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{{Short description|College wrestling tournament}}
{{Infobox sports tournament|name=1963 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships|sport=College wrestling|location=[[Kent, Ohio]]|host=[[Kent State Golden Flashes wrestling|Kent State]]|champions=Oklahoma|2nd place=Iowa State|3rd place=Michigan|start_date=3/21/1963|end_date=3/23/1963|mvp='''Mickey Martin''' (Oklahoma)
| previous     = [[1962 NCAA Wrestling Championships|1962]]
| next         = [[1964 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships|1964]]}}
The '''1963 NCAA Wrestling Championships''' were the 33rd NCAA wrestling championships to be held. [[Kent State Golden Flashes wrestling|Kent State]] hosted the tournament in [[Kent, Ohio]].
Oklahoma took home the team championship with 48 points and having one individual champion.
Mickey Martin of Oklahoma University was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.'''<ref name="WrestlingStats">{{Cite web |title=33rd NCAA Wrestling Tournament |url=https://nwhof.org/brackets/34 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |website=nwhof.org}}</ref>'''
== Team results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!School
!Points
|-
|1
|Oklahoma
|48
|-
|2
|Iowa State
|45
|-
|3
|Michigan
|36
|-
|T-4
|Syracuse
|32
|-
|T-4
|Pittsburgh
|32
|-
|T-4
|[[Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling|Oklahoma State]]
|32
|-
|7
|[[Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling|Iowa]]
|25
|-
|8
|Lehigh
|24
|-
|9
|Colorado State
|23
|-
|10
|Minnesota
|18
|}
== Individual finals ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Weight class
!Championship match (champion in boldface)
|-
|115&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Arthur Maughan''', Minnesota State-Moorhead FALL Gil Sanchez, Colorado State, 8:11
|-
|123&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Mike Nissen''', Nebraska FALL Mike Johnson, Pittsburgh, 10:55 OT
|-
|130&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Mickey Martin''', Oklahoma DEC [[Bobby Douglas]], West Liberty, 12-8
|-
|137&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Bill Dotson''', Northern Iowa DEC Tom Huff, Iowa, 5-5, 3-2
|-
|147&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Mike Natvig''', Army DEC Lonnie Rubis, Minnesota, 7-2
|-
|157&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Kirk Pendleton''', Northern Colorado DEC Phil Kinyon, Oklahoma State, 5-2
|-
|167&nbsp;lbs
| align="left" |'''Jim Harrison''', Pittsburgh DEC Steve Combs, Iowa 3-2
|-
|177 lbs
| align="left" |'''Dean Lahr''', Colorado DEC Harry Houska, Ohio University, 5-2
|-
|191 lbs
| align="left" |'''Jack Barden''', Michigan DEC [[R. Wayne Baughman|Wayne Baughman]], Oklahoma, 4-2
|-
|UNL
| align="left" |'''[[Jim Nance]]''', Syracuse DEC Larry Kristoff, Southern Illinois - Carbondale, 2-1
|-
| colspan="2" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;" |'''Reference:<ref name="WrestlingStats" />'''
|}
==See also==
* [[1963 NCAA College Division wrestling championships]]
* [[1963 NAIA wrestling championship]]
== References ==
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{{NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships navbox}}
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[[Category:1963 in wrestling]]
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[[Category:College sports tournaments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Sports in Kent, Ohio]]
[[Category:March 1963 sports events in the United States]]
[[Category:Kent State Golden Flashes wrestling]]
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