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1984 NCAA Championships

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

10weights
10individual champions
494bouts
69wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Tab Thacker, North Carolina State · 3 falls in 5:42

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Individual champions

1984 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Carl DeStefanis (2)Penn StatePenn StateDec 6–4 over Bob Hallman (8), Northern Iowa
126Kevin Darkus (1)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 9–6 over Joe McFarland (2), Michigan
134Scott Lynch (5)Penn StatePenn StateDec 13–6 over Greg Randall (3), Iowa
142Jesse Reyes (1)California-BakersfieldCalifornia-BakersfieldMD 19–11 over John Orr (6), Princeton (NJ)
150Kenny Monday (1)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 7–2 over Marty Kistler (3), Iowa
158Jim Zalesky (1) · 3rd titleIowaIowaDec 9–5 over Mark Schmitz (6), Wisconsin
167Mike Sheets (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateMD 9–0 over Lindley Kistler (2), Iowa
177Jim Scherr (2)NebraskaNebraskaDec 3–2 over Duane Goldman (1), Iowa
190Bill Scherr (1)NebraskaNebraskaMD 13–4 over Jim Baumgardner (2), Oregon State
UnlimitedTab Thacker (1)North Carolina StateNorth Carolina StateDec 3–1 over Gary Albright (6), Nebraska

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1984

1984 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Iowa123.75
2Oklahoma State98
3Penn State70.5
4Nebraska61
5Oklahoma51.5
6Wisconsin49.5
7Iowa State40.25
8Louisiana State38.75
9Michigan State29.25
10Missouri29
11Northern Iowa28.75
12North Carolina State25.5
13Oregon State23.25
14San Jose State (CA)22.25
15Lehigh (PA)20.25
16Arizona State19
17Princeton (NJ)18.25
18Michigan18
19Temple (PA)16.75
20Miami (OH)16.25
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1984 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
21Fresno State (CA)15.75
22California-Poly14
T23Nevada-Las Vegas10.5
T23Tennessee10.5
T25Clarion (PA)10
T25Pittsburgh (PA)10
27North Carolina8.5
28Lock Haven (PA)7.25
29Tennessee-Chattanooga6.75
30Cleveland State (OH)6.5
31Bloomsburg (PA)6.25
32Navy (MD)6
T33Minnesota5.5
T33Stanford (CA)5.5
35Boston (MA)5.25
T36Old Dominion (VA)5
T36Utah State5
T38New Mexico4.5
T38Syracuse (NY)4.5
T40Purdue (IN)4.25
T40Washington State4.25
42Rider (NJ)4
43Weber State (UT)3.5
T44Cornell (NY)2.5
T44Ohio State2.5
T44Shippensburg (PA)2.5
T47Boise State (ID)2
T47Indiana State2
T47Kent State (OH)2
T47Lafayette (PA)2
T47Southern Oregon2
T52Brigham Young (UT)1.5
T52Clemson (SC)1.5
T52Illinois State1.5
T52Wyoming1.5
T52Yale (CT)1.5
T57Colorado State1
T57Maryland1
T57Rutgers (NJ)1
T57Virginia1
T57Youngstown State (OH)1
T62George Washington (DC)0.5
T62Virginia Tech0.5
49 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1984 scoring rules.

1984 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
7*California-Bakersfield43*
16*Southern Illinois Edwardsville20.5*
34*North Dakota State6*
45*Augsburg (MN)4*
45*St. Lawrence (NY)4*
48*New Jersey (TCNJ)3.5*
50*San Francisco State (CA)3*
51*Oswego (NY)2.5*
55*Augustana (IL)2*
55*St. Cloud State (MN)2*
62*Binghamton (NY)1.5*
62*Olivet (MI)1.5*
69*Springfield (MA)1*
75*Slippery Rock (PA)0.5*
78*Air Force (CO)0*
78*Appalachian State (NC)0*
78*Boston College (MA)0*
78*Bucknell (PA)0*
78*Central Michigan0*
78*Citadel (SC)0*
78*Delaware0*
78*Drexel (PA)0*
78*Eastern Illinois0*
78*Eastern Michigan0*
78*Franklin & Marshall (PA)0*
78*Hofstra (NY)0*
78*Idaho State0*
78*Illinois0*
78*James Madison (VA)0*
78*John Carroll (OH)0*
78*Maine0*
78*Massachusetts0*
78*Missouri State0*
78*Morgan State (MD)0*
78*New Hampshire0*
78*North Carolina-Pembroke0*
78*North Dakota0*
78*Northern Arizona0*
78*Northern Illinois0*
78*Northern Michigan0*
78*Oregon0*
78*Portland State (OR)0*
78*South Dakota State0*
78*Virginia Military0*
78*West Chester (PA)0*
78*West Virginia0*
78*Western Illinois0*
78*Wilkes (PA)0*
78*William & Mary (VA)0*

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