NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1985 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Melvin Douglas III, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Melvin Douglas IIIOU
  2. 2Wayne CatanSYR
  3. 3Booker BenfordSIUE
  4. 4Roger SaylesCP
  5. 5Rico ChiapparelliIOWA
  6. 6Tom KolopusASU
  7. 7Doug DakeKENT
  8. 8Bob McCurdySHIP

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Tony White, Michigan State — MD 12–1 · View bout
  2. Monte Wilcox, Louisiana State over Greg Wykoff, Lock Haven (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. Steve Peperak, Maryland over Kevin Brooks, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Andy Voit, Penn State over Dan Murner, Boston College (MA) — Sup 13–0 · View bout
  2. Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Bob McCurdy, Shippensburg (PA) — MD 15–5 · View bout
  3. Chuck Kearney, Oklahoma State over John Morgan, North Dakota State — MD 13–5 · View bout
  4. Darrin Evans (9), Bloomsburg (PA) over Jim Bouwman, Utah State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  5. Dave Dewalt (12), Delaware over James 'Cliff' Harris, Army (NY) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  6. Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) over Steve Peperak, Maryland — Sup 19–6 · View bout
  7. Jeff Fiorini (11), Illinois State over Mel Robinson, Weber State (UT) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. John Major (10), Northern Illinois over Dave Vurik, New Mexico — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  9. Jon Hampton, Appalachian State (NC) over Tom Mullen, Stanford (CA) — TF 17–2 · View bout
  10. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Terry Manning, Wisconsin — MD 15–5 · View bout
  11. Mike Harter, Oregon over Bob Gassman, Iowa State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  12. Monte Wilcox, Louisiana State over Scott Rechsteiner (7), Michigan — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  13. Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa over Paul Jones, Nebraska Omaha — MD 13–2 · View bout
  14. Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly over Tim Cooper, Tennessee — Fall 6:20 · View bout
  15. Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State over Keith McLaughlin, Boston (MA) — MD 14–4 · View bout
  16. Wayne Catan (3), Syracuse (NY) over Rich Boehning, Tennessee-Chattanooga — TF 21–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Jeff Fiorini (11), Illinois State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) over Mike Harter, Oregon — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Dave Dewalt (12), Delaware — Sup 20–7 · View bout
  4. Monte Wilcox, Louisiana State over Chuck Kearney, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  5. Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa over Andy Voit, Penn State — Fall 4:15 · View bout
  6. Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly over Jon Hampton, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  7. Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State over Darrin Evans (9), Bloomsburg (PA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  8. Wayne Catan (3), Syracuse (NY) over John Major (10), Northern Illinois — MD 10–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Monte Wilcox, Louisiana State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State over Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  4. Wayne Catan (3), Syracuse (NY) over Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Wayne Catan (3), Syracuse (NY) over Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Melvin Douglas III (1), Oklahoma over Wayne Catan (3), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Terry Manning, Wisconsin over Tony White, Michigan State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bob McCurdy, Shippensburg (PA) over Jeff Fiorini (11), Illinois State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Darrin Evans (9), Bloomsburg (PA) over Keith McLaughlin, Boston (MA) — MD 9–1 · View bout
  3. John Major (10), Northern Illinois over Rich Boehning, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Terry Manning, Wisconsin over Dave Dewalt (12), Delaware — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bob McCurdy, Shippensburg (PA) over Monte Wilcox, Louisiana State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) over Terry Manning, Wisconsin — Fall 0:31 · View bout
  3. Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa over Darrin Evans (9), Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 1:03 · View bout
  4. Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly over John Major (10), Northern Illinois — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa over Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:53 · View bout
  2. Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly over Bob McCurdy, Shippensburg (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly over Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Booker Benford (2), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Roger Sayles (6), California-Poly — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rico Chiapparelli (5), Iowa over Tom Kolopus (4), Arizona State — Dec 10–7 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Doug Dake (8), Kent State (OH) over Bob McCurdy, Shippensburg (PA) — MD 10–1 · View bout