| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|
| Finals | ||
| Greg Strobel ORST1st | DEC 11-7 | Johnny Johnson NIU2nd |
| Medal Round | ||
| Ben Ohai BYU3rd | MAJ DEC 13-4 | Fletcher Carr Tampa4th |
| Al Nacin ISU5th | DEC 5-4 | Russ Johnson OHIO6th |
| Consi Semi | ||
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | DEC 6-2 | Russ Johnson OHIO |
| Ben Ohai BYU | DEC 8-4 | Al Nacin ISU |
| Semifinal | ||
| Johnny Johnson NIU | PIN 0:58 | Al Nacin ISU |
| Greg Strobel ORST | DEC 8-3 | Russ Johnson OHIO |
| Consi 4 | ||
| Ben Ohai BYU | DEC 4-3 | John Bell NEB |
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | DEC 9-2 | George Calloway Auburn |
| Consi 8 #2 | ||
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | PIN 5:05 | Alex Macaluso OKST |
| Ben Ohai BYU | DEC 5-2 | Kirk Thorburn California-Berkeley |
| John Bell NEB | FORFEIT | Craig Tritch PITT |
| George Calloway Auburn | DEC 7-2 | Jeff Simons NAVY |
| Quarterfinal | ||
| Johnny Johnson NIU | MAJ DEC 12-3 | Fletcher Carr Tampa |
| Al Nacin ISU | DEC 5-2 | Jeff Simons NAVY |
| Russ Johnson OHIO | DEC 14-7 | Ben Ohai BYU |
| Greg Strobel ORST | MAJ DEC 8-0 | Craig Tritch PITT |
| Consi 8 #1 | ||
| John Bell NEB | PIN 5:51 | Mike Woelffer Illinois State |
| Alex Macaluso OKST | PIN 3:50 | Martin Roberts Portland State University |
| George Calloway Auburn | DEC 4-2 | Tom Lowe NDSU |
| Kirk Thorburn California-Berkeley | DEC 2-1 | Neal Brendel YALE |
| Round of 16 | ||
| Greg Strobel ORST | PIN 5:32 | John Bell NEB |
| Johnny Johnson NIU | PIN 7:10 | Martin Roberts Portland State University |
| Ben Ohai BYU | MAJ DEC 9-1 | Dan Jones Marquette University |
| Craig Tritch PITT | DEC 11-7 | Keith Leland POLY |
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | DEC 6-3 | Bill Allen Washington |
| Al Nacin ISU | TF 16-1 | Tom Lowe NDSU |
| Russ Johnson OHIO | MAJ DEC 9-1 | Kirk Thorburn California-Berkeley |
| Jeff Simons NAVY | DEC 9-6 | Wes Hines UO |
| Round of 32 | ||
| Russ Johnson OHIO | PIN 2:49 | Neal Brendel YALE |
| Kirk Thorburn California-Berkeley | PIN 3:48 | John Buxton Montana |
| Dan Jones Marquette University | PIN 5:36 | Kevin Quigley OKLA |
| John Bell NEB | PIN 1:24 | Joel Savage Utah |
| Greg Strobel ORST | PIN 6:19 | Mike Woelffer Illinois State |
| Al Nacin ISU | PIN 3:51 | George Calloway Auburn |
| Jeff Simons NAVY | PIN 9:48 | Fred Penrod IOWA |
| Johnny Johnson NIU | PIN 4:08 | Alex Macaluso OKST |
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | PIN 2:17 | Evan Johnson MINN |
| Ben Ohai BYU | MAJ DEC 9-0 | Jerry Guth WIS |
| Keith Leland POLY | MAJ DEC 11-1 | Milke Furniss W&M |
| Tom Lowe NDSU | DEC 5-2 | Tom Swoyer Drake |
| Bill Allen Washington | DEC 11-7 | Rich Zweig PENN |
| Craig Tritch PITT | DEC 6-3 | John Berg California State University, Fresno |
| Martin Roberts Portland State University | DEC 8-4 | Jim Contreato Dartmouth College |
| Wes Hines UO | DEC 13-9 | Rich Ragan MD |
| Pigtail | ||
| George Calloway Auburn | PIN 6:50 | Pat Mulhern University of Delaware |
| Mike Woelffer Illinois State | DEC 12-6 | Nate Kempler PUR |