Notre Dame Japan Bowl

CBS College Sports Network will broadcast the Notre Dame Japan Bowl to a nationwide audience on Monday, August 10 (9:00 p.m. ET, taped July 25) as part of the Network's "Countdown to Kickoff Week" programming.

The Notre Dame Football Legends, a team of Fighting Irish football alumni led by legendary head coach Lou Holtz, will take on the Japanese Senior National team in the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome in Japan's capital city.

The game will be the highlight of a weeklong visit to Japan from July 20-26, which is endorsed and supported by the Notre Dame Monogram Club and produced jointly by Global Football and the Japan American Football Association.

Prior to the game, Gregory Crawford, dean of the College of Science at Notre Dame, Chuck Lennon, Alumni Association executive director, and Joe Restic, president of the ND Monogram Club, will present game jerseys to the three Japanese University representatives who launched the Japan American Football Association, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Holtz and his coaching staff, which includes 1987 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown, held player tryouts at Notre Dame in April. Among those selected to pull on a Fighting Irish jersey again are five former Irish team captains including 1988 National Championship-winning quarterback Tony Rice, Melvin Dansby, Bobbie Howard, Mike Goolsby, and Brandon Hoyte. The 60-man roster and event details can be found on the official website.