Rice Bowl

For the Japanese rice dish, see Donburi. For the term used for highly productive agricultural areas, see Breadbasket.
Rice Bowl
Rice Bowl presented by Prudential
Stadium Tokyo Dome
Location Tokyo, Japan
Previous stadiums National Stadium (1984-1990)
Operated 1984-present
Conference tie-ins X-League
Sponsors
Prudential Financial, Japan American Football Association
2016 matchup
Panasonic Impulse, Ritsumeikan University Panthers

The Rice Bowl is an annual American Football national championship game held in Japan every January 3 that pits the champion of college football and the champion of the corporate X-League.[1] The game can draw over 40,000 spectators.

X-League Era

X-League Era Results [2]

Date Game College Team Score X-League Stadium Attendance
January 3, 1984 37 Kyoto29-28Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1985 38 Nihon 53-21Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1986 39 Kwansei Gakuin 42-45Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1987 40 Kyoto35-34 Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1988 41 Kyoto42-8 Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1989 42 Nihon47-7 Renown Rovers National Stadium
January 3, 1990 43 Nihon42-14Asahi Beer Silver Star National Stadium
January 3, 1991 44 Nihon35-13Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1992 45 Kwansei Gakuin 6-28Onward Oaks Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1993 46 Kyoto20-29Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1994 47 Kwansei Gakuin23-28Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1995 48 Ritsumeikan14-16Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1996 49 Kyoto35-21Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1997 50 Kyoto16-19Recruit Seagulls Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1998 51 Hosei0-39Kashima Deers Tokyo Dome
January 3, 1999 52 Ritsumeikan16-30Recruit Seagulls Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2000 53 Kwansei Gakuin17-33Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2001 54 Hosei13-52Asahi Soft Drink Challengers Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2002 55 Kwansei Gakuin30-27Asahi Soft Drink Challengers Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2003 56 Ritsumeikan36-13Seagulls Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2004 57 Ritsumeikan28-16Onward Oaks Tokyo Dome
January 3, 2005 58 Ritsumeikan7-26Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome 28,000
January 3, 2006 59 Hosei17-47Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 28,041
January 3, 2007 60 Hosei29-30Onward Oaks Tokyo Dome 32,598
January 3, 2008 61 Kwansei Gakuin38-52Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome 34,487
January 3, 2009 62 Ritsumeikan17-13Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome 34,655
January 3, 2010 63 Kansai16-19Kashima Deers Tokyo Dome 35,742
January 3, 2011 64 Ritsumeikan0-24Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 35,750
January 3, 2012 65 Kwansei Gakuin28-38Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 25,059
January 3, 2013 66 Kwansei Gakuin15-21Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 27,371
January 3, 2014 67 Kwansei Gakuin16-34Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 29,564
January 3, 2015 68 Kwansei Gakuin24-33Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 30,361
January 3, 2016 69 Ritsumeikan19-22 Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome 31,345

Records of teams

College Teams
TeamTimes ParticipatedWinsLosses
Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters1019
Ritsumeikan University Panthers835
Kyoto University Gangsters642
Nihon University Phoenix440
Hosei University Tomahawks404
Kansai University Kaisers101
X-League teams
TeamTimes ParticipatedWinsLosses
Obic Seagulls871
Panasonic Impulse743
Renown Rovers615
Asahi Beer Silver Star431
Onward Skylarks321
Lixil Deers220
Asahi Soft Drink Challengers211
Fujitsu Frontiers110

References

  1. ↑ Japan Today - Features - X-League's road to the Rice Bowl
  2. ↑ "Rice Bowl Records". Rice Bowl. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

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