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40-496: Since 1934, team scoring officially became a permanent feature of the NCAA Wrestling Championships. In 1928 and from 1931–1933, there was only an unofficial team title. Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State ) won the 1928 and 1931 unofficial titles. Indiana won the 1932 unofficial title, and in 1933, Iowa State and Oklahoma A&M were unofficial co-champions. The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

80-555: A National Historic Landmark . Robinson's collaborator in the design was Bruce Goff , her former student at Tulsa Central, and an architectural prodigy who designed 61 Tulsa buildings between 1920 and 1931. The precise extent of Goff's and Robinson's respective contributions to the church remains controversial. Goff and Robinson also collaborated on the design of Robinson's own house, built 1927–1929, and now listed as an Art Deco landmark in Tulsa's Tracy Park Historic District. The house

120-526: A different discipline from "speech" connected with debate or oratory. The reason: A gifted and inspired teacher named Isabelle Ronan, who had a knack for recognizing students with theatrical talent and desire to perform. She was the MISS Ronan to students, other teachers and administrative staff as well. One of Ronan's most famous students was radio legend Paul Harvey , then named Paul Harvey Aurandt. Harvey credited Ronan with getting his career started at

160-468: A highly touted rival has long been a source of great pride for Oklahoma State fans. In recent years, Oklahoma has moved its home duals from the Lloyd Noble Center back to its former home, McCasland Field House , in part to prevent Cowboy fans from dominating the atmosphere despite being the visiting team. Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Central High School is

200-594: A large pipe organ. Central was Tulsa's only public high school for white students, and by 1938 it had grown to its peak enrollment of more than 5,000 students in grades 10–12. Finally, Tulsa opened two new high schools: Webster High School in West Tulsa (in 1938), and Will Rogers High School east of downtown (in 1939). Booker T. Washington High School was established for African American students in 1913. Tulsa's schools were legally racially segregated until 1955, and remained segregated de facto at least into

240-639: A longtime coach at Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma . In 15 years, Griffith lead Central High School to 94 wins in 100 matches, including 50 in a row at one point. Once he arrived in Stillwater, Griffith picked up where Gallagher left off, winning eight national championships in 13 years. He also continued two streaks left by Gallagher. First, he extended the four consecutive championships Gallagher had established to seven consecutive championships prior to losing to Cornell College in 1947. Second, he extended

280-546: A nostalgic 1994 radio broadcast delivered after he had returned to Tulsa for a fundraising banquet. In addition to Paul Harvey, other Ronan students at Tulsa Central who went on to professional success in broadcasting or the performing arts included: Eddie Sutton began his head coaching career at Tulsa Central, where he coached 1959–1966 before going on to become one of only seven major men's college basketball coaches to have over 800 career wins. Tommy Hudspeth coached football at Tulsa Central in 1956 before moving on to

320-505: A row, making this the longest consecutive winning streak ever in Big 12 wrestling. This win also completed OSU's greatest amount of sequential conference tournament wins since their success in the 1920s. Home meets are held in the 13,611 seat Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. The arena is named in part after Oklahoma State's legendary wrestling coach Edward C. Gallagher . Gallagher-Iba was known as Gallagher Hall for nearly five decades until

360-528: A wrestler for Griffith, Roderick went 42–2 and became a three-time All-American and two-time national champion from 1954 to 1956. After he returned from the 1956 Olympics , he took over as head coach. His first team was one of his least successful, finishing fourth at nationals with only one champion and three All-Americans. However, his 1957–58 and 1958–59 teams dominated the NCAA tournament, winning in convincing fashion with four champions and 15 All-Americans between

400-512: Is a double-elimination tournament for individuals competing in ten weight classes . Thirty-three wrestlers in each weight class qualify through seven conference championship tournaments. Each of these conference tournaments are allocated a number of automatic qualifying slots in each weight class, and the unallocated slots are filled with at-large selections picked by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee based on certain criteria. During

440-485: Is now part of the downtown campus of Tulsa Community College . PSO terminated the old high school building lease and bought the building outright in 2013. Adah Robinson , an art teacher at Tulsa Central for several years in the late 1910s, is credited with the design of the Boston Avenue Methodist Church , an outstanding example of religious Art Deco architecture that is now designated as

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480-415: The 1970s and 80s, with Tommy Chesbro leading the way from 1969 to 1984. However, the NCAA title dominance ended during this time. Chesbro only won one national title, in part because his tenure mostly coincided with the sudden rise of Iowa wrestling under Dan Gable . Still, Chesbro managed to pass Gallagher as the winningest coach in school history. His dual mark of 227-26-0 would remain the best record in

520-446: The 1970s, due to population patterns and school policies. The construction of Tulsa's Inner Dispersal Loop freeway impaired the school's access to the outdoor physical education facilities at Central Park and Tracy Park. The cost of downtown parking was also a problem. These factors led to the decision to move the school out of downtown. The new 47-acre (19 ha) campus was opened in 1976, at 31st West Avenue and Edison Street, in

