Full time27 April 1991
National Sports Center, Minneapolis, United States · Tour 1991Head-to-head
USA won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –CUSA conversion · Mark Williams2–0
- –PUSA penalty · Mark Williams5–0
- –TUSA try · Mark Williams9–0
- –TUSA try · Kevin Higgins13–0
- –TUSA try · Kevin Higgins17–0
- –DUSA drop goal · Michael de Jong20–0
- –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa20–3
- –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa20–6
- –DJapan drop goal · Katsuhiro Matsuo20–9
Line-ups
USA
- 1Chris LippertProp
- 2Tony FlayHooker
- 3Norm MottramProp
- 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
- 5Bill LeverseeSecond row
- 6Rob FarleyFlanker
- 7Dennis GonzalezFlanker
- 8Brian VizardNumber 8
- 9Barry DailyScrum-half
- 10Michael de JongFly-half
- 11Kevin HigginsWing
- 12Joe BurkeCentre
- 13Mark WilliamsCentre
- 14Gary HeinWing
- 15Ray NelsonFull-back
Japan
- 1Kazuaki TakahashiProp
- 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
- 3Masanori TakuraProp
- 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
- 5Ekeroma LuaiufiSecond row
- 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
- 7Shuji NakashimaFlanker
- 8Fumihiro OuchiNumber 8
- 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
- 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
- 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
- 12Seiji HiraoCentre
- 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
- 14Tadashi GodaWing
- 15Takahiro HosokawaFull-back
- 16Osamu OtaBench
- 17Atsushi OyagiBench
- 18Junichi TaniguchiBench
- 19Masami HorikoshiBench
- 20Yukio MotokiBench
- 21Tatsuya MadeaBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, USA 13–13 Japan, 1 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
USA going in
Japan going in
- Previous meeting: 23 September 1990, USA 25–15 Japan
- Next meeting on record: 4 May 1991
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.