The Epson Ivy Bowl was an international college football game played between an American

United States

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, 43-man all-star team (composed of only Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

 players) versus a team of college all-stars from Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The first Epson Ivy Bowl occurred on January 8, 1989 and the final game occurred at the conclusion of the 1996 college football season. The United States won every match-up, utilizing their size and strength to overpower the smaller, quicker Japanese squads. The wins, because they were not between two NCAA-affiliated schools and some of the years were mixed school (all-star) teams 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. Long considered a "public ivy", William & Mary was the only true non-Ivy League school to send players to Japan.

Game results

Season	Winning Team		| Losing Team		Location
1988	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	73	Japan All-Stars	3	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
1989	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	49	Japan All-Stars	17	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
1990	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	47	Japan All-Stars	10	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
1991	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	24	Japan All-Stars	0	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
1992	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	35	Nippon University	19	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
1993	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	68	Japan All-Stars	3	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
1994	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...		Japan All-Stars		Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
1995	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	20	Japan All-Stars	10	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
1996	Ivy League All-Stars Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	35	Japan All-Stars	16	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

Game participants

Ivy All Stars

1989 -
PLAYERS:
Evan Parke

Evan Parke

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,
Bryan Keys,
Steve Johnson,
Matt Pollard,
Matt Less,
Danny Clark,
Nick Stanham,
Malcolm Glover,
Mike Brown,
John Francis,
Mark Bianchi,
Frank Leal,
Mark Ligos,
Dave Amodio,
Steve Kapfer,
Judd Garrett

Judd Garrett

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,
Rick McIntire,
Rich Huff,
Chris Finn,
Mike Holt,
Jon Skinner,
Mike Ciotti,
Franco Pagnanelli,
Scott Wollam,
Harris Siskind,
Dave Tauber,
Bob Surace

Bob Surace

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,
Greg Gicewicz,
Gerald Mahon,
Kevin Luensmann,
Glover Lawrence,
Steve Harrison,
Drew Fraser,
Kevin Collins,
Jim Griffin,
Dave Whaley,
Tom Parker,
Pete Masloski,
Mike Vollmer,
Bob Paschall,
Rich Puccio.
HEAD COACH:
Maxie Baughan

Maxie Baughan

-Honors:In addition to being a member of the Georgia Tech and College Football Halls of Fame, Baughan has also been inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame , the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame. However, he has not yet been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of...

.
ASSISTANT COACHES:
Johnny Unitas

Johnny Unitas

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,
Pete Retzlaff

Pete Retzlaff

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,
Mark Baughan.

Japanese Collegiate All Stars

1989 -
PLAYERS: 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.