1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
{{Infobox sport tournament
| name = 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
| sport = College wrestling
| image =
| caption =
| location = Fort Collins, Colorado
| start_date = March 1949
| end_date = March 1949
| host = Colorado A&M
| venues = South College Gymnasium
| participants =
| champions = Oklahoma A&M (16th title)
| runners-up1 = Iowa State Teachers College
| runners-up2 = Cornell College
| matches =
| attendance =
| mvp = Charles Hetrick (Oklahoma A&M)
| previous = 1948
| next = 1950
}}
The 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 19th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Colorado A&M in Fort Collins, Colorado hosted the tournament at their South College Gymnasium.
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 32 points and having two individual champions.{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/2011-12/2011-12_d1wr.pdf|title=Wrestling|date=19 April 2017|website=NCAA.ord|access-date=29 January 2018}}
Charles Hetrick of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.{{Cite web|url=http://wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201949.pdf|title=19th NCAA Wrestling Tournament|date=6 December 2013|website=wrestlingstats.com|access-date=29 January 2018}}
Team results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !!School !!Points |
| 1
| align=left|Oklahoma A&M |32 |
| 2
| align=left|Iowa State Teachers College |27 |
| 3
| align=left|Cornell College |21 |
| 4
| align=left|Michigan State |13 |
| 5
| align=left|Minnesota |11 |
| 6
| align=left|Purdue |9 |
| T-7
| align=left|Nebraska |5 |
| T-7
| align=left|Iowa |5 |
| 9
| align=left|Syracuse |4 |
| T-10
| align=left|Illinois |3 |
| T-10
| align=left|Colorado A&M |3 |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
Individual finals
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Weight class | Championship match (champion in boldface) |
|---|---|
| 121 lbs
|align=left|Arnold Plaza, Purdue DEC Grady Peninger, Oklahoma A&M, 3–1 | |
| 128 lbs
|align=left|Charles Hetrick, Oklahoma A&M DEC Leo Thomsen, Cornell College, 4–1 | |
| 136 lbs
|align=left|Lowell Lange, Cornell College DEC Dick Dickenson, Michigan State, 6–0 | |
| 145 lbs
|align=left|Keith Young, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Don Anderson, Michigan State, 3–0 | |
| 155 lbs
|align=left|Bill Nelson, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Ken Hunte, Syracuse, 3–0 | |
| 165 lbs
|align=left|Bill Smith, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Melbourne Flesner, Oklahoma A&M, 6–1 | |
| 175 lbs
|align=left|Jim Gregerson, Oklahoma A&M DEC Joe Scarpello, Iowa, 3–1 | |
| UNL
| align="left" |Verne Gagne, Minnesota RD Dick Hutton, Oklahoma A&M, 1–1 | |
| colspan="2" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|Reference: |
References
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{{NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships navbox}}
{{1948–49 NCAA championships navbox}}
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