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John Hanrahan's Penn State NCAA Wrestling Career record

John Hanrahan Penn State NCAA Wrestling
Career Record 113 Wins

Date /              Event  / Location               Weight / Opponent / School / Score

Begin Year 1 - as a True Freshman

11/17/1978 / ESOP /  East Stroudsburg / 158 / Leslie / Colgate / W 5-3
 

11/17/1978 / ESOP  / East Stroudsburg / 158 / Carroll / Massachusetts / W 7-2
 

11/17/1978 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 158 / Sisco / East Stroudsburg / WSD 14-2

11/18/1978 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 158  / Belluci / Colgate / W 8-4

11/18/1978 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 158 / Nolan / Maryland / W 8-5

12/1/1978 / PSINVT / Penn State / 158 / Gregory / Clemson / W 10-1

12/2/1978 / PSINVT / Penn State / 158 / Jones / Pittsburgh / LOT 3-3, 2-6

12/2/1978 / PSINVT / Penn State / 158 / Joseph / Michigan / W 5-3

12/2/1978 / PSINVT / Penn State / 158 / Sobel / Michigan State / WSD 16-3

12/8/1978 / EAST-ELITE / George Washington / 158 / Starr / George Mason / W 5-0

12/8/1978 / EAST-ELITE / George Washington / 158 / Smith, W. / Morgan State / L 1-2

12/9/1978 / EAST-ELITE / George Washington / 158 / Corbett / George Washington / W 4-2

12/9/1978 / EAST-ELITE / George Washington / 158 / Jones / Pittsburgh / W 2-1

12/12/1978 / Dual / Home / 158 / Hitchcock / Cal Poly / WBDF Leading 5-1

12/16/1978 / Dual / Home / 158 / Bessette / Florida / L 5-8

12/29/1978 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 158 / Stokes / Central Michigan / W 5-3

12/29/1978 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 158 / Thompson / Northern Illinois / W 13-4

12/29/1978 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 158 / Burke / Notre Dame / WSD 14-1

12/29/1978 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 158 / Neyer / Wisconsin / L 7-11

1/9/1979 /  Dual / Home / 167 / Kreider / Temple / W 9-5

1/13/1979 / Dual / Away / 167 / Vanadia / Cleveland State / W 16-12

1/20/1979 / Dual / Home / 158 / Gilbert / Clarion / L 2-7

1/23/1979 / Dual / Home / 158 / Densberger / Wilkes / L 6-12

1/24/1979 / Dual / Away / 158 / McCollum / Bloomsburg / LBF 4:42

1/27/1979 / Dual /  Away / 158 / Mario / North Carolina / LMD 3-11

1/28/1979 / Dual / Away / 158 / Thorpe / North Carolina State / L 0-7

2/4/1979 / Dual / Away / 158 / Supchak / Navy / T 6-6

2/10/1979 / Dual / Home / 158 / Schneck / Lehigh / W 9-7

2/15/1979 / Dual / Home / 158 / Baranik / Lock Haven / WMD 15-7

2/17/1979 / Dual / Away / 158 / Jones / Pittsburgh / W 2-1

2/24/1979 / EWL / Pittsburgh / 158 / Jones / Pittsburgh / L 4-7

2/25/1979 / EWL / Pittsburgh / 158 / Tasser / West Virginia / WSD 14-2

2/25/1979 / EWL / Pittsburgh / 158 / McCollum / Bloomsburg / WMD 13-5

2/25/1979 / EWL / Pittsburgh / 158 / Jones / Pittsburgh / WOT 1-1, 3-1

3/8/1979 / NCAA / Iowa State / 158 / Keck / Hofstra / L 3-5

Yr 1 Record 23-11-1  | Named as AWN Freshman All American First Team, ES Open Champion, 

Eastern Elite 3rd, PS Inv 3rd, EWL Conference 3rd, NCAA Championship Qualifier

Begin Year 2 - as a True Sophomore

11/16/1979 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Antonosson / Columbia / W 5-0

11/16/1979 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Kreider / Temple / W 9-2

11/17/1979 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Vargo / East Stroudsburg / W 8-5

11/17/1979 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Colabucci / Maryland / LBF 1:52

11/12/1979 / PSInvt / Home / 167 / R1 Opponent / W

11/12/1979 / PSInvt / Home / 167 / Rodriquiez / NC State / WBF 1:50

11/13/1979 / PSInvt / Home / 167 / Keck / Hofstra / W 6-5

11/13/1979 PSInvt Home 167 / Colabucci / Maryland / W 4-1

12/8/1979 / Dual / Home / 167 / Cassell / West Virginia / WMD 16-6

12/16/1979 / Dual / Home / 167 / Morina / Temple / W 4-3

12/18/1979 / Dual / Home / 167 / Milkovich / Auburn / W 7-3

12/29/1979 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Bertram / Colorado / W 9-4

12/29/1979 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Duell, F. / Oklahoma State / W 8-2

12/29/1979 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Fitzgerald / Iowa / L MD 2-10

1/6/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Hall / Oklahoma  / T 2-2

1/13/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Konousky  / Michigan / L 3-7

1/14/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Foley / Michigan State / L 6-7

1/19/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Menzie / Clarion / W 8-2

1/26/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Hensler / Lehigh / W 6-5

2/2/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Reich, John / Navy / LSD 6-21

2/5/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Sampson / Wilkes / W 4-0

2/9/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Vanadia / Cleveland State / WBF 7:12

2/14/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Ellis / Lock Haven / WBF 7:12

2/16/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Lawrence / Pittsburgh / WBF 7:00

2/19/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / DiGioacchino / Bloomsburg / L 2-6

2/29/1980 / EWL / Clarion / 167 / Chendy / Pittsburgh / WMD 17-7

2/29/1980 / EWL / Clarion / 167 / DiGioacchino / Bloomsburg / L 2-5

3/1/1980 / EWL / Clarion / 167 / Cassell / West Virginia / WMD 14-4

3/1/1980 / EWL / Clarion / 167 / Booth / Clarion / WMD 10-1

3/13/1980 / NCAA / Oregon State / 167 / Vargo / East Stroudsburg / L 4-5

Year 2 Record 21-8-1  |  ES Open Runner-up, PS Invitational Champion, EWL Conference 3rd,
NCAA Championship Qualifier

Begin Year 3 - as a True Junior 

11/20/1980 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Harvey / Maryland / W 10-3
 

11/20/1980 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Schacker / Hofstra / WDF

11/21/1980 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Mock / College of New Jersey / W 5-2

11/21/1980 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Parker / Louisiana State / L 5-10

12/4/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Vaughn / Cal Poly-SLO / L 7-9

12/5/1980 / PSINVT / Penn State / 158 / Wenzel / Franklin & Marshall / W 8-1

12/5/1980 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Ellis / Lock Haven / WMD 11-2

12/6/1980 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Kyff  / Auburn / W 5-4

12/6/1980 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Greenly / Bucknell / WMD 16-7

12/8/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Nadhir / Michigan / W 9-4

12/12/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Griffen / Cornell / WSD 13-1

12/13/1980 / Dual / Away / 167 / Coolican, J. / Syracuse / WMD 12-6

12/16/1980 / Dual / Home / 167 / Cooper / Tennessee / W 8-7

12/27/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Gruner / Wisconsin-Parkside / W 6-4

12/27/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Parker / Louisiana State / L 15-20

        

12/28/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Michaels / North Carolina / W 7-2

12/28/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Fiorini / Northern Illinois / W 8-2

12/28/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / McDaniel / Kentucky / L 4-6

12/28/1980 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Reilly / Lehigh / WOT 3-3 cr

1/5/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Whitehouse / Missouri / WBF 7:47

1/7/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Houser / Nebraska / WSD 16-4

1/14/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Kreider / Temple / W 5-2

1/17/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Kesneck / Clarion / W 6-1

1/24/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Reilly / Lehigh / W 2-1

1/31/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Reich, John / Navy / L 11-12

2/1/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Marlow / Maryland / WSD 25-3

2/3/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Miner / Wilkes / WMD 10-2

2/7/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Johnson / Cleveland State / W 13-7

2/13/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Tasser / West Virginia / WMD 11-2

2/14/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Harris / Pittsburgh / WBF 5:26

2/19/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Mabus / Bloomsburg / WSD 22-8

2/21/1981 / Dual / Home / 167 / Baranik / Lock Haven / WSD 17-4

2/28/1981 / EWL / Cleveland State / 167 / Tasser / West Virginia / WMD 14-5

3/1/1981 / EWL / Cleveland State / 167 / Kesneck / Clarion / WDF 2:22

3/1/1981 / EWL / Cleveland State / 167 / Johnson / Cleveland State / W 6-4

3/12/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / Taylor / Illinois / WMD 11-2

3/12/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / Parker / Louisiana State / W 15-8

3/13/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / Reiss / North Carolina State / W 13-6

3/13/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / DeAnna / Iowa / LBF 0:43

3/14/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / Milkovich / Auburn / W 12-8

3/14/1981 / NCAA / Princeton / 167 / Hummel / Iowa State / W 5-4


Year 3 Record 35-6 | ES Open 2nd, PS Invitational Champion, Midlands 5th, EWL Conference 
Champion & NCAA All American, NCAA Nationals 3rd 

Begin Year 4 - as a True Senior

10/31/1981 / HOF CLASSIC / Stillwater OK / Acosta, Joel / CA State Bakersfield / WSD 13-1 *

