Brighton Sr. (6), Michigan State over Larry Kihlstadius, Navy (MD) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  6. Donald Moore, William & Mary (VA) over Mike Pollock, Missouri — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  7. Doug Smith, Washington (WA) over Larry Griffith, Oklahoma — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  8. Dru Meshes, Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Robert McDowell (7), San Jose State (CA) — Fall 3:12 · View bout
  9. John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) over Mike Hogan, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  10. Larry Buckner, Nevada-Las Vegas over Frank Pucino, Rhode Island — Dec 12–11 · View bout
  11. Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) over Milan Yakovich, Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:01 · View bout
  12. Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State over Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 3:53 · View bout
  13. Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa over Casper Tortella, Wilkes (PA) — Sup 20–4 · View bout
  14. Steve Grubman (5), Princeton (NJ) over Kent Kraft, Northern Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  15. Tim Mousetis, Kentucky over Gary Hines, New Mexico — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  16. Tim Welch, Auburn (AL) over Paul Hibbs Jr., Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 14–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Andy Rein (2), Wisconsin over Brad Alfred, Boise State (ID) — Sup 24–9 · View bout
  2. Dan Hicks (1), Oregon State over Tim Welch, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. Dennis Brighton Sr. (6), Michigan State over Tim Mousetis, Kentucky — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  4. Doug Smith, Washington (WA) over Dru Meshes, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 13–9 · View bout
  5. Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) over Charles Shelton, Oklahoma State — Dec 14–9 · View bout
  6. Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State over Larry Buckner, Nevada-Las Vegas — Fall 4:32 · View bout
  7. Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa over John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  8. Steve Grubman (5), Princeton (NJ) over Donald Moore, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Andy Rein (2), Wisconsin over Doug Smith, Washington (WA) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  2. Dan Hicks (1), Oregon State over Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) — MD 13–2 · View bout
  3. Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State over Steve Grubman (5), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  4. Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa over Dennis Brighton Sr. (6), Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Andy Rein (2), Wisconsin over Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa — DQ · View bout
  2. Dan Hicks (1), Oregon State over Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dan Hicks (1), Oregon State over Andy Rein (2), Wisconsin — Dec 11–9 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Greg Drenik, Cleveland State (OH) over Tim Welch, Auburn (AL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) over Casper Tortella, Wilkes (PA) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  3. Larry Buckner, Nevada-Las Vegas over Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 3:00 · View bout
  4. Steve Cavayero, Binghamton (NY) over Brad Alfred, Boise State (ID) — Fall 5:37 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) over Dennis Brighton Sr. (6), Michigan State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Larry Buckner, Nevada-Las Vegas over Steve Grubman (5), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) over Greg Drenik, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Steve Cavayero, Binghamton (NY) over Doug Smith, Washington (WA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) over Steve Cavayero, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) over Larry Buckner, Nevada-Las Vegas — Fall 3:01 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) over Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa over Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) — Sup 17–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Scott Trizzino (3), Iowa over John Mecham, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mike Moore (8), Lock Haven (PA) over Randy Nielsen (4), Iowa State — Sup 14–2 · View bout