COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS
California vs Stanford
First game: March 19, 1892 (Stanford won, 14-10) At stake: The Stanford Axe When: late November Where: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley or Stanford Stadium, Stanford Misc.: This is the oldest rivalry on the West Coast. Ten games to remember: 1) 1982: "The Play" gives Cal a 25-20 win. Led by John Elway, Stanford takes a 20-19 lead on a 34-yard field goal by Mark Harmon with 4 seconds left. On the ensuing kickoff, Cal scores on a five-lateral, 57-yard run that ends when the Bears' Kevin Moen runs through the Stanford band and knocks over trombonist Gary Tyrrell in the end zone. 2) 1972: Vince Ferragamo hits Steve Sweeney with a TD pass on the final play of Cal's 24-21 victory. 3) 1974: Mike Langford kicks a 50-yard field goal on the final play in Stanford's 22-20 victory. 4) 2000: In the Big Game's first overtime contest, seldom-used Stanford fullback Casey Moore catches a 25-yard TD pass in the Cardinal's 36-30 win in Berkeley. 5) 1990: John Hopkins kicks a 37-yard field goal for a 27-25 Cardinal victory. 6) 1999: Stanford's 31-13 win clinches the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth. 7) 1959: Stanford quarterback Dick Norman throws for an NCAA-record 401 yards, but Cal wins 20-17. 8) 1976: Cal's Markey Crane fumbles on his 2 with 1: 31 left and Bears ahead 24-19. Stanford's Ron Inge scores game-winning TD for a 27-24 win. 9) 1947: With less than three minutes left in the 50th Big Game, Cal All-American Jackie Jensen throws a 15-yard pass to Paul Keckley, who runs 65 yards for the game-winning TD. 10) 1892: Stanford upsets Cal 14-10 in the first Big Game, played at the corner of Haight and Stanyan streets in San Francisco. Stanford manager Herbert Hoover, who later became the 31st President, reports a staggering $30,000 in gate receipts. (AWAY) 2023/11/18 California 27 - Stanford 15 (HOME) 2022/11/19 California 27 - Stanford 20 (AWAY) 2021/11/20 California 41 - Stanford 11 (HOME) 2020/11/27 California 23 - Stanford 24 (AWAY) 2019/11/23 California 24 - Stanford 20 (HOME) 2018/12/01 California 13 - Stanford 23 (AWAY) 2017/11/18 California 14 - Stanford 17 (HOME) 2016/11/19 California 31 - Stanford 45 (AWAY) 2015/11/21 California 22 - Stanford 35 (HOME) 2014/11/22 California 17 - Stanford 38 (AWAY) 2013/11/23 California 13 - Stanford 63 (HOME) 2012/10/20 California 3 - Stanford 21 (AWAY) 2011/11/19 California 28 - Stanford 31 (HOME) 2010/11/20 California 14 - Stanford 48 (AWAY) 2009/11/21 California 34 - Stanford 28 (HOME) 2008/11/22 California 37 - Stanford 16 (AWAY) 2007/12/01 California 13 - Stanford 20 (HOME) 2006/12/02 California 26 - Stanford 17 (AWAY) 2005/11/19 California 27 - Stanford 3 (HOME) 2004/11/20 California 41 - Stanford 6 (AWAY) 2003/11/22 California 28 - Stanford 16 (HOME) 2002/11/23 California 30 - Stanford 7 (AWAY) 2001/11/17 California 28 - Stanford 35 (HOME) 2000/11/18 California 30 - Stanford 36 OT (AWAY) 1999/11/20 California 13 - Stanford 31 (HOME) 1998/11/21 California 3 - Stanford 10 (AWAY) 1997/11/22 California 20 - Stanford 21 (HOME) 1996/11/23 California 21 - Stanford 42 (AWAY) 1995/11/18 California 24 - Stanford 29 (HOME) 1994/11/19 California 24 - Stanford 23 (AWAY) 1993/11/20 California 46 - Stanford 17 (HOME) 1992/11/21 California 21 - Stanford 41 (AWAY) 1991/11/23 California 21 - Stanford 38 (HOME) 1990/11/17 California 25 - Stanford 27 (AWAY) 1989/11/18 California 14 - Stanford 24 (HOME) 1988/11/19 California 19 - Stanford 19 T (AWAY) 1987/11/21 California 7 - Stanford 31 (HOME) 1986/11/22 California 17 - Stanford 11 (AWAY) 1985/11/23 California 22 - Stanford 24 (HOME) 1984/11/17 California 10 - Stanford 27 (AWAY) 1983/11/27 California 27 - Stanford 18 (HOME) 1982/11/20 California 25 - Stanford 20 (AWAY) 1981/11/21 California 21 - Stanford 42 (HOME) 1980/11/22 California 28 - Stanford 23 (AWAY) 