Mark Schultz vs Ed Banach NCAA Wrestling Finals

Considered by many as the greatest college match, if not one of the most entertaining. NCAA Wrestling Champions Mark Schultz and Ed Banach battle in the 1982 NCAA Finals. Both men won 3 NCAA titles and Olympic gold. Banach was on track to become the first 4-time NCAA Champion. This was one of the toughest weight classes in history with 4 NCAA titles. Banach with 2, Schultz with 1, Matt Reiss with 1, and NCAA runner-up Perry Hummel who Schultz barely beat 2-1 in the semi-finals. Schultz and Hummel wrestled 6 times, each winning 3. Banach pinned or superior decisioned all opponents on the way to the finals. In 1982 Oklahoma University had 3 NCAA Champions, the Schultz brothers and Andre Metzger, and broke the NCAA scoring record, but so did Iowa and Iowa State and O.U. took 3rd.