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He coached the first national championship team in 1928. Sherm Stephenson 3rd, 135 pounds) Heavyweight Jace Warren began the dual with a fall. Fred Fozzard (2nd, 177 pounds) The Cowboys had an imperfectseason that year, losing toMissouri and Minnesota to nearly bookend the season. And the team needed this win to continue what would become the program's longest winning streak in history. Coach:John SmithLocation:Stillwater, OklahomaAll-time record (through the 2019-20 season):1,121-129-23NCAA championships:1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Conference tournament championships:1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Earl VanBebber (155 pounds) T4. We need to gather up our troops and kick ass as were going forward. Dennis Crowe (4th, 130 pounds) Donald Thompson (2nd, 147 pounds) Bill Jernigan (3rd, 121 pounds) National champions: Mike Reding (4th, 157 pounds) As far as the way it was run and the space on the floor, it was more than I thought it was gonna be, Dresser said. After he returned from the 1956 Olympics, he took over as head coach. His first team was one of his least successful, finishing fourth at nationals with only one champion and three All-Americans to his credit. The record belongs to Cleveland in 2018, which was attended by 113,743 fans. At 149 pounds, Cornells Yianni Diakomihalis was seeking his fourth NCAA Championship, a feat only accomplished by four prior wrestlers. That team lost the school's first dual meet to Texas. However, the NCAA title train ended during this time. Heres a look at some of those who won championships on Saturday night: Penn State won its 11th of the last 13 team titles, scoring 137.5 points, with Iowa in second at 82.5. While normally this sort of one-sided advantage can be attributed to one school being rather weak, the Bedlam domination by Oklahoma State is very different in that Oklahoma is a national wrestling power in its own right. His 1960 team couldn't compete with a much stronger Oklahoma team coached by Thomas Evans. Joe James (2nd, 191 pounds), A thread of some black history in OSU wrestling in honor of #JUNETEENTH2020 Joe James was the first black #okstate wrestler and first black Big 8 Champion. The other Tuttle wrestlers who claimed victories were 132-pounder JJ Head (decision), 144-pounder Jaxon Koeltzow (major decision) and 165-pounder Tucker Waitman (decision). Bob Drebenstedt (6th, 167 pounds) Edmond Memorial 75.5; 5. Jacob Newby (4th, 150 pounds) While the expansion project caused attendance at basketball games to almost double, the wrestling crowds have yet to pack the arena to the rafters as they did in the original Gallagher Hall. T-4. Virgil Smith (165 pounds), All-Americans: Duane Murty (3rd, 167 pounds) Compared to his predecessors, Joe Seay's tenure with the Cowboys was short, but his list of accomplishments sure is lengthy. Between the 1979-80 and 1985-86 seasons, Iowa had eight, nine, eight, nine, seven, nine and eight All-Americans, respectively. Oklahoma State freshman Quion Williams hoping to use strong finish in NIT as 'springboard', Oklahoma State football will look to replicate consistency in kicking game, Oklahoma State football aims to reinvigorate run game with talented backs, new philosophy, Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Sheets having 'most fun I've ever had' in final season, That botched play in the WCWS hurt, but now, OSU coach Kenny Gajewski 'wouldn't change it', Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Bruce Campbell (2nd, 167 pounds) Dillard Talbutt (3rd, 136 pounds). The Cyclones were only topped by Ohio State, who finished with three wrestlers ranked in the top five on MatScouts final 2022 Big Board. He was the second Keller to win the honor as his brother, Dwayne won the award in 1968 after winning the first of his two titles. Mike Farrell:128 (1986-89) The current head coach at the time had made such an impact on the program that the arena took hisname, and the home of the Aggies became known as the "the Madison Square Garden of the Midwest." Adding to the success at this championship were Joe McDaniel, Harvey Base and Loyd Ricks, all of whom took home gold as well to bring another team championship back to Stillwater. The 1939 season as a whole was a shorter one than mostand included just six duals and a national tournament, all of which the Aggies won. He coached 50 official All-Americans and 26 official individual champions in the earliest days of the tournament. On Feb. 3, 1939, Oklahoma A&M wrestled for the first time inside the arena, defeating Indiana by an 18-6 margin. Jake Rosholt (197 pounds)All-Americans: Virgil Smith (165 pounds) Though official team scores were not kept, the Aggieswere still named unofficial champions of the event. T10. In one of the most anticipated title matches, Missouris Keegan OToole defeated Iowa States David Carr, 8-2, at 165 pounds. We were trying to figure out what our team was going to be in December because we had some question marks with weight classes., Kyle added, We learned who our team is in December by the loss, and we just came out and we did our own thing and that was plenty for today. Alfred Whitehurst (136 pounds) Bob Taylor (2nd, 115 pounds) Current head coach John Smith is largely responsible for the modern success of the program, as he has coached 32 NCAA champions, 134 All-Americans, and 120 conference champions. One of his most successful athletes, David Arndt, won his third title in 1946 after serving as a P-38 fighter pilot from 1943-1945, and the champ has since been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. @NWHOF Distinguished Member Conrad Caldwell born on this date in 1909. It would be the first of four straight national championships (200306), firmly reestablishing OSU's dominance in the wrestling world. Keller's success in particular and his win over Larry Owings in the 142 pound finals earned him Outstanding Wrestling Honors. This year a year where Myron Roderick won a title and five additional athletes placed would be thethe end of an era for the team known asOklahoma A&M.National champions: Lee ultimately dropped to fifth place, losing two matches on Saturday via medical forfeit. Alex Dieringer:133 (2013-16) My WrestleTrak; Add Schools/Wrestlers; Lists. WebHe ended his college wrestling career with a 121-5-2 record. Ultimately, Blackwell came out on top with a 38-32 victory as it ended the dual with three pins. Jack VanBebber (165 pounds) Jack Brisco (2nd, 191 pounds) The arena was formally dedicated on February 3, 1939, during a wrestling dual versus Indiana. Have a story idea for Nick? WebDuring his tenure, Oklahoma State University won five NCAA Division I national team titles, with titles coming in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The tournament included team scores for the first time in 1929, and Oklahoma A&Mtook the definitive win by an eight-point margin over Michigan. Reporter Nick Sardis covers high school sports across the Oklahoma City metro and state. Tadaaki Hatta (3rd, 115 pounds). The seventh head coach of Oklahoma State had finally added a national title of his own to the trophy case. Oklahoma Statewrestling has won a total of 34national championships, including back-to-back titles from 1948-1949, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, and 1989-1990 as well asconsecutive titles from 1928-1931, 1933-1935, 1937-1946, 1954-1956 and 2003-2006. George Dorsch also won a title for the Aggiesat 175 pounds, and those two champs plus the four All-Americans gave Oklahoma A&M the one-point advantage that the team needed to top Northern Iowa. 8. Joe Lobaugh (2nd, 123 pounds) Smiths first season saw the Cowboys take second at Nationals, but his second season was crippled by the probation. The Pokes went 47 and were banned from post-season competition. As a wrestler for Griffith, Roderick went 422 and became a three-time national champion from 19541956. Ed Gallagher, the Cowboys coach from 1916-1940, led his team to 19 undefeated season in 23 years, recording only two losses in the last nine seasons of his tenure. 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After each championship match, winners were escorted to the corner where Trump was seated, posing for photos and shaking hands with the former president. With a crowd of 16,855 for the finals, this weeks attendance totaled 95,245 over six sessions. During that period, Oklahoma State won 37 straight home duals, including no ties. A clip from the Oklahoma A&M student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, highlights the success of the wrestling team in 1931. [6] This dominance over such a highly touted rival has long been a source of great pride for Oklahoma State fans. Loyd Ricks (2nd, 175 pounds). They are also tied with Iowa and Penn State for the highestnumber of champs in one year at five. Once he arrived in Stillwater, Griffith picked up where Gallagher left off, winning eight national championships in 13 years. Mark Branch (167 pounds), All-Americans: By the end of his career in 1969, he had coached seven team champions, 20 individual champions, and 79 All-Americans. Frank Lewis (155 pounds)All-Americans: Between 19952002, the Cowboys placed no better than second (once, in 1997) and finished third three times (1998, 1999, 2001). That team lost the school's first dual meet to Texas. Smith currently has 239 wins as coach at OSU, the most ever in school history. Flood also won Outstanding Wrestler honors for his performance and his pin in the 1935championship. I dont have to say too much. As the story goes, a newspaper writer was said