The
IBM Big Blue are an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team located in the
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...
. They are a member of the
X-League.
Team history
*1976 Team founded as the IBM Thinkers.
*1977 Joined the X-League.
*1989 Team name changed to IBM Big Blue.
*1996 Won X2 Central Divisional title. Defeated
Penta-Ocean Construction Co. 28-27 in X2-X1 replacement game.
*1997 Promoted from X2 to X1.
*2010 Advanced to Final stage. Lost to
Panasonic Impulse
The Panasonic Impulse is an American football team based in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. The Impulse compete in the X-League, and are a member of the top tier X1 Super division along with Fujitsu Frontiers, Obic Seagulls, IBM Big Blue, Nojima Sagami ...
28-31.
*2014 Defeated the
Lixil Deers in the Final stage to advance to the
Japan X Bowl
The Japan X Bowl (previously the Japan Super Bowl) was the annual championship game of the X-League, the highest level of professional American football in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country ...
. Lost to the
Fujitsu Frontiers
The Fujitsu Frontiers are an American football team located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.
Team history
*1985 Team was founded by the Fujitsu Group.
*1986 Promoted from X2 to X1.
*1992 Pearl Bowl runner-up
* ...
10-44.
*2016 Celebrated 40th anniversary of team founding.
Seasons
Current import players
Former Import Players
See also
IBM Big Blue (rugby union)
IBM Big Blue is a Japanese semi-professional rugby union team in the Top League, founded in 1976 by IBM. The company decided to make rugby, along with baseball and American football, one of the official company sports in 1989, which allowed the ...
References
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American football in Japan
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
1976 establishments in Japan
American football teams established in 1976
Sports teams in Ibaraki Prefecture
X-League teams