1928 NCAA D1 National Championship
Info
Date: March 30-31
Location: Ames, IA
Venue: State Gymnasium
Host: Iowa State [Iowa Agricultural]
Teams: 17
Wrestlers: 41
Milestones
- First Wrestling Collegiate National Tournament
- First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Oklahoma State
- First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Northwestern (IL)
- First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Iowa State
- First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Iowa
- First Finalist/AA for Michigan
- First Finalist/AA for Illinois
- First Finalist/AA for Indiana (IN)
- First Finalist/AA for Oklahoma
- First Finalist/AA for Texas
- First AA for Ohio State
- First AA for Kansas
- First Team National Title (Unofficial) for Oklahoma State
Participating Teams
Chicago (IL)
Cornell (IA)
Denver (CO)
Ft. Hays State (KS)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Northern Iowa
Northwestern (IL)
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State [Oklahoma A&M]
Texas
Participating Wrestlers
115 (5)
Harold Copeland Ft. Hays State (KS)
Harold DeMarsh Oklahoma State
Harold Higgins Iowa State
Marvin Leach Oklahoma
Frank Thomas Denver (CO)
125 (8)
Ralph Cornick Cornell (IA)
John Heller Ohio State
Mathew Hesser Oklahoma State
Robert Hewitt Michigan
Ralph Lupton Northwestern (IL)
Laurance Mantooth Oklahoma
Kynard McCormick Iowa State
Cecil Paxson Kansas
135 (6)
Robert ‘Maynard’ Bell Cornell (IA)
Finn Eriksen Northern Iowa
Theodore ‘Pete’ Hesmer Illinois
Arthur Holding Iowa State
J. Brice Moore Oklahoma State
Blair Thomas Michigan
145 (7)
Albert Campbell Illinois
Melvin Clodfelter Oklahoma State
Tom Cox Kansas
Clair Grooms Iowa State
Verne McGrath Cornell (IA)
Russell Sauer Michigan
Charles Swain Indiana (IN)
158 (5)
Leslie Beers Iowa
James Blair Iowa State
Harold ‘Theron’ Donahoe Michigan
Ben Ferrier Minnesota
Jay Ricks Oklahoma State
175 (6)
Ralph Hammonds Texas
Floyd Helgerson Ohio State
Kaare Krogh Chicago (IL)
Art Ruggles Iowa State
George Rule Oklahoma State
Leland Wilson Cornell (IA)
UNL (4)
Ralph Freese Kansas
Ralph Goodale Iowa State
Earl McCready Oklahoma State
Ralph Webster Illinois
Match Results
Weight | Round | W First | W Last | W School | Result | L First | L Last | L School | W Score | L Score | Minutes | Seconds | OT | W Seed | L Seed | Result Notes | Notes |
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115 | 1st | Harold | DeMarsh | Oklahoma State | DEC | Harold | Higgins | Iowa State | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
115 | 2nd | Marvin | Leach | Oklahoma | MFFT | Harold | Higgins | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |||||||
115 | Champ 4 | Harold | DeMarsh | Oklahoma State | DEC | Marvin | Leach | Oklahoma | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
115 | Champ 4 | Harold | Higgins | Iowa State | DEC | Harold | Copeland | Ft. Hays State (KS) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
115 | Champ 8 | Marvin | Leach | Oklahoma | FALL | Frank | Thomas | Denver (CO) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
125 | 1st | Ralph | Lupton | Northwestern (IL) | DEC | Cecil | Paxson | Kansas | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | 2nd | Robert | Hewitt | Michigan | DEC | Cecil | Paxson | Kansas | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | Champ 4 | Ralph | Lupton | Northwestern (IL) | DEC | Robert | Hewitt | Michigan | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | Champ 4 | Cecil | Paxson | Kansas | DEC | Mathew | Hesser | Oklahoma State | 2 | 52 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
125 | Champ 8 | Mathew | Hesser | Oklahoma State | DEC | Kynard | McCormick | Iowa State | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | Champ 8 | Robert | Hewitt | Michigan | DEC | John | Heller | Ohio State | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | Champ 8 | Ralph | Lupton | Northwestern (IL) | DEC | Ralph | Cornick | Cornell (IA) | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
125 | Champ 8 | Cecil | Paxson | Kansas | DEC | Laurance | Mantooth | Oklahoma | 0 | 6 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
125 | Consi 4 #2 | Robert | Hewitt | Michigan | DEC | Ralph | Cornick | Cornell (IA) | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
135 | 1st | J. Brice | Moore | Oklahoma State | DEC | Arthur | Holding | Iowa State | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
135 | 2nd | J. Brice | Moore | Oklahoma State | FALL | Blair | Thomas | Michigan | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
135 | Champ 4 | Arthur | Holding | Iowa State | DEC | Blair | Thomas | Michigan | 2 | 13 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
135 | Champ 4 | J. Brice | Moore | Oklahoma State | FALL | Theodore ‘Pete’ | Hesmer | Illinois | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||
135 | Champ 8 | J. Brice | Moore | Oklahoma State | FALL | Robert ‘Maynard’ | Bell | Cornell (IA) | 9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||
135 | Champ 8 | Blair | Thomas | Michigan | DEC | Finn | Eriksen | Northern Iowa | 2 | 9 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
145 | 1st | Melvin | Clodfelter | Oklahoma State | DEC | Charles | Swain | Indiana (IN) | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
145 | 2nd | Charles | Swain | Indiana (IN) | FALL | Albert | Campbell | Illinois | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
145 | 3rd | Tom | Cox | Kansas | DEC | Albert | Campbell | Illinois | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||||
145 | Champ 4 | Melvin | Clodfelter | Oklahoma State | DEC | Clair | Grooms | Iowa State | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
145 | Champ 4 | Charles | Swain | Indiana (IN) | DEC | Tom | Cox | Kansas | 2 | 15 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
145 | Champ 8 | Melvin | Clodfelter | Oklahoma State | FALL | Albert | Campbell | Illinois | 9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||
145 | Champ 8 | Tom | Cox | Kansas | DEC | Verne | McGrath | Cornell (IA) | 1 | 30 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
145 | Champ 8 | Clair | Grooms | Iowa State | DEC | Russell | Sauer | Michigan | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
145 | Consi 4 #2 | Albert | Campbell | Illinois | DEF | Clair | Grooms | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |||||||
158 | 1st | Leslie | Beers | Iowa | FALL | James | Blair | Iowa State | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
158 | 2nd | Harold ‘Theron’ | Donahoe | Michigan | MFFT | James | Blair | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |||||||
158 | Champ 4 | Leslie | Beers | Iowa | DEC | Harold ‘Theron’ | Donahoe | Michigan | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
158 | Champ 4 | James | Blair | Iowa State | DEC | Jay | Ricks | Oklahoma State | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
158 | Champ 8 | Leslie | Beers | Iowa | DEF | Ben | Ferrier | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | |||||||
175 | 1st | George | Rule | Oklahoma State | DEC | Ralph | Hammonds | Texas | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
175 | 2nd | Ralph | Hammonds | Texas | DEC | Floyd | Helgerson | Ohio State | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
175 | 3rd | Floyd | Helgerson | Ohio State | MFFT | Leland | Wilson | Cornell (IA) | 0 | 0 | |||||||
175 | Champ 4 | Ralph | Hammonds | Texas | FALL | Leland | Wilson | Cornell (IA) | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
175 | Champ 4 | George | Rule | Oklahoma State | DEC | Floyd | Helgerson | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||||
175 | Champ 8 | George | Rule | Oklahoma State | FALL | Art | Ruggles | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |||||||
175 | Champ 8 | Leland | Wilson | Cornell (IA) | DEC | Kaare | Krogh | Chicago (IL) | 3 | 28 | Ref | 0 | 0 | TA | |||
175 | Consi 4 #2 | Floyd | Helgerson | Ohio State | DEC | Art | Ruggles | Iowa State | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
450 | 1st | Earl | McCready | Oklahoma State | FALL | Ralph | Freese | Kansas | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||
450 | 2nd | Ralph | Webster | Illinois | FALL | Ralph | Freese | Kansas | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |||||
450 | Champ 4 | Ralph | Freese | Kansas | DEC | Ralph | Goodale | Iowa State | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | TA | ||||
450 | Champ 4 | Earl | McCready | Oklahoma State | FALL | Ralph | Webster | Illinois | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Weight | Round | W First | W Last | W School | Result | L First | L Last | L School | W Score | L Score | Minutes | Seconds | OT | W Seed | L Seed | Result Notes | Notes |
Final Individual Results
Weight | Place | First | Last | Team | Points | Seed | Wins | Losses | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
115 | Harold | Copeland | Ft. Hays State (KS) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | so | ||
115 | Frank | Thomas | Denver (CO) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
115 | 1 | Harold | DeMarsh | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | sr | |
115 | 2 | Marvin | Leach | Oklahoma | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | SO | |
115 | 3 | Harold | Higgins | Iowa State | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | ||
125 | Ralph | Cornick | Cornell (IA) | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | so | ||
125 | Kynard | McCormick | Iowa State | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
125 | Mathew | Hesser | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | |||
125 | John | Heller | Ohio State | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
125 | Laurance | Mantooth | Oklahoma | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | so | ||
125 | 1 | Ralph | Lupton | Northwestern (IL) | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | ||
125 | 2 | Robert | Hewitt | Michigan | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | ||
125 | 3 | Cecil | Paxson | Kansas | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | ||
135 | Robert ‘Maynard’ | Bell | Cornell (IA) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | jr | ||
