Taisuke Miyagawa needs some more time to make his comeback, but the Nihon University Phoenix have returned to college football.

Junior quarterback Taiki Hayashi threw a 72-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Junnosuke Kishizawa on the first play of a 42-0 rout of the Nippon Sport Science University Triumphant Lion at NSSU campus in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon.

It was the Phoenix's first Kantoh Collegiate Football Association game since last May.