1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
# 1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

The 1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 53rd NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University co-hosted the tournament. The tournament was held at the Myriad Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.

Iowa took home the team championship with 155 points and having four individual champions.

Mike Sheets of Oklahoma State was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Lou Banach of Iowa received the Gorriaran Award.

## Team results

| Rank | School | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Iowa | 155 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 102 |
| 3 | Iowa State | 94.25 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 64.75 |
| 5 | Lehigh | 49 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 46 |
| 7 | Penn State | 33.75 |
| 8 | Louisiana State | 30.5 |
| 9 | Cal Poly-SLO | 28.5 |
| 10 | Northern Iowa | 26.5 |
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## Individual finals

| Weight class | Championship match (champion in boldface) |
| - | - |
| 118 lbs | Adam Cuestas, Cal State-Bakersfield MAJOR Charlie Heard, Tennessee-Chattanooga, 14–4 |
| 126 lbs | Barry Davis, Iowa DEC Gary Bohay, Arizona State, 5–2 |
| 134 lbs | Clar Anderson, Oklahoma State DEC Clint Burke, Oklahoma, 5–3 |
| 142 lbs | Darryl Burley, Lehigh WDF Al Freeman, Nebraska |
| 150 lbs | Nate Carr, Iowa State DEC Kenny Monday, Oklahoma State, 3–3, 5–2 |
| 158 lbs | Jim Zalesky, Iowa DEC Lou Montano, Cal Poly-SLO, 7–4 |
| 167 lbs | Mike Sheets, Oklahoma State MAJOR John Reich, Navy, 14–0 |
| 177 lbs | Mark Schultz, Oklahoma DEC Duane Goldman, Iowa, 4–2 |
| 190 lbs | Ed Banach, Iowa DEC Mike Mann, Iowa State, 4–3 |
| UNL | Lou Banach, Iowa WBF Wayne Cole, Iowa State, 2:57 |
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