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

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players) versus a team of college all-stars from

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. The first Epson Ivy Bowl occurred on January 8, 1989, and the final game occurred at the conclusion of the

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. The United States won every match-up. The wins, because they were not between two

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-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

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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

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

=Coaches

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*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

References

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