NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1985 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Chris Edmond, Tennessee.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Chris EdmondTENN
  2. 2Pete CaponeHOF
  3. 3John LavioletteOU
  4. 4John MonacoMONC
  5. 5Lindley KistlerIOWA
  6. 6Mike Van ArsdaleISU
  7. 7Kevin JacksonLSU
  8. 8Tad WilsonUNC

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over Jody Karam, Lock Haven (PA) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  2. Dave Grant (7), Northern Iowa over Matt Furey, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  3. Ernie Vatch (11), Northern Illinois over Andrew Steffen, San Francisco State (CA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Ron Whitman (12), Wyoming over Jim Gressley, Arizona State — MD 12–2 · View bout
  5. Vince Hughes, Montana over Barry Bausano, Harvard (MA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bryan Boone, Oklahoma State over Rudy Isom (6), Wisconsin — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over Mike Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — TF 20–3 · View bout
  3. Danny Romero, California-Poly over Neil Alton, Temple (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Dave Grant (7), Northern Iowa over John Hanlon, Boston College (MA) — Fall 2:33 · View bout
  5. Dave Lee (8), Stanford (CA) over Howard Lawson, California-Bakersfield — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  6. Doug Anderson, Missouri over Ernie Vatch (11), Northern Illinois — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  7. Ed DiFeo (10), Kent State (OH) over Marshall Irby, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 3:16 · View bout
  8. Fred Little Jr., Fresno State (CA) over Vince Hughes, Montana — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  9. Greg Evans, Minnesota over Ralph Voit, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  10. Gregg Fatool (4), North Carolina State over Curtis Luttrell, New Mexico — Fall 4:24 · View bout
  11. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over Andy Katz, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Fall 1:33 · View bout
  12. John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) over Kevin Jackson (1), Louisiana State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  13. Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa over Mark Sidorick, Penn State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  14. Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State over Pat Gibson, Oregon State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  15. Pete Capone (3), Hofstra (NY) over Tad Wilson, North Carolina — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  16. Ron Whitman (12), Wyoming over Greg Snyder, Clemson (SC) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over Danny Romero, California-Poly — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  2. Fred Little Jr., Fresno State (CA) over Dave Lee (8), Stanford (CA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  3. Greg Evans, Minnesota over Bryan Boone, Oklahoma State — MD 13–3 · View bout
  4. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over Gregg Fatool (4), North Carolina State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  5. John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) over Ron Whitman (12), Wyoming — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  6. Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa over Doug Anderson, Missouri — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  7. Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State over Dave Grant (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  8. Pete Capone (3), Hofstra (NY) over Ed DiFeo (10), Kent State (OH) — Sup 14–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  2. John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) over Fred Little Jr., Fresno State (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa over Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  4. Pete Capone (3), Hofstra (NY) over Greg Evans, Minnesota — MD 12–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Pete Capone (3), Hofstra (NY) over Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chris Edmond (5), Tennessee over Pete Capone (3), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 14–10 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Jody Karam, Lock Haven (PA) over Mike Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 5:04 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Danny Romero, California-Poly over Jody Karam, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Doug Anderson, Missouri over Mark Sidorick, Penn State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  3. Kevin Jackson (1), Louisiana State over Ron Whitman (12), Wyoming — MD 17–8 · View bout
  4. Tad Wilson, North Carolina over Ed DiFeo (10), Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over Danny Romero, California-Poly — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Kevin Jackson (1), Louisiana State over Fred Little Jr., Fresno State (CA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State over Doug Anderson, Missouri — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Tad Wilson, North Carolina over Greg Evans, Minnesota — MD 10–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over Kevin Jackson (1), Louisiana State — Sup 18–5 · View bout
  2. Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State over Tad Wilson, North Carolina — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) over Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Laviolette (9), Oklahoma over John Monaco, Montclair State (NJ) — MD 10–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa over Mike Van Arsdale, Iowa State — MD 15–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kevin Jackson (1), Louisiana State over Tad Wilson, North Carolina — Dec 7–4 · View bout