560-502: The 2001 Minnesota Golden Gophers have finished the NCAA Tournament with an All-American at every weight class, and famously won the team championship despite not having a single finalist. Long held at host college campuses, since 2000 the tournament has grown exponentially in popularity and as such is now held in major cities at professional sports arenas. Central to the expansion of "March Matness" (a play on March Madness ,

600-456: The 27 consecutive dual meet victory streak to 76, before finally losing in 1951. Griffith's wrestlers won 27 individual championships and were All-Americans 64 times from 1941 to 1956. He retired on top after winning three consecutive NCAA Championships and going 78-7-4 for his career, including ten undefeated teams. One of Griffith's wrestlers, Myron Roderick , was chosen to immediately succeed his former coach following his retirement in 1956. As

640-515: The Oklahoma A&;M Tigers to a 2-2-1 record by the end of the 1910s. Gallagher coached the first NCAA national championship team in 1928. He would lead the team to 11 of the first 13 NCAA national championships, as his teams won in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940. Following Gallagher's death in 1940, Oklahoma A&M looked to find a coach who could continue their winning tradition, and hired Art Griffith,

680-525: The Sooners through the 2023-24 season. While normally this sort of one-sided advantage can be attributed to one school being rather weak, the Bedlam domination by Oklahoma State is very different in that Oklahoma is a national wrestling power in its own right. Oklahoma has won seven team national championships in its history, while Oklahoma State has won a record 34 team national titles. This dominance over such

720-451: The age of 14. Harvey said that Ronan was "impressed by his voice". She took me by the hand and marched me down to KVOO , and said this young man ought to be on the radio. She just wouldn't accept no. So I did my school chores in the daytime and hung around the radio station so many hours at night that they finally put me on the payroll to limit those hours. Harvey told this story in repeated interviews. He also paid tribute to Ronan in

760-469: The arena burst. Gallagher-Iba has also seen many long undefeated streaks for the Pokes, including 34 unbeaten and untied seasons at home. The home mat advantage for the Pokes and the ravenous attitude of Cowboy fans led to the arena's nickname "Gallagher's House of Horrors." Gallagher-Iba underwent a massive renovation project in 2000 and 2001, which included an expansion of the seating capacity from 6,381 to

800-460: The art department at Trinity University (Texas) , in San Antonio , Texas. She died in Tulsa in 1962. Isabelle Ronan, who taught at Tulsa Central from 1922 to 1955, became a well-known mentor for students interested in performing arts and broadcasting. In the words of a 1997 Tulsa World article, The Central High School of that era was known for its superior theater and drama department,

840-517: The championships, individual match winners earn points based on the level and quality of the victory , which are totaled to determine the team championship standings. The Oklahoma State Cowboys have won more NCAA team championships than any other school, with 34 titles (including 3 unofficial), the most recent being won in 2006. Ed Gallagher coached the Cowboys to their first title in 1928 and won 11 in 13 years from 1928 through 1940. Iowa has won

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880-521: The college and professional ranks, most notably for eight years as the head coach at Brigham Young University . Art Griffith was the wrestling coach at Tulsa Central for 15 years, winning ten state and two national wrestling tournaments. He moved on to Oklahoma State University in 1941, where he led the Cowboys to 8 national championships and was elected to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame . Griffith's successor at Tulsa Central

920-519: The history of the program, until it was surpassed by coach John Smith . Smith took over the Cowboy wrestling program in 1991 in the wake of NCAA sanctions and probation left over from previous head coach Joe Seay, who had won two national titles with a 114-18-2 overall record. Smith's first season saw the Cowboys take second at Nationals, but his second season was crippled by the probation. The Pokes went 4–7 and were banned from post-season competition. But

960-487: The name was amended to honor former Oklahoma State basketball coach Henry Iba upon the facility's first renovation during the 1987–1988 season. Oklahoma State has held their home wrestling meets in the arena since its completion in 1938. The arena was formally dedicated on February 3, 1939, during a wrestling dual versus Indiana . During the December 9, 2005 Bedlam wrestling dual, a permanently reserved seat for Gallagher

1000-448: The next season, the Cowboys were back, as top wrestlers who had taken a redshirt year during the probation were back on the mat. OSU went 13–1 that year and won the 1994 team title. The middle part of the 1990s, however, saw the OSU program grow somewhat stagnant, at least by Oklahoma State wrestling standards. Wrestlers were still winning individual titles and claiming All-American honors and

1040-485: The nickname for the NCAA basketball tournaments) has been television network ESPN , which broadcasts all days of the tournament live and provides additional feeds dedicated to one particular mat online. Prior to 1963, only a single national championship was held for all members of the NCAA; Division II competition began in 1963, with Division III following in 1974. (Penn State) (Virginia Tech) (Stanford) (Minnesota) (Cornell) (Penn State) : No championship

1080-535: The oldest high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma . It was founded in 1906 as Tulsa High School, and located in downtown Tulsa until 1976. The school now has a 47-acre (19 ha) campus in northwest Tulsa. Tulsa Central is part of the Tulsa Public Schools , Oklahoma's largest school district, and is a public school for students from grades 9 through 12. Since 1997 it has served as a fine and performing arts magnet school. The original Tulsa High School

