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| Kwansei Gakuin 125th Anniversary Legacy Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | KINCHO Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chad Kanoff | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 4,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
The Legacy Bowl was an exhibition college football game played in Osaka, Japan on March 21, 2015, between Princeton University and Kwansei Gakuin University. Princeton was invited to play by Kwansei Gakuin. [1]
Kwansei Gakuin wore its blue jerseys.
Princeton wore its white jerseys.
Kwansei Gakuin University, colloquially known as Kangaku (関学), is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 undergraduate and 14 graduate programs. Kwansei Gakuin's main campus is the NishinomiyaUegahara Campus, the university's other campuses consist of the Kobe Sanda, Nishinomiya Seiwa, Nishinomiya Kitaguchi, Osaka Umeda, and Tokyo Marunouchi campuses. Kwansei Gakuin University has been selected for inclusion in the Japanese government's Top Global University Project as a Type B university. The university is often referred to as one of the four leading universities in the greater Kansai region. The university maintains academic standards that rank among the highest of all Japanese universities and colleges.
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