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1979 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Kelly Ward, Iowa State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Kelly WardISU
  2. 2Dan ZilverbergMINN
  3. 3Dave EvansWIS
  4. 4Bob HollandEIU
  5. 5Toby MatneyCSU
  6. 6Mark EvenhusORST
  7. 7Ricky StewartOKST
  8. 8Roye OliverASU

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Bill Keck, Hofstra (NY) over John Hanrahan, Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota over Tom Jones, Pittsburgh (PA) — MD 15–4 · View bout
  3. Fred Boss, Central Michigan over Dale Gilbert, Clarion (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  4. Jed Brown, Iowa over Greg Johnson, Idaho State — Fall 4:59 · View bout
  5. Mike Pheanis, Northern Illinois over Bryce Monasmith, Colorado State — Dec 14–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois over Doug Oliver, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 3:34 · View bout
  2. Carter Mario (11), North Carolina over Mark Schultz, California-Los Angeles — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  3. Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota over Oscar Ordonez, Drake (IA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Rick Boland, Citadel (SC) — Fall 6:02 · View bout
  5. Fred Boss, Central Michigan over Dave Musselman (5), Arizona — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Isreal Sheppard, Oklahoma over Paul Supchak, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Jed Brown, Iowa over Harold Ritchie (8), Missouri — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  8. Jeff Freedman, Ashland (OH) over Donny Owen (10), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  9. Kelly Ward (1), Iowa State over Bill Keck, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 6:30 · View bout
  10. Lee Spiegel, Rhode Island over Warren Flynn, Fresno State (CA) — Sup 19–2 · View bout
  11. Mark Evenhus, Oregon State over Chuck Broderick, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  12. Mike Pheanis, Northern Illinois over Mark Densberger (7), Wilkes (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  13. Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State over Jamie Milkovich, Auburn (AL) — Fall 7:50 · View bout
  14. Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State over Joe Birmingham, Georgia — MD 11–3 · View bout
  15. Scott Heaton (3), California-Poly over Tom Janicik, Northwestern (IL) — Sup 19–4 · View bout
  16. Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) over Roger Dallas, Lake Superior State (MI) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois over Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State — MD 15–6 · View bout
  2. Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota over Jeff Freedman, Ashland (OH) — Fall 2:46 · View bout
  3. Fred Boss, Central Michigan over Isreal Sheppard, Oklahoma — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  4. Jed Brown, Iowa over Lee Spiegel, Rhode Island — Sup 15–3 · View bout
  5. Kelly Ward (1), Iowa State over Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin — MD 12–3 · View bout
  6. Mark Evenhus, Oregon State over Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State over Mike Pheanis, Northern Illinois — Fall 3:33 · View bout
  8. Scott Heaton (3), California-Poly over Carter Mario (11), North Carolina — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois over Fred Boss, Central Michigan — Fall 6:58 · View bout
  2. Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota over Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Kelly Ward (1), Iowa State over Jed Brown, Iowa — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  4. Mark Evenhus, Oregon State over Scott Heaton (3), California-Poly — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota over Mark Evenhus, Oregon State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Kelly Ward (1), Iowa State over Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Kelly Ward (1), Iowa State over Dan Zilverberg (2), Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Oscar Ordonez, Drake (IA) over Tom Jones, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Bill Keck, Hofstra (NY) — MD 10–1 · View bout
  2. Oscar Ordonez, Drake (IA) over Jeff Freedman, Ashland (OH) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State over Doug Oliver, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) over Chuck Broderick, Virginia Tech — Dec 16–11 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Jed Brown, Iowa — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State over Oscar Ordonez, Drake (IA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State over Fred Boss, Central Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) over Scott Heaton (3), California-Poly — Fall 1:59 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) over Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois over Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 21–18 · View bout
  2. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Mark Evenhus, Oregon State — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dave Evans (9), Wisconsin over Bob Holland (4), Eastern Illinois — Dec 7–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Toby Matney (6), Cleveland State (OH) over Mark Evenhus, Oregon State — Sup 24–7 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ricky Stewart, Oklahoma State over Roye Oliver (12), Arizona State — Dec 6–0 · View bout