10/31/1981 / HOF CLASSIC / Stillwater OK / Sproles, Efonda / Northern Iowa / W 15-8 *

 

11/20/1981 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Bye R 1

11/20/1981 / ESOP  / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Thomas / Penn State / WDF 1:03

11/20/1981 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Hagg / Army West Point / W 11-6

11/21/1981 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Thompson / Maryland / W 12-5

11/21/1981 / ESOP / East Stroudsburg / 167 / Zandarski / Trenton State / WSD 18-4

12/3/1981 / Dual / Away / 167 / Colucci / Cornell / WBF 1:16 - AWARDED 1st PSU RIDGE RILEY AWARD

12/4/1981 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167  /Schooley / Clarion / WMD 12-4

12/4/1981 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Thompson / Maryland / WMD 13-4

12/5/1981 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Veal / Morgan State / W 8-5

12/5/1981 / PSINVT / Penn State / 167 / Morrison, D. / Rider / L 2-5

12/9/1981 / Dual / Away / 167  / Rechsteiner, S. / W 4-1

12/12/1981 / LHTURN / Lock Haven / 167 / Pierce / Millersville / WSD 20-5

12/12/1981 / LHTURN / Lock Haven / 167 / Reinhart / Shippensburg / WMD 11-3

12/13/1981 / LHTURN / Lock Haven / 167 / Catan / Tennessee / W 4-1

12/13/1981 / LHTURN / Lock Haven / 167 / Buckwalter / Lock Haven / W 8-1

12/29/1981 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Gronowski / Eastern Illinois / L 4-5

12/29/1981 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Roberts / Indiana State / WSD 13-0

12/29/1981 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Reichsteiner, S / Michigan / WSD 12-0

12/30/1981 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Fitzgerald / Iowa / W 6-3

12/30/1981 / MIDLND / Northwestern / 167 / Oliver, R / Nebraska / L 4-5

1/9/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Sheets / Oklahoma State / L 3-5

1/10/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Schultz, D. / Oklahoma / LBF 5:29

1/16/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Schooley / Clarion / WDF

1/23/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Mulligan / Lehigh / WSD 17-4

1/27/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Connor / Millersville / WMD 11-3

1/30/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / Reich, John / Navy / LBF 6:28

1/31/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / Fike / Maryland / WBF 3:37

2/3/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Johnson / Wilkes / WSD 24-10

2/6/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / Johnson / Cleveland State / W 2-1

2/13/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / Team Pittsburgh / WFT

2/14/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / McKinney / West Virginia / W 8-2

2/18/1982 / Dual / Home / 167 / Gibble / Bloomsburg / WMD 11-1

2/20/1982 / Dual / Away / 167 / Williams /Lock Haven / W 9-5

2/26/1982 / EWL / Penn State / 167 / Saunders / Clarion / WSD 15-2

2/27/1982 / EWL / Penn State / 167 / Williams / Lock Haven / W 34-4 

2/27/1982 / EWL / Penn State / 167 / Johnson / Cleveland State / W 4-1

3/11/1982 / NCAA / Iowa State / 167 / Oliver, R. / Nebraska / WMD 10-2

3/11/1982 / NCAA / Iowa State / 167 / Anderson / Old Dominion /W 4-1

3/12/1982 / NCAA  / Iowa State / 167 / Reich, John / Navy / L 9-14

3/12/1982 / NCAA / Iowa State / 167 / Limmex / Wisconsin / W 5-2

3/12/1982 / NCAA / Iowa State / 167 / Fitzgerald  / Iowa / W 6-3

3/13/1982 / NCAA / Iowa State / 167  / Bitterman  / New Mexico / L 4-9

3/13/1982 / NCAA /Iowa State / 167 / Grissom  / Yale / W 6-4

Year 4 Record 34-7 | HOF Classic Champion, ES Open Champion, PS Invitational 2nd, Mat Town USA Champion, 
EWL Conference Champion, NCAA All American, NCAA Nationals 5th 

Career Finale YR 4 Record 34-7 | Finishing as a Two-Time NCAA All American 4x NCAA Qualifier &
Two-Time
Conference Champion, 4x Place-winner

Set Record as Winningest Wrestler in Penn State's history with 113 Career Victories (previous record was 75)

Set Record for Most Victories in a Season with 35

Named as NWCA All Star vs David Schultz Oklahoma
Inducted into the Eastern Wrestling Hall of Fame

JOHN HANRAHAN - PSU WRESTLING CAREER RECORD 113-32-2
First in Penn State's History to Surpass The 100 Win Mark

 

John Hanrahan Defeats NCAA Champion Matt Reiss 1981 NCAA Championships
John Hanrahan Penn State Freshman All Star AWN 1979
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John Hanrahan NCAA 3rd Place 1981
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