Ivy Bowl

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

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

1989

Source:[15]

Ivy League All-Stars

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

Japan All-Stars

  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Ivy League History". Ivysport. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Seven Gridders Are Japan-Bound for Unsanctioned Bowl Game | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
  3. ^ "Ivy Team Prepares For Game in Japan". The New York Times. 21 December 1990.
  4. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 24 December 1989.
  5. ^ Ivy gridders find Japan has a yen for their style. By Bob Dick. The Providence Journal. December 12, 1989.
  6. ^ "Games". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  7. ^ ［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
  8. ^ ［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
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ 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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  12. ^ 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
  13. ^ 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
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ "Epson Ivy Bowl. The Ivy All Stars vs The Japan Collegiate All Stars. December 23, 1989. Yokohama Stadium" game program.
  16. ^ "Evan Parke - 1988 Football". Cornell Athletics. Retrieved December 25, 2015.