NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1990 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Chris Barnes, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Chris BarnesOKST
  2. 2Marty MorganMINN
  3. 3Corey OlsonNEB
  4. 4Mike FunkNW
  5. 5Rich PowersUNI
  6. 6Rob LarmoreW&M
  7. 7Gerald 'GT' TaylorASU
  8. 8Joe WypiszenskiOMAH

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Ben Oberly, North Carolina over Joe Madonia, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Brett Gustafson, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Mitch Mansfield, Boise State (ID) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Mark Cheff, California-Bakersfield over Bill Barrow, Army (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Adam Mariano, Penn State over Brett Gustafson, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Oberly, North Carolina over Rodney Fisher, Liberty (VA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  3. Chris Barnes (1), Oklahoma State over Keith Girvan, Duke (NC) — Fall 6:31 · View bout
  4. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Peter Huntley, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Dominick Black (5), West Virginia over Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  6. Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha over Keith Davison, Wisconsin — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  7. John Hangey (9), Rider (NJ) over Curt Strahm, Oregon — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. Larry Kaifesh (10), Indiana (IN) over Mark Cheff, California-Bakersfield — MD 11–1 · View bout
  9. Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota over Corey Veach, Brigham Young (UT) — TF 21–6 · View bout
  10. Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) over Steve Medina, New Mexico — Fall 6:39 · View bout
  11. Mike Lantz, North Carolina State over Mark Frushone, Central Connecticut — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  12. Mike McHenry (8), Purdue (IN) over Brad Knouse, Iowa State — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  13. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Dale Budd, Lock Haven (PA) — MD 15–7 · View bout
  14. Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) over Dan Ritchie, Ohio State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  15. Scott Brown (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Kyle Scrimgeour, Oklahoma — MD 10–2 · View bout
  16. Steve Cantrell, Navy (MD) over Kevin Vogel (12), Central Michigan — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris Barnes (1), Oklahoma State over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — TF 19–4 · View bout
  2. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Larry Kaifesh (10), Indiana (IN) — Fall 3:41 · View bout
  3. Dominick Black (5), West Virginia over Steve Cantrell, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. John Hangey (9), Rider (NJ) over Mike McHenry (8), Purdue (IN) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  5. Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota over Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha — MD 17–4 · View bout
  6. Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) over Mike Lantz, North Carolina State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) over Adam Mariano, Penn State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  8. Scott Brown (11), Bloomsburg (PA) over Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa — Dec 14–10 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Barnes (1), Oklahoma State over John Hangey (9), Rider (NJ) — TF 22–7 · View bout
  2. Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota over Corey Olson (7), Nebraska — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  3. Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) over Scott Brown (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) over Dominick Black (5), West Virginia — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Barnes (1), Oklahoma State over Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) — Dec 14–8 · View bout
  2. Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota over Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chris Barnes (1), Oklahoma State over Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota — MD 10–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Oberly, North Carolina over Keith Girvan, Duke (NC) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Curt Strahm, Oregon over Mike McHenry (8), Purdue (IN) — Dflt · View bout
  3. Dan Ritchie, Ohio State over Adam Mariano, Penn State — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State over Steve Cantrell, Navy (MD) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha over Corey Veach, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Larry Kaifesh (10), Indiana (IN) over Peter Huntley, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 1:59 · View bout
  7. Mike Lantz, North Carolina State over Steve Medina, New Mexico — MD 16–2 · View bout
  8. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Kyle Scrimgeour, Oklahoma — Fall 0:21 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Curt Strahm, Oregon over Ben Oberly, North Carolina — Fall 5:44 · View bout
  2. Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State over Dan Ritchie, Ohio State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha over Larry Kaifesh (10), Indiana (IN) — Fall 0:56 · View bout
  4. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Mike Lantz, North Carolina State — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Curt Strahm, Oregon — Fall 1:25 · View bout
  2. Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State over Scott Brown (11), Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha over John Hangey (9), Rider (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Dominick Black (5), West Virginia — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) over Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa — MD 14–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Corey Olson (7), Nebraska over Mike Funk (3), Northwestern (IL) — Fall 5:28 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rich Powers (6), Northern Iowa over Rob Larmore (4), William & Mary (VA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gerald 'GT' Taylor, Arizona State over Joe Wypiszenski, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 3–2 · View bout