Waseda University was trailing Ritsumeikan University 28-27 with 3 seconds remaining in the 2015 Koshien Bowl, the collegiate football national championship game.

The ball was placed on Ritsumeikan’s 35 on fourth down, meaning a 52-yard field goal would give Waseda its first national title and set the new record for the longest field goal in the 70-year Koshien Bowl history.

Waseda’s senior kicker Toshiki Sato felt relaxed as usual. He was smiling when getting onto the field at the most clutch moment of the season. Kanto's No. 1 kicker was confident he would come back to the sideline as the champion.