Former Harvard running back Gino Gordon rushed for 112 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Fujitsu Frontiers to a 44-10 victory over the IBM BigBlue on Monday night at Tokyo Dome in the Japan X Bowl.
The Frontiers clinched their first X League title and will play the college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters for the overall national championship on Jan. 3 in the Rice Bowl at the same venue.
"It's been a long road. This is my 10th year as head coach of the Frontiers, and it took a long time," Fujitsu's Satoshi Fujita said. "We tried many times and failed many times. But we kept going for the championship.
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