American Football in Japan
(U.S. Armed Forces Football)
Army Pacific Olympics • Atom Bowl • Cherry Bowl • Rice Bowl • Shuri Bowl • Silk Bowl • Sukiyaki Bowl • Torii Bowl • Typhoon Bowl

Army Pacific Olympics
Osaka
game 1 1940  11th Airborne Angels (W 27-0) Clark Field,   (Jan. 13)
game 2 1940  11th Airborne Angels (W 18-0) Honolulu All-Stars,   (Jan. 27)
Atom Bowl
Atomic Athletic Field No. 2, Nagasaki
Atom Bowl 1946  Isahaya Tigers (W 14-13) Nagasaki Bears (2nd Marines Div.),  2,000  (Jan. 1)
Cherry Bowl
Yokohama
Cherry Bowl 1952  Camp Drake (W 20-12) Yolsula Naval Base,   (Jan. 1)
Ocean Bowl
Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
Ocean Bowl 1 1995  Yokota Raiders (U.S. Yokota Air Base, Tokyo) (W 18-9) Osaka Ringostars  (Feb. 5)
Subsequent Ocean Bowls did not involve service teams..
Rice Bowl
Meiji Stadium, Tokyo
Rice Bowl 1 1946  11th Airborne Angels (W 25-12) 41st Division Jungaleers,  15,000  (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 2 1947  Yokota Air Base (W 13-8) 1st Air Division,  7,000  (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 3 1948  Korea All-Stars (W 19-13) Japan All-Stars,   (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 4 1949  Army Ground Forces (W 13-7) Air Force,  20,000  (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 5 1950  Far East Air Force All-Stars (W 18-14) Army All-Stars,   (Jan. 2, pp from 1/1)
Rice Bowl 6 1953  Camp Drake (W 25-6) Yokosuka Naval Base,   (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 7 1954  Camp Fisher (W 19-13) Nagoya Air Base,   (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 8 1955  Air Force (W 21-14) Marines,    (Jan. 1)
Rice Bowl 9 1955  Air Force (W 33-14) Army,  40,000  (Dec. 31)
Rice Bowl 10 1957  Johnson Air Base Vanguards (W 6-0) Marine Corp. Sukiran Streaks,   (Dec. 7)
Rice Bowl 11 1958  Air Force All-Stars (W 20-0) Army All-Stars,  National Stadium, Tokyo 78,000  (Dec. 20)
Rice Bowl 12 1960  Army All-Stars (W 14-12) Air Force All-Stars,   (Jan.)
Shuri Bowl
(Kadena Air Base, Okinawa)
Shuri Bowl 1958  Air Force All-Stars (W 60-0) Marines,   (Dec. 6)
Silk Bowl
(Komazawa Olympic Stadium, Tokyo)
Silk Bowl 1967  Kanto Student All-Starss (W ) US Navy Atsugi Flers,   (Dec. 24)
Sukiyaki Bowl
Meiji Stadium, Tokyo (1953-55)
Sukiyaki Bowl 1 1953  Marines (W 83-6) Army All-Stars,  
Sukiyaki Bowl 2 1954  3rd Marine Division (W 27-13) Army All-Stars,  8,000/30,000 (Dec. 19)
Sukiyaki Bowl 3 1955  U.S. Far East Air Force (W 21-0) Navy,   (Dec. 18)
Sukiyaki Bowl 4 1956  Camp Tokyo Air Force (W 29-7) Camp Fisher Marines,  at Okinawa (Dec. 16)
Sukiyaki Bowl 5 1957  Okinawa Sukiran Streaks (3rd Marine Div.) (W 39-9) Atsugi Flyers,  at Okinawa (Dec. 1)
The Sukiyaki Bowl winner played the Kimchi Bowl victor in the Rice Bowl. Renamed the Shuri Bowl in 1958.
Sukiyaki Bowl 1 1962  Okinawa Marine Strikers (W 18-6) 7th Infantry Div. Bayonets (Korea),  at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa (Dec. 7)
Sukiyaki Bowl 2 1963  1st Cavelry (W 29-7) Camp Fisher Marines,  at Okinawa (Dec. 16)
Sukiyaki Bowl 3 1964  3rd Marine Division (W 27-14) 7th Infantry Bayonets (Korea),  at Okinawa
Torii Bowl
(This was the Far East Command Championship's semi-final game, playing the Sukiyaki Bowl's winner in the Rice Bowl)
Torii Bowl 1 1954  Air Force All-Stars (W 50-48) Navy All Stars,    (Dec.)
Torii Bowl 2 1955  Army All-Stars (W 20-6) Marine All Stars,  at Meiji Stadium, Tokyo  (12/17)
Torii Bowl 3 1956  Army All-Stars (W 35-0) Navy All Stars,  at Meiji Stadium, Tokyo  (Dec.)
Torii Bowl 4 1957  Johnson Air Base Vanguards (Air Force) (W ) Camp Drake (Army),    (Dec.)
Torii Bowl 5 1958  Army All-Stars ,    (Dec.)
Torii Bowl 6 1959  Air Force (W 35-6) Navy,    (Dec.)
Torii Bowl
a.k.a. U.S. Air Force Japan - American Football League
Torii Bowl 1 2003  Foster Bulldogs (W 24-14) Yokota Raiders,  at Bonk Field, Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Tokyo  (8/2)
Torii Bowl 2 2004  Yokota Raiders (W 27-12) Foster Bulldogs,  at Mike Andrews Field, Camp Foster, Okinawa  (7/31)
Torii Bowl 3 2005  Yokota Raiders (W 33-6) Foster Bulldogs,  at Mike Andrews Field, Camp Foster, Okinawa  (7/23)
USAF-AFL championship 4 2006  Yokota Raiders (W 36-20) Yokosuka Seahawks,  at Berkey Field, Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Kanagawa  (7/22)
USAF-AFL championship 5 2007  Yokota Raiders (W 22-19) Yokosuka Seahawks,  at Berkey Field, Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Kanagawa  (7/21)
USAF-AFL championship 6 2008  Yokosuka Seahawks (W 12-6) Yokota Raiders,  at Bonk Field, Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Tokyo  (7/19)
USAF-AFL championship 7 2009  Yokosuka Seahawks (W 23-15) Foster Bulldogs,  at Mike Andrews Field, Camp Foster, Okinawa  (7/18) 
Torii Bowl 9 2010  Foster Bulldogs (W 26-21) Yokosuka Seahawks,  at Berkey Field, Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Kanagawa  (8/14) 
Torii Bowl 10 2011  Yokosuka Seahawks (W 27-14) Foster Bulldogs,  at Mike Andrews Field, Camp Foster, Okinawa  (8/20)
Typhoon Bowl
Fort Buckner, Okinawa
(incomplete)
Typhoon Bowl 6 1955  Air Force All-Stars (W 19-6) Army All Stars,  at McChord Field Kadena  (Jan. 1)
Typhoon Bowl 7 1956  Marine All-Stars (W 13-6) Army All-Stars,  at Olympic Field  4,000  (Jan. 1)
Typhoon Bowl 8 1956  Army All-Island (W 13-0) Marines,   (Dec. 30)
Typhoon Bowl 9 1957  Marine All-Stars (W 32-12) Army All-Stars,   (Dec. 28)
 Note:
  • Rice Bowl #1 (1946) was also called the Tokyo Bowl and the Fish Bowl.
  • Rice Bowl #4 (1949) was also called the Oriental Rice Bowl.
  • A rice bowl is a military colloquialism that indicates an inflexible allegiance to a project.
  • For the Rice Bowls played in China in 1945, go to the China U.S. Services Football page.
  • This game was first called the Typhoon Bowl in 1955, but the first was on January 1, 1950, known as the Okinawa Inter-Service Championship game.
  Later games, all played on January 1, were known as the Okinawa Rice Bowl, Okinawa Armed Forces Championship, or the Inter-Service New Year's Classic.
  Nothing more can be located on these games. For earlier bowl games at Okinawa, see the Rock Bowl. Rock Bowl 3 is the 1st game here.

The Rice Bowl is the Japanese American Football Championship since 1983. Full records at the Japan American Football Association page.

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