1120-598: The portion of northwest Tulsa that is located in Osage County . The old Central High School building at Sixth and Cincinnati was leased by Public Service Company of Oklahoma ("PSO"). After a complete renovation and extensive interior modifications in 1977, it now serves as PSO's headquarters. The renovated and adapted building has been named a Tulsa landmark by the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture. The former Manual Arts Building at Ninth and Cincinnati

1160-486: The present 13,611. While the expansion project caused attendance at basketball games to almost double, the wrestling crowds have yet to pack the arena to the rafters as they did in the original Gallagher Hall. However, attendance usually spikes when rivals come to Stillwater, most notably the Iowa Hawkeyes , Minnesota Golden Gophers , and Bedlam foe Oklahoma . While the unruly atmosphere has been somewhat diminished,

1200-423: The program is 1185-140-23. The Oklahoma State wrestling program began in 1914, when A.M. Colville served as the first coach at what was then Oklahoma A&M. The following season, in 1915 athletic director Edward C. Gallagher took over as head coach of the team. The team would record its first dual meet win in 1917, defeating Emporia State , 15-10. They went on to pick up another win and a tied decision, to bring

1240-541: The renovation project has yielded positives for the Cowboy wrestling program. Among which are the new wrestling center and other new training facilities built inside the athletics center, much to the benefit all OSU student-athletes. Despite the overwhelming mainstream popularity of the games played on the gridiron and hardwood , the Bedlam Series roots lie on the wrestling mat. In fact, the term 'Bedlam' used to describe this intrastate rivalry has its roots based in

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1280-495: The rivalry that brewed between the schools' prestigious wrestling programs. The term is said to have been born on the night of a particularly heated wrestling dual in Stillwater at Gallagher Hall. As the story goes, a newspaper writer was said to have emerged from the building exclaiming to others outside, "It's bedlam in there!" Oklahoma State holds a seemingly insurmountable advantage in the wrestling series, which began in 1920. The Cowboys own an impressive 151-27-10 record against

1320-479: The second most team titles with 24 NCAA titles. Under head coach Dan Gable , Iowa had the longest streak of consecutive titles at nine from 1978 through 1986. Penn State has won 12 titles, Iowa State has won eight titles, and Oklahoma has won seven championships. Only seven other schools have won a team title, with none of those schools having won more than three championships. Since 2011, Penn State under head coach Cael Sanderson has won 11 NCAA team titles. Only

1360-500: The team was still winning Big Eight and Big 12 Conference crowns, but their team showings at Nationals were disappointing. Between 1995 and 2002, the Cowboys placed no better than second (once, in 1997) and finished third three times (1998, 1999, 2001). But in 2003, the Cowboys were back in the saddle once again, winning the conference and NCAA titles and sporting a 17–0 record. It would be the first of four straight national championships (2003–06), firmly reestablishing OSU's dominance in

1400-413: The two years. His 1960 team couldn't compete with a much stronger Oklahoma team coached by Thomas Evans. However, Roderick's teams once again rebounded with championship wins in 1961 and 1962, winning five individual championships and another 15 All-Americans. By the end of his career in 1969, he had coached seven team champions, 20 individual champions, and 79 All-Americans. The dual success continued into

1440-518: The wrestling world. The Cowboys were at their peak from 2003 to 2006, when they sported a combined record of 55–2. Smith recorded 490 wins as coach at OSU, the most ever in school history. Oklahoma State wrestling is known for its consistent success in the annual Big 12 championship tournament. Out of the 23 trophies won throughout the tournament's history, OSU has earned 17 of them. During this event in March 2019, OSU won its seventh Big 12 team title in

1480-462: Was erected in 1906 at Fourth and Boston in downtown Tulsa. In 1913 it became the third school in the state to win accreditation. A new building opened in 1917 at the corner of Sixth and Cincinnati, and was enlarged in 1922. The Manual Arts building at Ninth and Cincinnati was added in 1925. Tulsa Central was at one time said to be the second largest high school in the country, and included an indoor pool, an indoor track, an extensive art collection, and

1520-569: Was finished by another Robinson student, Joseph R. Koberling, Jr. who also became an important Tulsa architect and later worked on another city landmark, Will Rogers High School . In 1928, Robinson established and headed the art department at the University of Tulsa . She redesigned the interiors of several other notable Tulsa churches. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tulsa in 1936. From 1945 to 1959 she chaired

1560-414: Was held from 1943-1945 due to WWII . Sources Sources Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I athletic program of all time in any sport. As of 2023-24, Oklahoma State wrestling has won 34 team national championships , 143 individual NCAA championships, and 488 All-American honors. The all-time dual record for

1600-407: Was unveiled, adjacent to a reserved seat for Iba. The venerable arena has long played a part in the history and legends of the OSU wrestling program. It has long been known as one of the most hostile arenas in the nation, a reputation made during its first half-century. During the 1978 Big 8 wrestling championships, a standing-room-only crowd of 8,300 made such a huge roar that many of the lights in

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