The Ivy Bowl (also known as the Epson Ivy Bowl) was an international college football game played between an American, 43-man all-star team (composed of only Ivy League players) versus a team of college all-stars from Japan.[1] The first Epson Ivy Bowl occurred on January 8, 1989, and the final game occurred at the conclusion of the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] The United States won every match-up. The wins, because they were not between two NCAA-affiliated schools and some of the years were mixed school (all-star) teams[2][3][4][5] do not count toward official win–loss records.
Despite the fact that the College of William & Mary was not a member of the Ivy League, they were chosen to participate in 1988 and 1992 seasons' Epson Ivy Bowls.[6] Long considered a "public ivy", William & Mary was the only true non-Ivy League school to send players to Japan.
Game results
edit| Game | Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | MVP | Fighting Spirit Award | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 8, 1989 | William & Mary | 73 | Japan All-Stars | 3 | Yokohama Stadium | |||
| 2 | December 23, 1989 | Ivy League All-Stars | 49 | Japan All-Stars | 17 | Yokohama Stadium | Rick McIntyre （Harvard） |
Ryusei Kajiyama （Nihon） |
[7] |
| 3 | December 24, 1990 | Ivy League All-Stars | 47 | Japan All-Stars | 10 | Yokohama Stadium | Steve Hooper （Penn） |
Kazuyuki Shinbori （Hosei） |
[8] |
| 4 | December 23, 1991 | Ivy League All-Stars | 24 | Japan All-Stars | 0 | Tokyo Dome | John Makunifu （Cornell） |
jin Shirawachi （Meiji） |
[9] |
| 5 | January 1, 1993 | Ivy League All-Stars | 68 | Japan All-Stars （excluding Nihon University） |
3 | Tokyo Dome | Matt Bashika （Dartmouth） |
[10] | |
| William & Mary | 35 | Nihon[11] | 19 | Shawn Knight | |||||
| 6 | January 8, 1994 | Ivy League All-Stars | 31 | Japan All-Stars | 14 | Tokyo Dome | Jay Fiedler （Dartmouth） |
Masafumi Kawaguchi （Ritsumeikan） |
[12] |
| 7 | January 8, 1995 | Ivy League All-Stars | 20 | Japan All-Stars | 10 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | Brian Bassett （Columbia） |
Tetsuya Akiyama （Nihon） |
[13] |
| 8 | January 7, 1996 | Ivy League All-Stars | 35 | Japan All-Stars | 16 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | John Harper （Columbia） |
Toru Kojima （Tokai） |
[14] |
Game participants
edit1989
editSource:[15]
Ivy League All-Stars
edit| Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|
| Evan Parke | CB[16] | Cornell |
| Bryan Keys | RB | Penn |
| Steve Johnson | ||
| Matt Pollard | K | Columbia |
| Matt Less | TE | Columbia |
| Danny Clark | QB | Brown |
| Nick Stanham | WR | Dartmouth |
| Malcolm Glover | QB | Penn |
| John Francis | DB | Brown |
| Mark Bianchi | WR | Dartmouth |
| Frank Leal | DB | Princeton |
| Mark Ligos | LB | Penn |
| Dave Amodio | ||
| Steve Kapfer | ||
| Judd Garrett | RB | Princeton |
| Rick McIntire | ||
| Rich Huff | DB | Yale |
| Chris Finn | ||
| Mike Holt | DB | Columbia |
| Jon Skinner | ||
| Mike Ciotti | C | Yale |
| Franco Pagnanelli | Princeton | |
| Scott Wollam | DL | Yale |
| Harris Siskind | ||
| Dave Tauber | ||
| Bob Surace | Princeton | |
