The Big Game

Puppy PhotoStanford has been playing Cal in the Big Game since 1892. Team Manager and Future President Herbert Hoover famously forgot to bring the ball to one Big Game. Graduation

Big Game Traditions

Big Game includes many traditions.

The Bonfire

BonfireOne Stanford tradition, a bonfire at Lake Lag before Big Game, has been abandoned in order to protect the endangered Salamander.

Impalling Oski

LSJUMB impals Cal's mascot Oski the Bear on the Claw Fountain before Big Game.

Gaities

Stanford's Gaities musical extravaganza is performed for several nights before Big Game.

The Axe

An Axe is passed to the current winner of the Big Game.

Big Game Scores

Here are scores from the earliest big games

  1. Stanford 15, Cal 10 (1892)
  2. Stanford 10, Cal 10 (1892)
  3. Stanford 6, Cal 6 (1893)
  4. Stanford 6, Cal 0 (1894)

Other Big Stuff

"Big" has been attached to other Stanford/Cal meets: