Iowa’s first win came at 158 pounds, where Zalesky used a last-second takedown to beat second-ranked Bill Dykeman, extending his winning streak to 80. They just outhustled us they beat us in the hand-fighting, and they had more hustle, better movement than we did.” “You just can’t have that many close matches like we had and lose them all and expect to come out all right. “We started off losing and we just fell like dominoes,” Iowa coach Dan Gable said. They were riding a 25-dual win streak and ran out a lineup that included NCAA champs Jim Zalesky and Pete Bush and returning national finalist Duane Goldman, along with an assortment of stars in the making.īut Mark Perry’s 7-4 victory against returning All-American Tim Riley at 118 ignited a string of five consecutive Oklahoma State wins by a combined 10 points to start the dual. The Hawkeyes entered Stillwater ranked #1.
The most lopsided loss in Dan Gable’s coaching career came with no warning signs. Here’s a look at five of the most memorable duals in the history of the Iowa-Oklahoma State dual series: 1984 - Oklahoma State 24, Iowa 6 Both teams registered 23 wins during that stretch in addition to a 15-15 tie in 2011. Since 1977 - the year when the dual became an annual event on the college wrestling calendar - Iowa and Oklahoma State have faced off in 47 duals. The Hawkeyes and Cowboys have staged epic battles in iconic wrestling venues, they’ve clashed in neutral settings with National Duals titles at stake, and they’ve gone toe-to-toe in front of a record-smashing crowd packed into a hallowed college football stadium. Iowa and Oklahoma State have squared off in 54 dual meets during the past 68 years. College wrestling’s most-storied rivalry has been constructed with decades of back-and-forth battles, bravado and occasional beatdowns.
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