NISHINOMIYA, HYOGO PREFECTURE ¨C Underdog Waseda University threatened to end Kansai schools¡¯ stranglehold on the Koshien Bowl national collegiate football championship on Sunday, but Kyoto¡¯s Ritsumeikan University came out on top in the end with a 28-27 win in the tournament¡¯s 70th anniversary.
Ritsumeikan got off to a 21-0 lead, but Waseda, the Kanto champion, resiliently bounced back. The Big Bears scored 24 unanswered points to take a lead late in the third quarter.
Ritsumeikan scored a touchdown to retake the lead early in the final quarter, but Waseda made a field goal to make it a one-point game.
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