| Greg Gicewicz | Harvard | |
| Gerald Mahon | ||
| Kevin Luensmann | ||
| Glover Lawrence | DL | Yale |
| Steve Harrison | Brown | |
| Drew Fraser | ||
| Kevin Collins | ||
| Jim Griffin | TE | Yale |
| Dave Whaley | WR | Penn |
| Tom Parker | WR | Dartmouth |
| Pete Masloski | ||
| Mike Vollmer | ||
| Bob Paschall | DL | Columbia |
| Rich Puccio |
Coaches
edit- Maxie Baughan - Head Coach
- Johnny Unitas
- Pete Retzlaff
- Mark Baughan
Japan All-Stars
edit- Kuniaki Miura
- Ryota Watanabe
- Kenichi Kotani
- Shoji Sagawa
- Kenji Kato
- Kenji Udagawa
- Naritoshi Shibata
- Hiroyiki Takeda
- Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Naoji Matsuzaki
- Juichi Suzuki
- Kimihiro Tsuchiya
- Satoshi Iwata
- Seiji Funakoshi
- Yoshiki Hayami
- Minoru Hayashi
- Ryusei Kajiyama
- Hiroyuki Masuda
- Seigo Arimatsu
- Hajime Kobayashi
- Tetsuya Sadai
- Masaki Ogawa
- Kenji Suzuki
- Toshihiko Yamaguchi
- Yoshihito Itakura
- Satoki Kato
- Noriyuki Oshima
- Shigeo Yokata
- Tetsuro Kawano
- Kazunori Jinbo
- Takanori Nozawa
- Hirotaka Nanba
- Minoru Shiota
- Yoshihiro Iizuka
- Akira Imai
- Takayuki Ota
- Yoshinao Sugawara
- Masakazu Terashima
- Yuzo Ichijo
- Kei Nishiyama
- Manabu Kamoshida
- Katsuhiko Togo
- Makoto Ishii
- Nachi Abe
- Yasutomo Motohashi
- Atsushi Oyori
- Hiroshi Kashiwagi
- Toshihiro Moritomo
- Kichi Nishiyama
- Tomohiro Yanase
- Kazuho Suzuki
- Kenichiro Imada
- Masaaki Kitami
- Yuichi Shintaku
- Tsutomu Kusakabe
- Ryuta Tatsumi
- Maki Yoshida
- Tomohiro Tsuruta
- Hiroshi Fujii
- Motohide Takano
- Yasuhiro Kishimoto
- Koji Owada
- Masaichiro Kanamoto
- Tadashi Kaneko
- Takuya Otsuki
- Nobuharu Kondo
- Shinichi Yokote
- Koji Suzuki
- Sojiro Harada
- Kenichi Fujiwara
- Toshiei Seki
- Yosei Maeno
- Takao Asakura
- Takuya Iwasaki
- Atsuya Yoshizawa
- Shunji Mori
- Jun Simizu
- Shinji Maehara
- Iwao Yoshino
- Toshikazu Iino
- Kinya Shibayama
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ivy League History". Ivysport. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ^ "Seven Gridders Are Japan-Bound for Unsanctioned Bowl Game | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Ivy Team Prepares For Game in Japan". The New York Times. 21 December 1990.
- ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 24 December 1989.
- ^ Ivy gridders find Japan has a yen for their style. By Bob Dick. The Providence Journal. December 12, 1989.
- ^ "Games". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ ［アメフト 日米学生親善］23日 日本健闘 2TD奪う アイビー、後半地力 読売新聞 1989年12月24日 朝刊19ページ
- ^ ［アメフト 日米学生交流戦］24日 日本“いい勉強”3連敗 1TDがやっと 読売新聞 1990年12月25日 朝刊 14ページ
- ^ アメフト エプソン・アイビーボウル23日 アイビー選抜が完封 日本4連敗 読売新聞 1991年12月24日 17ページ
- ^ アメフト エプソン・アイビーボウル9日 IVY選抜、日本を圧倒 読売新聞 1993年1月10日 朝刊20ページ
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- ^ アメフト アイビーボウル8日 アイビー選抜が5連勝 読売新聞 1994年１月9日 朝刊15ページ
- ^ アメフト アイビーボウル8日 アイビーが6連勝 全日本健闘も及ばず 読売新聞 1995年1月9日朝刊17ページ
- ^ アメフト アイビーボウル日米対抗カレッジゲーム7日 米が8連勝 読売新聞 1996年1月8日朝刊15ページ
- ^ "Epson Ivy Bowl. The Ivy All Stars vs The Japan Collegiate All Stars. December 23, 1989. Yokohama Stadium" game program.
- ^ "Evan Parke - 1988 Football". Cornell Athletics. Retrieved December 25, 2015.