PRINCETON, N.J. – For the second consecutive year, the Ivy League will be participating in Japan’s National Football Association’s Dream Japan Bowl in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2024.
- Game will be an Ivy League team vs. Japan All-Star Team
- The event is set for Saturday, January 20 at 11 p.m. EST (Sunday, Jan. 21, 1 p.m. JST) at the National Stadium, newly built for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
- The Ivy League will send a 52-person roster led by Brown head coach James Perry
- The delegation will take part in several cultural experiences throughout the trip
The Ivy League team defeated Japan, 24-20, in the inaugural game last season.
Japan’s National Football Association invited the Ivy League to once again participate in the event with the goal of growing the game of football in Japan.
The league’s 52-person roster will be comprised of senior and graduate student-athletes from all eight Ivy League programs. The squad will be led by Brown head coach
James Perry. The Japan All-Star team will be a combined team of X League (Japan’s top American football league) players, including nine Americans, college players and crossover sport athletes.
The game will be held on January 20 at 11 p.m. EST in the United States (Sunday, January 21 at 1 p.m. JST locally) at the National Stadium, site of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Ivy League competed in a similar event from 1989-96, the Ivy Epson Bowl, which also featured an Ivy all-star team taking on Japanese all-star squad.