to have emerged from the building exclaiming to others outside, "It's bedlam in there!". Rosholt is considered one of the best 197-pound wrestlers in NCAA history because of the success that he had wrestling for the Cowboys from 2003-2006. The Penn State Nittany Lions won the 2023 wrestling title with two individual national champions at the finals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [4] Between 2013 and 2016, he was not only a three-time NCAA champion, but also a four-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Big 12 champion. Earl McCready (Heavyweight), All-Americans: Johnny Thompson (3rd, 133 pounds) Listed below is a brief history of the Oklahoma High School State Wrestling Tournament along with a few of the State Tournament records. Ronnie Clinton (3rd, 191 pounds) John Smith:42 (1984-88) Among which are the new wrestling center and other new training facilities built inside the athletics center, much to the benefit all OSU student-athletes. Gordon Dupree (3rd, 175 pounds)1935 (see full brackets), On this date in 1936, @USAWrestling's Ross Flood wins silver medal at Olympics in Berlin. In one of the most captivating moments of the week, Purdues Matt Ramos pinned Iowas Spencer Lee in the 125-pound semifinals on Friday night, ending Lees run at a fourth NCAA title. The dual success continued into the 1970s and 80s, with Tommy Chesbro leading the way from 1969-84. The guys did their part. The Aggie wrestling program produced NCAA champions year after year after year, but the team also pushed forward its fair share of Olympians, and 1948 marked a particularly memorable year for Oklahoma A&M. Rex Peery (118 pounds) And as with the 1940s on the horizon, the winning continued. First, he extended the four consecutive championships Gallagher had left with to seven, finally losing out in 1947 to Cornell. The loss prevented him from being a three-time NCAA champion in his three years of varsity competition, but his finals appearances still helped the team take home gold. In the background of the Cowboys' NCAA success, the program also saw success on the international stage as former athlete and future coach John Smith won a world championship. It wasnt a lack of effort. Both Doug Blubaugh and Shelby Wilson won gold in the Rome Games to become the fourth and fifth gold medal winners, respectively, for the Cowboys. Loyd Arms (4th, Heavyweight), #TBT 1948 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team This 16 person Team was stacked with 6 Hall of Fame Members & Coaches Cliff Keen & Art Griffith. 7. Arlie Tomlinson (3rd, 145 pounds)1931(see full bracket), The 1931 championship marked the fourth year in a row that Oklahoma A&M had not only won a title, but also crowned at least three NCAA champions. The Aggies' streak of titles would end again after the 1935 championship, but Gallagher's team finished this particular year with another series of champions and All-Americans to add to the mystique and success of the program. Following Gallagher's death in 1940, A&M to find a coach who could continue their winning tradition. The Class 3A finals between Blackwell and Marlow came down to the wire. Jack St. Clair (2nd, 155 pounds) But the next season, the Cowboys were back as top wrestlers who had taken a redshirt year during the probation (such as four-time champion, and current assistant coach Pat Smith and Alan Fried) were back on the mat. No other team in the country put more than one wrestler on top of the podium in 1931, while Robert Pearce, Leroy McGuirk, Jack VanBebber and Conrad Caldwell all took gold back to Stillwater. In the finals, seven Tuttle wrestlers pinned their opponents. [4] He did, however, win the award for Oklahoma State Male Athlete of the Year in 2016. The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I program of all time in any sport. Richard Hutton (2nd, Heavyweight)1954(see full brackets), #tbt - Art Griffith and the Wrestling Aggies won the program's 17th NC in 1954. Despite having just four athletes on the podium, Griffith's team was ahead by nine points over Penn State for another winning year. Bob Herald (2nd, 123 pounds) Individual session numbers increased with each session, and the total number was the 11th highest attendance for an NCAA wrestling championship. Phil Kinyon (2nd, 157 pounds) T3. Guys wrestled a little tight when you have no room to wrestle tight. National champions: Another wrestler will have a shot at the four-timers club next year. Alan Fried (142 pounds) Cory Baze: 44 (1988) James Gregson (175 pounds), All-Americans: Steve Mocco (2nd, 285 pounds). Alex Dieringer:45 (2013-16) ENID The feeling never gets old for Bobby Williams III. Glory for Glory. [5] During this event in March 2019, OSU won its seventh Big 12 team title in a row, making this the longest consecutive winning streak ever in Big 12 wrestling. G. Brown, NCAA Wrestling Record Book (N.p. Growing up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, he did not win a high school state championship. Vernon Logan (155 pounds) It's the Cowboy way, and it's been working since 1915. General Mar 30. "When you get hit like weve been hit the last couple years I dont accept the results, but what I do need is I need to make sure we dont beat our program up to the point where people become very uncomfortable wrestling for us. The team's winning ways started in the dual season when they laid the foundation for what would become an 84-match winning streak, the longest in NCAA history. Stillwater 158; 2. 