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[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
- Maxie Baughan - Head Coach
 - Johnny Unitas
 - Pete Retzlaff
 - Mark Baughan
 
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 2 "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
 - ↑ OBも含む
 - ↑ 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.