1979/11/17 California 21 - Stanford 14 (HOME) 1978/11/18 California 10 - Stanford 30 (AWAY) 1977/11/19 California 3 - Stanford 21 (HOME) 1976/11/20 California 24 - Stanford 27 (AWAY) 1975/11/22 California 48 - Stanford 15 (HOME) 1974/11/23 California 20 - Stanford 22 (AWAY) 1973/11/24 California 17 - Stanford 26 (HOME) 1972/11/18 California 24 - Stanford 21 (AWAY) 1971/11/20 California 0 - Stanford 14 (HOME) 1970/11/21 California 22 - Stanford 14 (AWAY) 1969/11/22 California 28 - Stanford 29 (HOME) 1968/11/23 California 0 - Stanford 20 (AWAY) 1967/11/18 California 26 - Stanford 3 (HOME) 1966/11/19 California 7 - Stanford 13 (AWAY) 1965/11/20 California 7 - Stanford 9 (HOME) 1964/11/21 California 3 - Stanford 21 (AWAY) 1963/11/30 California 17 - Stanford 28 (HOME) 1962/11/24 California 13 - Stanford 30 (AWAY) 1961/11/25 California 7 - Stanford 20 (HOME) 1960/11/19 California 21 - Stanford 10 (AWAY) 1959/11/21 California 20 - Stanford 17 (HOME) 1958/11/22 California 16 - Stanford 15 (AWAY) 1957/11/23 California 12 - Stanford 14 (HOME) 1956/11/24 California 20 - Stanford 18 (AWAY) 1955/11/19 California 0 - Stanford 19 (HOME) 1954/11/20 California 28 - Stanford 20 (AWAY) 1953/11/21 California 21 - Stanford 21 T (HOME) 1952/11/22 California 26 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1951/11/24 California 20 - Stanford 7 (HOME) 1950/11/25 California 7 - Stanford 7 T (AWAY) 1949/11/19 California 33 - Stanford 14 (HOME) 1948/11/20 California 7 - Stanford 6 (AWAY) 1947/11/22 California 21 - Stanford 18 (HOME) 1946/11/23 California 6 - Stanford 25 (HOME) 1942/11/21 California 7 - Stanford 26 (AWAY) 1941/11/29 California 16 - Stanford 0 (HOME) 1940/11/30 California 7 - Stanford 13 (AWAY) 1939/11/25 California 32 - Stanford 14 (HOME) 1938/11/19 California 6 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1937/11/20 California 13 - Stanford 0 (HOME) 1936/11/21 California 20 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1935/11/23 California 0 - Stanford 13 (HOME) 1934/11/24 California 7 - Stanford 9 (AWAY) 1933/11/25 California 3 - Stanford 7 (HOME) 1932/11/19 California 0 - Stanford 0 T (AWAY) 1931/11/21 California 6 - Stanford 0 (HOME) 1930/11/22 California 0 - Stanford 41 (AWAY) 1929/11/23 California 6 - Stanford 21 (HOME) 1928/11/24 California 13 - Stanford 13 T (AWAY) 1927/11/19 California 6 - Stanford 13 (HOME) 1926/11/20 California 6 - Stanford 41 (AWAY) 1925/11/21 California 14 - Stanford 27 (HOME) 1924/11/22 California 20 - Stanford 20 T (HOME) 1923/11/24 California 9 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1922/11/25 California 28 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1921/11/19 California 42 - Stanford 7 (HOME) 1920/11/20 California 38 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1919/11/22 California 14 - Stanford 10 (HOME) 1918/11/30 California 67 - Stanford 0 (HOME) 1914/11/14 California 8 - Stanford 26 (AWAY) 1913/11/08 California 8 - Stanford 13 (HOME) 1912/11/09 California 3 - Stanford 3 T (AWAY) 1911/11/11 California 21 - Stanford 3 (HOME) 1910/11/12 California 25 - Stanford 6 (AWAY) 1909/11/13 California 19 - Stanford 13 (HOME) 1908/11/14 California 3 - Stanford 12 (AWAY) 1907/11/09 California 11 - Stanford 21 (HOME) 1906/11/10 California 3 - Stanford 6 (AWAY) 1905/11/11 California 5 - Stanford 12 (HOME) 1904/11/12 California 0 - Stanford 18 (N) 1903/11/14 California 6 - Stanford 6 T (N) 1902/11/08 California 16 - Stanford 0 (N) 1901/11/09 California 2 - Stanford 0 (N) 1900/11/29 California 0 - Stanford 5 (N) 1899/11/30 California 30 - Stanford 0 (N) 1898/11/24 California 22 - Stanford 0 (AWAY) 1897/11/25 California 0 - Stanford 28 (N) 1896/11/26 California 0 - Stanford 20 (N) 1895/11/28 California 6 - Stanford 6 T (N) 1894/11/29 California 0 - Stanford 6 (N) 1893/11/30 California 6 - Stanford 6 T (N) 1892/12/17 California 10 - Stanford 10 T (N) 1892/03/19 California 10 - Stanford 14