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. 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. 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) teamsIvy gridders find Japan has a yen for their style. By Bob Dick. The Providence Journal. December 12, 1989. 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 the 1988 and 1992 seasons' Epson Ivy Bowls. 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） ［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 3 December 24, 1990 Ivy League All-Stars 47 Japan All-Stars 10 Yokohama Stadium Steve Hooper（Penn） Kazuyuki Shinbori （Hosei） ［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 4 December 23, 1991 Ivy League All-Stars 24 Japan All-Stars 0 Tokyo Dome John Makunifu（Cornell） jin Shirawachi （Meiji） 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 5 January 1, 1993 Ivy League All-Stars 68 Japan All-Stars（excluding Nihon University） 3 Tokyo Dome Matt Bashika（Dartmouth） 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 William & Mary 35 NihonOBも含む 19 Shawn Knight 6 January 8, 1994 Ivy League All-Stars 31 Japan All-Stars 14 Tokyo Dome Jay Fiedler（Dartmouth） Masafumi Kawaguchi（Ritsumeikan） 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 7 January 8, 1995 Ivy League All-Stars 20 Japan All-Stars 10 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium Brian Bassett（Columbia） Tetsuya Akiyama（Nihon） 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 8 January 7, 1996 Ivy League All-Stars 35 Japan All-Stars 16 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium John Harper（Columbia） Toru Kojima（Tokai） 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

Game participants 1989

Source:"Epson Ivy Bowl. The Ivy All Stars vs The Japan Collegiate All Stars. December 23, 1989. Yokohama Stadium" game program.

Ivy League All-Stars Player Position College Evan Parke CB Cornell Bryan KeysRB Penn Steve Johnson Matt PollardK Columbia Matt LessTE Columbia Danny ClarkQBBrown Nick StanhamWR Dartmouth Malcolm GloverQB Penn John FrancisDB Brown Mark BianchiWR Dartmouth Frank LealDB Princeton Mark LigosLB Penn Dave Amodio Steve KapferLB Brown Judd Garrett RB Princeton Rick McIntire Rich HuffDB Yale Chris Finn Mike HoltDB Columbia Jon SkinnerRB Brown Mike CiottiCYale Franco Pagnanelli Princeton Scott WollamDL Yale Harris Siskind Dave TauberOLBrown Bob SuraceC Princeton Greg GicewiczDL Harvard Gerald MahonOL Harvard Kevin Luensmann Glover LawrenceDL Yale Steve Harrison Brown Drew Fraser Kevin Collins Jim GriffinTEYale Dave WhaleyWR Penn Tom ParkerWR Dartmouth Pete Masloski Mike Vollmer Bob PaschallDL 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 List of college bowl games

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