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1980 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Matt Reiss, North Carolina State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Matt ReissNCST
  2. 2Perry HummelISU
  3. 3Dave EvansWIS
  4. 4John ReichNAVY
  5. 5Lee SpiegelURI
  6. 6Brad BittermanNMU
  7. 7Jamie MilkovichAUB
  8. 8Doug AndersonIOWA

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Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dale Walters (11), Air Force (CO) over Kevin Wood, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. John Reich (8), Navy (MD) over John Gehret, Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 18–7 · View bout
  3. Russ Pickering, Miami (OH) over Ron Varga, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 18–13 · View bout
  4. Scott Heaton (1), California-Poly over Jim Trudeau, Minnesota — Fall 2:28 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Dave Brouhard (9), San Jose State (CA) over Larry Meierotto, Tennessee-Chattanooga — DQ · View bout
  2. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over Dan Fiorini, Northern Illinois — Fall 4:16 · View bout
  3. Dom DiGioacchino (5), Bloomsburg (PA) over Tim Neumann, Nebraska — MD 17–6 · View bout
  4. Fred Duell (6), Oklahoma State over Bob Greenly, Bucknell (PA) — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  5. Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) over Brett Stamm, Wheaton (IL) — DQ · View bout
  6. Jeff Stuebing, Oregon over Billy Boyd, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  7. Jim Vargo, East Stroudsburg (PA) over John Hanrahan, Penn State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  8. John Reich (8), Navy (MD) over John Bliss, Washington State — Fall 4:41 · View bout
  9. Kevin Colabucci (10), Maryland over Jon Lundberg, Augustana (SD) — MD 14–5 · View bout
  10. Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island over Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  11. Matt Reiss, North Carolina State over Ed Potokar, Ohio State — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  12. Perry Hummel (2), Iowa State over Doug Anderson, Iowa — MD 14–3 · View bout
  13. Richard Evans, Oklahoma over Dale Walters (11), Air Force (CO) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  14. Russ Pickering, Miami (OH) over Jim Thornton, Wyoming — MD 19–10 · View bout
  15. Scott Heaton (1), California-Poly over Bob Stout, Eastern Illinois — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  16. Tom Harvey, Syracuse (NY) over Mike Hogoboom, Washington (WA) — Fall 4:02 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over Dave Brouhard (9), San Jose State (CA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  2. Fred Duell (6), Oklahoma State over Jim Vargo, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) over Scott Heaton (1), California-Poly — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. John Reich (8), Navy (MD) over Tom Harvey, Syracuse (NY) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  5. Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island over Kevin Colabucci (10), Maryland — MD 11–3 · View bout
  6. Matt Reiss, North Carolina State over Dom DiGioacchino (5), Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 8:52 · View bout
  7. Perry Hummel (2), Iowa State over Richard Evans, Oklahoma — MD 12–3 · View bout
  8. Russ Pickering, Miami (OH) over Jeff Stuebing, Oregon — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. John Reich (8), Navy (MD) over Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island over Fred Duell (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  3. Matt Reiss, North Carolina State over Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin — Fall 7:47 · View bout
  4. Perry Hummel (2), Iowa State over Russ Pickering, Miami (OH) — Dec 16–9 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Matt Reiss, North Carolina State over John Reich (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Perry Hummel (2), Iowa State over Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Matt Reiss, North Carolina State over Perry Hummel (2), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. John Gehret, Slippery Rock (PA) over John Bliss, Washington State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan over Kevin Colabucci (10), Maryland — Fall 3:59 · View bout
  2. Dom DiGioacchino (5), Bloomsburg (PA) over Ed Potokar, Ohio State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Doug Anderson, Iowa over Richard Evans, Oklahoma — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Tom Harvey, Syracuse (NY) over John Gehret, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan over Fred Duell (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  2. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over Dom DiGioacchino (5), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 13–8 · View bout
  3. Doug Anderson, Iowa over Russ Pickering, Miami (OH) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  4. Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) over Tom Harvey, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 3:10 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan over Doug Anderson, Iowa — MD 15–5 · View bout
  2. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. John Reich (8), Navy (MD) over Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan — Dec 12–7 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dave Evans (4), Wisconsin over John Reich (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lee Spiegel (3), Rhode Island over Brad Bitterman, Northern Michigan — MD 12–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jamie Milkovich (12), Auburn (AL) over Doug Anderson, Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout