The Obic Seagulls extended their 2020 season and punched their ticket to the Japan X Bowl after an extraordinary ending in their season-finale victory over the Panasonic Impulse on Saturday.
Trailing by one point with less than 20 seconds left, Panasonic advanced to the Obic 1-yard line. But quarterback Anthony Lawrence fumbled the ball on a run and Obic linebacker Keita Naruse recovered it before the Seagulls ran down the clock to seal the 35-34 win.
"It'll be one of the games that I'll never forget in my long football career," Obic head coach Makoto Ohashi said after the nail-biter at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki.