| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|
| Finals | ||
| Mike Grant OKLA1st | DEC 6-1 | Bob Ferraro Indiana State2nd |
| Medal Round | ||
| Stan Dziedzic SRU3rd | MAJ DEC 10-2 | Bob Tomasovic ORST4th |
| Tom Minkel CMU5th | DEC 5-2 | Jay Arneson OKST6th |
| Consi Semi | ||
| Stan Dziedzic SRU | DEC 8-3 | Jay Arneson OKST |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | DEC 5-2 | Tom Minkel CMU |
| Semifinal | ||
| Mike Grant OKLA | DEC 9-5 | Stan Dziedzic SRU |
| Bob Ferraro Indiana State | TF 17-2 | Bob Tomasovic ORST |
| Consi 4 | ||
| Tom Minkel CMU | DEC 7-3 | Lyle Ballew Washington |
| Jay Arneson OKST | DEC 6-1 | Mark Malley MSU |
| Consi 8 #2 | ||
| Tom Minkel CMU | DEC 6-3 | Ted Adams WYO |
| Jay Arneson OKST | DEC 7-5 | Edward Thompson BLOOM |
| Quarterfinal | ||
| Bob Ferraro Indiana State | PIN 2:51 | Lyle Ballew Washington |
| Stan Dziedzic SRU | DEC 12-6 | Clyde Frantz PSU |
| Mike Grant OKLA | DEC 7-1 | Mark Malley MSU |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | DEC 5-4 | Carl Adams ISU |
| Consi 8 #1 | ||
| Jay Arneson OKST | DEC 5-1 | Leonard Smith STAN |
| Round of 16 | ||
| Clyde Frantz PSU | PIN 6:07 | Bob Tscholl OHIO |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | PIN 5:50 | Gary Drury PUR |
| Lyle Ballew Washington | PIN 7:59 | Rondo Fehlberg BYU |
| Bob Ferraro Indiana State | PIN 3:31 | Ted Adams WYO |
| Mark Malley MSU | DEC 2-1 | Brad Zemmel MIZZ |
| Stan Dziedzic SRU | MAJ DEC 11-2 | Clyde Smith NW |
| Mike Grant OKLA | MAJ DEC 10-2 | Edward Thompson BLOOM |
| Carl Adams ISU | DEC 7-4 | Carl Evans Ball State |
| Round of 32 | ||
| Stan Dziedzic SRU | PIN 2:37 | Lane Headrick MICH |
| Clyde Frantz PSU | PIN 5:28 | Dwight Mitchell Eastern Kentucky |
| Edward Thompson BLOOM | PIN 7:45 | Curt Callahan MD |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | PIN 2:57 | Tom Meier NEB |
| Lyle Ballew Washington | PIN 3:56 | Don Yahn IOWA |
| Bob Ferraro Indiana State | PIN 10:46 | Tom Minkel CMU |
| Bob Tscholl OHIO | DEC 6-3 | Paul Sheridan Utah |
| Carl Adams ISU | DEC 5-2 | John Sattler NAVY |
| Rondo Fehlberg BYU | DEC 12-8 | Dennis Buford Western Michigan |
| Clyde Smith NW | DEC 12-6 | Chris Samuelson Drake |
| Carl Evans Ball State | MAJ DEC 10-0 | Todd Stevenson Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| Ted Adams WYO | DEC 9-7 | Richard Casey SIU-Carbondale |
| Mark Malley MSU | MAJ DEC 13-4 | Jim Hanson University of Notre Dame |
| Brad Zemmel MIZZ | DEC 7-3 | Bruce McCampbell Cal State-Santa Barbara |
| Mike Grant OKLA | DEC 11-5 | Jay Arneson OKST |
| Gary Drury PUR | DEC 2-1 | Bill Harris California-Berkeley |
| Pigtail | ||
| Tom Minkel CMU | PIN 5:33 | Larry Taylor Louisiana State |
| Lane Headrick MICH | MAJ DEC 9-0 | A.J. Capelli Marquette University |
| Carl Adams ISU | MAJ DEC 11-0 | Craig Wollitz UCLA |
| Paul Sheridan Utah | DEC 11-4 | Lee Gardner Cal Poly-Pomona |
| Don Yahn IOWA | DEC 5-4 | Tim Shade Idaho State |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | DEC 12-10 | Don Weck SUNY-Maritime College |
| Edward Thompson BLOOM | DEC 9-7 | Mike Cookas NIU |
| Mike Grant OKLA | MAJ DEC 14-2 | Leonard Smith STAN |
| Carl Evans Ball State | DEC 8-4 | Leandro Torres POLY |
| Brad Zemmel MIZZ | DEC 7-6 | Jim Callard AF |