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1971 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.

10weights
10individual champions
366bouts
62wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Larry Laush, Oklahoma · 3 falls in 17:47

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Individual champions

1971 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Greg Johnson (1) · 2nd titleMichigan StateMichigan StateDec 6–5 over Tom Schuler (3), Navy (MD)
126Yoshiro Fujita (1)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 13–2 over Ken Donaldson (6), Air Force (CO)
134Roger Weigel (2)Oregon StateOregon StateDec 15–7 over Dwayne Keller (1), Oklahoma State
142Darrell Keller (2) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 16–12 over Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA)
150Stan Dziedzic (1)Slippery Rock (PA)Slippery Rock (PA)Dec 6–1 over Jay Arneson (7), Oklahoma State
158Carl Adams (2)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 18–5 over Mike Jones (8), Oregon State
167Andy Matter (4)Penn StatePenn StateDec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Steve Shields (2), Lehigh (PA)
177Geoff Baum (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 10–3 over Al Nacin (7), Iowa State
190Ben Peterson (1)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 11–6 over Vince Paolano (3), Syracuse (NY)
UnlimitedGreg Wojciechowski (1)Toledo (OH)Toledo (OH)Dec 5–3 over Dave Joyner (2), Penn State

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1971

1971 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Oklahoma State94
2Iowa State66
3Michigan State44
T4Oregon State43
T4Penn State43
6Oklahoma39
7Lehigh (PA)32
8Washington (WA)30
T9Navy (MD)26
T9Portland State (OR)26
11Ohio24
12Air Force (CO)21
13Toledo (OH)17
14Michigan14
T15Brigham Young (UT)13
T15Colorado13
T15Lock Haven (PA)13
T15Syracuse (NY)13
T19California-Los Angeles10
T19Northwestern (IL)10
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1971 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
21New Mexico9
22Harvard (MA)8
T23Arizona7
T23Illinois State7
T23Kent State (OH)7
T23Western Michigan7
T27Clarion (PA)6
T27West Chester (PA)6
29Army (NY)5
T30Idaho State4
T30Iowa4
T30Utah4
T33Nebraska3
T33Notre Dame (IN)3
T35California-Berkeley2
T35Indiana (IN)2
T35Kansas State2
T35Massachusetts2
T35Minnesota2
T35Pittsburgh (PA)2
T35Stanford (CA)2
T35Weber State (UT)2
T35Wyoming2
T44Auburn (AL)1
T44Brown (RI)1
T44California (PA)1
T44Drake (IA)1
T44East Carolina (NC)1
T44Fresno State (CA)1
T44Gettysburg (PA)1
T44Indiana State1
T44Louisiana State1
T44Maryland1
T44Missouri1
T44Princeton (NJ)1
T44Purdue (IN)1
T44Utah State1
T44Wisconsin1
37 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1971 scoring rules.

1971 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
9*California-Poly27*
14*Slippery Rock (PA)19*
32*North Dakota State4*
32*Southern Illinois Carbondale4*
37*Ashland (OH)3*
37*East Stroudsburg (PA)3*
41*Franklin & Marshall (PA)2*
51*Minnesota-Mankato1*
51*South Dakota State1*
51*Western Illinois1*
51*Wilkes (PA)1*
70*Alabama0*
70*Arizona State0*
70*Bucknell (PA)0*
70*Buffalo (NY)0*
70*California-Chico0*
70*Central Michigan0*
70*Colorado State0*
70*Dartmouth (NH)0*
70*Hofstra (NY)0*
70*John Carroll (OH)0*
70*Long Beach State (CA)0*
70*Montana State0*
70*New Hampshire0*
70*New York0*
70*North Carolina State0*
70*Northern Iowa0*
70*Northern Michigan0*
70*Ohio State0*
70*Oregon0*
70*San Diego State (CA)0*
70*Seattle Pacific (WA)0*
70*Temple (PA)0*
70*Virginia0*
70*Washington State0*
70*William & Mary (VA)0*
70*Winona State (MN)0*

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