NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1988 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Royce Alger, Iowa.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Royce AlgerIOWA
  2. 2Dan MayoPSU
  3. 3Brad LloydLH
  4. 4Chris BarnesOKST
  5. 5Chuck KearneyORE
  6. 6RJ NebeOMAH
  7. 7Pat JohannesNDSU
  8. 8Ron GharboOHST

In 1988, a wrestler wrestled back only if the man who beat him reached the quarterfinal, so the consolation bracket is shorter than a modern one. Every bout the tournament recorded is drawn here.

Connected 1988 177-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Derek Capanna, Virginia over Darin Farrell, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) over Anton Kossakowski, Northern Illinois — Fall 6:22 · View bout
  3. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Braden Adkinson, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Clifton Grant, Howard (DC) — MD 14–1 · View bout
  2. Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — MD 14–2 · View bout
  3. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) over Rick Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 18–6 · View bout
  5. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Kurt Bowman, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  6. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Anthony Romero, California-Poly — TF 18–3 · View bout
  7. Jim Hardy, Missouri over Doug Downs, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  8. Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma over Scott Brown, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  9. Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) over Derek Capanna, Virginia — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  10. Kyle Grilliot, Ohio over Mike Gibbons, Central Connecticut — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  11. Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) over Eyvind Boyesen, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  12. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Ron Perry, Stanford (CA) — MD 17–6 · View bout
  13. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Ken Wilson, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  14. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Chase McCown, Air Force (CO) — TF 15–0 · View bout
  15. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Steve Hasenfus, Columbia (NY) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  16. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) — Fall 6:33 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Kyle Grilliot, Ohio — TF 17–2 · View bout
  2. Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  3. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Jim Hardy, Missouri — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  5. Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma over Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  6. Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) over Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  7. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon — Fall 6:51 · View bout
  8. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 14–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma — MD 13–3 · View bout
  3. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 6:16 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Mayo (2), Penn State over Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Royce Alger (1), Iowa over Dan Mayo (2), Penn State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Ron Perry, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut over Jim Hardy, Missouri — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Derek Capanna, Virginia over Chris Geneser (7), Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 13–9 · View bout
  4. Kyle Grilliot, Ohio over Clifton Grant, Howard (DC) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  5. Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) over Gary Horner, Clarion (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  6. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Scott Brown, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — MD 11–3 · View bout
  8. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Anthony Romero, California-Poly — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Kyle Grilliot, Ohio — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) over Denzil Forrester, Southern Connecticut — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Mark Whitehead, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Derek Capanna, Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Joe Stafford (5), Oklahoma — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Pete Georgoutsos (12), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Joe Urso (10), Purdue (IN) — MD 11–0 · View bout
  4. Ron Gharbo, Ohio State over Charlie Buckshaw, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha over Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brad Lloyd (3), Lock Haven (PA) over Chris Barnes (4), Oklahoma State — MD 10–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chuck Kearney (6), Oregon over RJ Nebe (8), Nebraska Omaha — Dflt · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Pat Johannes (11), North Dakota State over Ron Gharbo, Ohio State — Dec 5–3 · View bout