135 | Finn | Eriksen | Northern Iowa | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | uuuuufr | ||
135 | Theodore ‘Pete’ | Hesmer | Illinois | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
135 | 1 | Arthur | Holding | Iowa State | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | jr | |
135 | 2 | J. Brice | Moore | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | ||
135 | 3 | Blair | Thomas | Michigan | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | ||
145 | Verne | McGrath | Cornell (IA) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | jr | ||
145 | Clair | Grooms | Iowa State | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | |||
145 | Albert | Campbell | Illinois | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | |||
145 | Russell | Sauer | Michigan | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
145 | 1 | Melvin | Clodfelter | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | ||
145 | 2 | Charles | Swain | Indiana (IN) | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | ||
145 | 3 | Tom | Cox | Kansas | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | ||
158 | Ben | Ferrier | Minnesota | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | uujr | ||
158 | Jay | Ricks | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |||
158 | 1 | Leslie | Beers | Iowa | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | sr | |
158 | 2 | Harold ‘Theron’ | Donahoe | Michigan | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | ||
158 | 3 | James | Blair | Iowa State | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | ||
175 | Kaare | Krogh | Chicago (IL) | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | sr | ||
175 | Art | Ruggles | Iowa State | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | so | ||
175 | Leland | Wilson | Cornell (IA) | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | sr | ||
175 | 1 | George | Rule | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | ||
175 | 2 | Ralph | Hammonds | Texas | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | uusr | |
175 | 3 | Floyd | Helgerson | Ohio State | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | ||
450 | Ralph | Goodale | Iowa State | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | so | ||
450 | 1 | Earl | McCready | Oklahoma State | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | so | |
450 | 2 | Ralph | Webster | Illinois | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | ||
450 | 3 | Ralph | Freese | Kansas | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | ||
Weight | Place | First | Last | Team | Points | Seed | Wins | Losses | Grade |
Final Team Scores
No Team Scores. Oklahoma State won the unofficial title.
Team Table
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Northwestern (IL) | 1 | 1 | ||
Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||
Michigan | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Illinois | 1 | 1 | ||
Indiana | 1 | 1 | ||
Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | ||
Texas | 1 | 1 | ||
Kansas | 3 | 3 | ||
Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
Stats/Leaderboard
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Awards
No awards given.
Rules
Weights: 7 (115, 125, 135, 145, 158, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 3
Seeds: Up to 2
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the champion may wrestle for a place
Runner-Up: True 2nd; The wrestler that loses the finals will have to beat the winner of the bouts between all other wresters losing to the champ.
3rd: If the wrestler who lost in the finals also loses the True 2nd match, then he will get 3rd. However, if he wins, then the wrestler he beat will have to wrestle the winner of the bouts between the losers to the 2nd place finisher.
Championship Bouts: 10 Minutes (12 minutes for the championship match)
OT: 2x 3 minute periods – Both start in referee’s position
Takedown: If a takedown occurs within the first 2 minutes then the bout will be a straight 10 minutes.
No Takedown: If no takedown or fall occurs in the first 2 minutes then the last 8 minutes will be split into 4 minutes periods with each wrestler starting in the top position at the beginning of each period.
Fall: In the first 4 minute period, if a fall occurs, then only that period is ended. The second 4 minute period will occur with the other wrestler having the chance to earn a faster fall.
Consolation Bouts: 6 minutes (3x 2 minute periods)
OT: If no winner can be declared by the ref then extra periods are wrestled.
Fall: 3 seconds (Appreciable length of time)
No Fall Winner: If there is no fall at the end of the bout then the ref will award the bout to the wrestler that shows the greater wrestling ability & aggressiveness when that wrestler has at least 1 minute of riding-time advantage.
OT/Consi Winner: The ref will still declare the winner, but 1 minute of riding-time is not required.
Fun Facts
- Oklahoma State had more than half (4/7) the national champs
- Oklahoma State had more national champs than any other team had total placers
- Michigan had 2 runner-ups and neither weight had an Oklahoma State winner
- Over half of the teams had an AA (11/17)