1979 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

10weights

10individual champions

496recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 118 lb, 126 lb, 134 lb, 142 lb, 150 lb, 158 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 190 lb, Unlimited lb.

1979 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Gene Mills	Syracuse (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Randy Lewis	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Darryl Burley	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Dan Hicks	Oregon State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Bruce Kinseth	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Kelly Ward	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Mark Churella	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Mark Lieberman	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Eric Wais	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Fred Bohna	California-Los Angeles all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1979 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa all-time	122.5
2	Iowa State all-time	88
3	Lehigh (PA) all-time	69.75
4	Oregon State all-time	60.5
5	Wisconsin all-time	56.5
6	Oklahoma State all-time	52.75
7	Minnesota all-time	43.75
8	Arizona State all-time	34.5
9	Oklahoma all-time	31.5
10	Michigan all-time	25
11	Syracuse (NY) all-time	23.75
12	California-Los Angeles all-time	21.75
13	Clarion (PA) all-time	20
14	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	18.5
15	California-Poly all-time	16.25
16	Missouri all-time	15.5
17	North Carolina all-time	14.5
T18	Oregon all-time	13.75
T18	Portland State (OR) all-time	13.75
20	Arizona all-time	13
21	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	12.25
22	Louisiana State all-time	11.5
23	Kentucky all-time	11
T24	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	9.5
T24	Illinois all-time	9.5
26	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	9.25
27	Wilkes (PA) all-time	8.5
T28	Marquette (WI) all-time	8
T28	Navy (MD) all-time	8
30	North Carolina State all-time	7
T31	Michigan State all-time	6.25
T31	Toledo (OH) all-time	6.25
T33	Auburn (AL) all-time	6
T33	Colorado State all-time	6
35	Colorado all-time	5.75
T36	Central Michigan all-time	5.5
T36	Florida all-time	5.5
T36	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	5.5
T36	Utah State all-time	5.5
40	Wyoming all-time	5
41	Temple (PA) all-time	4.5
42	West Virginia all-time	4
43	Yale (CT) all-time	3.5
44	Kent State (OH) all-time	3
T45	Rhode Island all-time	2.75
T45	San Jose State (CA) all-time	2.75
T47	California-Fullerton all-time	2
T47	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	2
T47	Georgia all-time	2
T47	Miami (OH) all-time	2
T47	Nevada-Las Vegas all-time	2
T47	Northern Illinois all-time	2
53	Alabama all-time	1.75
54	Clemson (SC) all-time	1.5
T55	Ball State (IN) all-time	1
T55	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1
T55	Drake (IA) all-time	1
T55	Hofstra (NY) all-time	1
T55	Indiana (IN) all-time	1
T55	Middle Tennessee all-time	1
T55	New Mexico all-time	1
T55	Ohio State all-time	1
T55	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	1
T55	Weber State (UT) all-time	1
T55	West Chester (PA) all-time	1
T55	Western Michigan all-time	1
T55	William & Mary (VA) all-time	1
T68	East Carolina (NC) all-time	0.5
T68	Notre Dame (IN) all-time	0.5
Not in the published standings
8*	Eastern Illinois all-time	37.5*
9*	California-Bakersfield all-time	37.25*
12*	Northern Iowa all-time	26*
19*	Springfield (MA) all-time	15.5*
25*	Augustana (SD) all-time	13.5*
28*	California (PA) all-time	11.25*
39*	Grand Valley State (MI) all-time	6*
47*	Luther (IA) all-time	5*
49*	Southern Illinois Edwardsville all-time	4.5*
56*	New Jersey (TCNJ) all-time	2.5*
57*	William Penn (IA) all-time	2*
66*	Ashland (OH) all-time	1*
66*	Salisbury (MD) all-time	1*
66*	South Dakota State all-time	1*
84*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
84*	American (DC) all-time	0*
84*	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	0*
84*	Boise State (ID) all-time	0*
84*	Bucknell (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Buffalo (NY) all-time	0*
84*	California Poly Humboldt all-time	0*
84*	California-Berkeley all-time	0*
84*	Citadel (SC) all-time	0*
84*	Columbia (NY) all-time	0*
84*	Dubuque (IA) all-time	0*
84*	Fresno State (CA) all-time	0*
84*	Idaho State all-time	0*
84*	Illinois State all-time	0*
84*	Indiana State all-time	0*
84*	Lake Superior State (MI) all-time	0*
84*	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Marshall (WV) all-time	0*
84*	Massachusetts all-time	0*
84*	Millersville (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	0*
84*	Minnesota-Morris all-time	0*
84*	Montana all-time	0*
84*	Montclair State (NJ) all-time	0*
84*	Nebraska all-time	0*
84*	New Hampshire all-time	0*
84*	Northwestern (IL) all-time	0*
84*	Ohio all-time	0*
84*	Old Dominion (VA) all-time	0*
84*	Penn State all-time	0*
84*	Princeton (NJ) all-time	0*
84*	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	0*
84*	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
84*	Tennessee all-time	0*
84*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	0*
84*	Utah all-time	0*
84*	Virginia all-time	0*
84*	Virginia Tech all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1979 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →