2015 Ritsumeikan Panthers football team

2015 Ritsumeikan Panthers football

Kansai League Champions
West Japan Champions, College National Champions
L 22–19 Rice Bowl vs Panasonic Impulse
Conference	Kansai Collegiate American Football League
Division	1
2015 record	10–1 (3–0 Kansai)
Head coach	Akira Yonekura
Co-defensive coordinator	Yuji Ikegami
Home stadium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium

2015 Kansai Collegiate American Football League Division 1 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Ritsumeikan $		7	–	1		10	–	1
Kwansei Gakuin		7	–	1		9	–	1
Kansai		6	–	3		6	–	3
Kyoto		4	–	4		4	–	5
Kobe		5	–	4		8	–	4
Ryukoku		3	–	6		3	–	6
Kinki		2	–	6		2	–	7
Momoyama Gakuin		0	–	9		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion As of December 14, 2015;

The 2015 Ritsumeikan Panthers football team represents Ritsumeikan University in the Kansai Collegiate American Football League during the 2015 season. Ritsumeikan plays their home games at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto, Japan.^[1]

Season

Schedule

Preseason

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result
April 29	2:30 PM	Meijo*	Nagahama Dome • Shiga Prefecture	W 21-7
May 10	5:00 pm	Kansai	Expo Flash Field • Suita	L 7-24
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Japan Standard Time.

Regular Season

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result
August 28	6:40 PM	Kyoto	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium • Kyoto	Ustream	W 44-0
September 12	6:30 PM	at Momoyama Gakuin	Expo Flash Field • Suita	Ustream	W 64-7
September 26	2:20 PM	at Kobe	Prince Stadium • Kobe	Ustream	W 48-0
October 11	5:00 PM	at Ryukoku	Expo Flash Field • Suita	Ustream	W 35-3
October 24	3:00 PM	Kansai	Nishikyogoku Athletics Stadium • Kyoto	Ustream	W 31-3
November 7	12:00 PM	at Kinki	Nagai Stadium • Osaka	Ustream	W 41-7
November 22	1:00 PM	Kwansei Gakuin	Nagai Stadium • Osaka	Ustream	W 30-27
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Japan Standard Time.

Schedule Sources:^[2]^[3]

Postseason

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result
November 29	2:00 PM	at Seinan Gakuin*	Prince Stadium • Kobe (West Japan Championship)	Ustream	W 48-17
December 13	1:05 PM	at Waseda*	Koshien Stadium • Nishinomiya (Koshien Bowl)	Ustream	W 28-27
January 3		at Panasonic Impulse*	Tokyo Dome • Tokyo (Rice Bowl)		L 22-19
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Japan Standard Time.

Game summaries

Regular Season

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan Panthers at Kyoto Gangsters – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ritsumeikan	14	7	16	7	44
Kyoto	0	0	0	0	0

at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium • Kyoto

Date: August 28, 2015
Game time: 6:40 p.m.
TV: Ustream
Sources:

Momoyama Gakuin

Ritsumeikan at Momoyama Gakuin

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ritsumeikan	14	15	21	14	64
Momoyama Gakuin	0	0	7	0	7

Date: September 12th
Game start: 6:30 PM
Television network: Ustream

Kinki

Ritsumeikan at Kinki

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ritsumeikan	14	21	0	6	41
Kinki	0	0	0	7	7

Date: November 7th
Game start: 12:00 PM
Television network: Ustream

Postseason

Seinan Gakuin (West Japan Championship)

Seinan Gakuin at Ritsumeikan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seinan Gakuin	0	3	7	7	17
• Ritsumeikan	7	14	7	20	48

Date: November, 29th
Location:
Osaka
Game start: 2:00PM
Television network: Ustream

Panasonic Impulse (Rice Bowl)

References

↑ "Ritsumekian 2015 Schedule". Ritsumeikan Panthers football. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
↑ "Ritsumekian 2015 Spring Schedule". Ritsumeikan Panthers football. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
↑ "Ritsumekian 2015 Schedule". Ritsumeikan Panthers football. Retrieved October 1, 2015.

External links

Official website

Ritsumeikan Panthers football

Venues	Expo Flash Field Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Nagai Stadium

People	Masafumi Kawaguchi Noriaki Kinoshita

Seasons	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

College National championship seasons in bold

Kansai Collegiate American Football League

Division 1	Doshisha Wild Rover Kansai Kaisers Kobe Ravens Konan Red Gang Kwansei Gakuin Fighters Kyoto Gangsters Ritsumeikan Panthers Ryukoku Seahorse

Division 2 (A Block)	Hyogo Trail Blazers Osaka Gakuin Phoenix Osaka Kyoiku Dragons Osaka Sangyo Lions Otemon Gakuin Soldiers

Division 2 (B Block)	Kindai Devils Kobe Gakuin Navy Seals Kyoto Sangyo Sagittarius Momoyama Gakuin Thundering Legion Lions Osaka Prefecture Shrikes Osaka Tridents Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Spartans

Division 3 (A Block)	Bukkyo Hawks KIT Cougars Kyoto Prefectural Wyverns Shiga Gladiators Tottori Rakers University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences Voyagers

Division 3 (B Block)	OIT Rowdies Okayama Badgers Osaka City Golden Cedars OUE Bombers Tenri Crushing Orcs Wakayama Blind Sharks

Division 3 (C Block)	Kansai Gaidai Lynx Kyoto University of Education Grampus Kyoto Gakuen Dare Devils Kyoto Pharmaceutical Scarlet Knights Setsunan Blue Crush

Division 3 (D Block)	Hannan Fighting Bears Kibi International Fortifiers OECU Black Angels Osaka Arts Vipers Tokushima Pirates

Division 3 (E Block)	Hyogo College of Medicine Siegfried KUFS Fightin` Bulldogs Ōtani Bandits Tezukayama Bisons

Division 3 (F Block)	Kobe International Crimson Knights Kyoto Seika Gawks Okayama University of Science Gators Osaka University of Economics and Law Blue Thunders OUC Steelers

Independents	Himeji Dokkyo Wild Boars Osaka International Maverick

Bowls	Koshien Bowl Rice Bowl Tokyo Bowl

See also	Legacy Bowl X-League

Seasons	1941 1942 Did not play 1943-1945 because of World War II 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Collegiate American Football in Japan

East Japan - 東日本	Kanto Hokkaido Tohoku

West Japan - 西日本	Chushikoku Hokuriku Kansai Kyūshū Tokai

Bowl games	Azuma American Atom Christmas Heiwadai Ivy Japan Japan X Koshien Legacy Mirage Pearl Pine Rice Tokyo

People	Masafumi Kawaguchi Joe Roth Paul Rusch David Stant

Seasons	2015 2016

Major Venues	National Olympic Stadium Sapporo Dome Tomahawks Field Tokyo Dome Yokohama Stadium Yurtec Stadium Sendai

See also	American football in Japan Eyeshield 21 IFAF Asia JAFA Japan national American football team List of Japanese collegiate American football programs Paul Rusch Cup X-League

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