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1976 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Brad Smith, Iowa.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Brad SmithIOWA
  2. 2Gene CostelloSRU
  3. 3Steve BarrettOKST
  4. 4Brad SmithTOL
  5. 5Tihamer Toth-FejelLEH
  6. 6Don RohnCLAR

In 1976, a wrestler wrestled back only if the man who beat him reached the semifinal, and places were awarded through sixth, so the consolation bracket is shorter than a modern one. Every bout the tournament recorded is drawn here.

Connected 1976 142-pound bracket

Select a name to highlight their path; select it again to open the profile. Select a score for the bout.

How to read this bracket
  • Tap a name to follow that wrestler; tap it again to open their profile.
  • "Cons →" is where the loser continues in the consolation bracket; tap it to go there.
  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) over Terry Fog, Washington State — MD 10–0 · View bout
  2. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Mike Willner, Rhode Island — Fall 1:32 · View bout
  4. Steve Daniels, Portland State (OR) over Mike Moore, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) over Rick Freitas, Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  2. Andy DiSabato, Ohio State over Bob Thoman, Weber State (UT) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Bob Harwick, Virginia over Pat Greene, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Ed Rivera, Temple (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Fall 1:06 · View bout
  6. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Dick Knorr, Oregon State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  7. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Tim Mousetis, Kentucky — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Keith Green, Oklahoma over Bob Bailey, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  9. Kerry Bolen, Arizona State over Alan Housner (5), Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  10. Randy Nielsen, Iowa State over Ken Lewis, California-Berkeley — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  11. Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) over Rick Strouse, Bucknell (PA) — Sup 19–4 · View bout
  12. Ron McKinney, California-Poly over Tony DiGiovanni (3), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  13. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Rex Branum, Eastern Illinois — Sup 17–2 · View bout
  14. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Mike Millay, Louisiana State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  15. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Marriott, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  16. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Steve Daniels, Portland State (OR) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) over Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Keith Green, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Andy DiSabato, Ohio State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) over Kerry Bolen, Arizona State — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  6. Ron McKinney, California-Poly over Alex Riccomini, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 1:58 · View bout
  7. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Harwick, Virginia — MD 16–5 · View bout
  8. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Randy Nielsen, Iowa State — Dec 16–10 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Ron McKinney, California-Poly — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) over Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) — Sup 17–5 · View bout
  3. Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) over Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State — MD 14–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  2. Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) over Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Brad Smith (6), Iowa over Gene Costello (8), Slippery Rock (PA) — MD 12–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa over Tim Mousetis, Kentucky — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa over Andy DiSabato, Ohio State — Fall 2:36 · View bout
  2. Keith Green, Oklahoma over Dick Knorr, Oregon State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Court Vining, Nebraska — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Ed Rivera, Temple (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Gary Bentrim, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) over Rick Clark, St. Cloud State (MN) — Sup 17–1 · View bout
  3. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Keith Green, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois over Ron McKinney, California-Poly — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Steve Sanderson (4), Brigham Young (UT) — MD 12–3 · View bout
  2. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Tony Filippo, Northern Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) over Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Fall 1:26 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Barrett (1), Oklahoma State over Brad Smith, Toledo (OH) — Sup 20–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tihamer Toth-Fejel (7), Lehigh (PA) over Don Rohn (2), Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

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