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Team

1983-84 Wrestling Team

  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Wrestling
The 1983-84 UCO wrestling team captured the NAIA national championship by a dominating 33-point margin while finishing with seven All-Americans, topped by individual national champs Jack O’Connor and Benny Coleman. The Bronchos beat three Division I teams in going 11-5-1 in duals that season. All five losses and the tie were to DI schools. The ’84 squad was the first of David James’s 12 national championships.
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