10. You gotta get in that game if youre gonna stay in this game. Dale Scriven (3rd,155 pounds) [4], Oklahoma State wrestling is known for its consistent success in the annual Big 12 championship tournament. The Cowboys are tied for sixth in consecutive national titles won across all sports. Doug Blubaugh (2nd, 157 pounds) ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. National champions: A three-time national runner-up, this was the first time Fix didnt reach the title match and the first time OSU was without a wrestler in the finals since 2018. Griffith's wrestlers won 27 individual championships and were All-Americans 64 times from 19411956. Gotta appreciate guys that gave you a good year. The Tigers now have 20 dual state crowns, which ties Perry for the most in state history. In 2021, OSU went 51-45 in matches decided by decision and 23-16 in major decision matches. After the win, the wrestlers carried Griffith off the floor. Dale Scriven (155 pounds)All-Americans: In May of 1991, current head coach John Smith was named the new leader of his alma mater and proceed to guide the Cowboys to a second place finish in his first year at the helm. T5. Yoshiro Fujita, Darrell Keller and Geoff Baum led the way as Oklahoma State rolled past Iowa State by 66 points. The next season, athletic director Edward C. Gallagher would take over the team. The Ed Gallagher era at Oklahoma State came to an endin the most Ed Gallagher way possible: with a win. Bob Williams (3rd, 175 pounds)1940(see full brackets), Sunday will mark 80th Anniversary of Gallagher Hall, named in honor of fabled @CowboyWrestling coach Ed Gallagher, a Distinguished Member of the NWHOF. Earl McCready became the first three-time champ in program history when he took the heavyweight crown again, and Conrad Caldwell joined the list of two-timers with his win at 175 pounds. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Oklahoma State's Daton Fix reads heartfelt letter from his parents. McGee escaped in the second period, then rode Fix for the majority of the third to pick up a riding time point. Adnan Kaisy (4th, 191 pounds) Six chosen for 2023 induction into OSU Athletics Hall of Honor. His NCAA title win in 1962 made him the second Black NCAA champion as well. Duane Murty (167 pounds), All-Americans: Redshirt senior Daton Fix, who came into the event undefeated as the No. Shane Roller (3rd, 157 pounds) Willard Lorette (3rd,191 pounds). National champions: Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser had his concerns about the NCAA Championships being held at BOK Center. Open. Pat Smith:122 (1990-94) There was new energy in the Cowboy wrestling room, and that energy wasn't leaving. Chris Barnes (177 pounds)All-Americans: He would go on to win two more titles as an Aggie, but in 1937, he was just starting to show the world what he was capable of. Loyd Ricks (Heavyweight), All-Americans: The team was wrestling like champions and winning like champions, as they added their first back-to-back title of the decade. Shelby Wilson (2nd, 137 pounds) No official team scores were kept in this tournament either, but with three champions, Oklahoma State had justification as one of the two best teams in the country. Chris Owens (3rd, 134 pounds) David Arndt (145 pounds) Richard Hutton (Heavyweight)All-Americans: National champions: Jack VanBebber (155 pounds) The 1966 championship marked the Cowboy's third titlein five years and the end ofYojiro Uetake's storied career with the Black and Orange. Robert Wilson (3rd, 147 pounds) The frustration was evident from coach John Smith, whose team will finish outside the top 10 in back-to-back years for the first time in his tenure. Ted Ellis (Heavyewight)All-Americans: Tactically, we kind of stumbled last time, Stillwater coach Ethan Kyle said. Chandler Rogers:47 (2016-19) It has long been known as one of the most hostile arenas in the nation, a reputation made during its first half-century. Carlson: OSU didn't need more magic. Fred Davis (2nd, 167 pounds) 2. Gallagher coached 11 championship teams and gave meaning to Oklahoma State wrestling.

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