The Big Game is the annual football game between UC Berkeley and Stanford University, and is one of the longest and most famous college rivalries. The winner recieves the Stanford Axe, which has been stolen numerous times (See the axe's node.).
In the weeks before the Big Game, both colleges mount numerous pranks, from stealing the Stanford Tree, to putting mice dyed in the schools' traditional colors into university libraries. Most of this is all in fun, and no harm is done (With a few exceptions and close calls.). Traditions have come and gone, such as the Stanford bonfire, banned from the dry bed of Lake Lagunita (Lake Lag) because it's a habitat of the endangered California Tiger Salamander, but at least the rivalry will always endure...
All Big Game Scores
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STANFORD: 54 wins
CALIFORNIA (Berkeley): 40 wins
BOTH: 11 ties
Year Winner Score Site Notes
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1892 Stanford 14-10
San Francisco Held in the Spring
1892 (Tie Game) 10-10 San Francisco
1893 (Tie Game) 06-06 San Francisco
1894 Stanford 06-00 San Francisco
1895 (Tie Game) 06-06 San Francisco
1896 Stanford 20-00 San Francisco
1897 Stanford 28-00 San Francisco
1898 California 22-00 San Francisco
1899 California 30-00 San Francisco Year of the
Stanford Axe Theft during an April baseball game
1900 Stanford 05-00 San Francisco Douglas Tilden statue "The Football Players" (Awarded 1899), dedicated 10 May 1900.
1901 California 02-00 San Francisco
1902 California 16-00 San Francisco
1903 (Tie Game) 06-06 San Francisco
1904 Stanford 18-00 Berkeley
1905 Stanford 12-05
Palo Alto
1906 Stanford 06-03
Berkeley First
rugby Big Game
1907 Stanford 21-11 Palo Alto Rugby
1908 Stanford 12-03 Berkeley Rugby
1909 California 19-13 Palo Alto Rugby
1910 California 25-06 Berkeley Rugby, first card stunts (Cal)
1911 California 21-03 Palo Alto Rugby
1912 (Tie Game) 03-03 Berkeley Rugby
1913 Stanford 13-08 Palo Alto Rugby
1914 Stanford 36-08 Berkeley Last rugby Big Game. No Big Games were held from 1915-1917 due to disputes.
1918 California 67-00 Berkeley S.A.T.C. (Unofficial Charity Game)
1919 California 14-10 Palo Alto
1920 California 38-00 Berkeley
1921 California 42-07 Palo Alto First game at Stanford Stadium
1922 California 28-00 Palo Alto
1923 California 09-00 Berkeley First game at Memorial Stadium
1924 (Tie Game) 20-20 Berkeley Both Cal and Stanford were undefeated
1925 Stanford 27-14 Palo Alto
1926 Stanford 41-06 Berkeley
1927 Stanford 13-06 Palo Alto
1928 (Tie Game) 13-13 Berkeley
1929 Stanford 21-06 Palo Alto
1930 Stanford 41-00 Berkeley
1931 California 06-00 Palo Alto
1932 (Tie Game) 00-00 Berkeley
1933 Stanford 07-03 Palo Alto First game with the Axe as a trophy
1934 Stanford 09-07 Berkeley
1935 Stanford 13-00 Palo Alto
1936 California 20-00 Berkeley
1937 California 13-00 Palo Alto
1938 California 06-00 Berkeley
1939 California 32-14 Palo Alto
1940 Stanford 13-07 Berkeley
1941 California 16-00 Palo Alto
1942 Stanford 26-07 Berkeley No Big Games held from 1943-1945 because of
World War II.
1946 Stanford 25-06 Berkeley
1947 California 21-18 Palo Alto
1948 California 07-06 Berkeley
1949 California 33-14 Palo Alto
1950 (Tie Game) 07-07 Berkeley
1951 California 20-07 Palo Alto
1952 California 26-00 Berkeley
1953 (Tie Game) 21-21 Palo Alto
1954 California 28-20 Berkeley
1955 Stanford 19-00 Palo Alto
1956 California 20-18 Berkeley
1957 Stanford 14-12 Palo Alto
1958 California 16-15 Berkeley
1959 California 20-17 Palo Alto
1960 California 21-10 Berkeley
1961 Stanford 20-70 Palo Alto
1962 Stanford 30-13 Berkeley
1963 Stanford 28-17 Palo Alto Debut of California Victory Cannon
1964 Stanford 21-03 Berkeley
1965 Stanford 09-07 Palo Alto
1966 Stanford 13-07 Berkeley
1967 California 26-03 Palo Alto Cal scored 21 points in 4th quarter
1968 Stanford 20-00 Berkeley
1969 Stanford 29-28 Palo Alto
1970 California 22-14 Berkeley Upset over Rose Bowl bound Stanford
1971 Stanford 14-00 Palo Alto
1972 California 24-21 Berkeley Ferragamo to Sweeney TD on last play
1973 Stanford 26-17 Palo Alto
1974 Stanford 22-20 Berkeley Langford's 50yd winning FG on last play
1975 California 48-15 Palo Alto "The Chuck Muncie Show"
1976 Stanford 27-24 Berkeley
1977 Stanford 21-30 Palo Alto
1978 Stanford 30-10 Berkeley
1979 California 21-14 Palo Alto
1980 California 28-23 Berkeley
1981 Stanford 42-21 Palo Alto
1982 California 25-20 Berkeley "
The Play"
1983 California 27-18 Palo Alto
1984 Stanford 27-10 Berkeley
1985 Stanford 24-22 Palo Alto Cal was down 24-0 in 3rd quarter
1986 California 17-11 Berkeley Biggest upset in Big Game history
1987 Stanford 31-07 Palo Alto
1988 (Tie Game) 19-19 Berkeley Cal 11yd FG to win blocked by Tuan Van Le
1989 Stanford 24-14 Palo Alto First Big Game under the lights
1990 Stanford 27-25 Berkeley Stanford scored 9 points in final 16 secs
1991 Stanford 38-21 Palo Alto
1992 Stanford 41-21 Berkeley
1993 California 46-17 Palo Alto Biggest rout since "Chuck Muncie Show"
1994 California 24-23 Berkeley
1995 Stanford 29-24 Palo Alto
1996 Stanford 42-21 Berkeley Cal mob destroyed the
Stanford Tree
1997 Stanford 21-20 Palo Alto The 100th Big Game
1998 Stanford 10-03 Berkeley
1999 Stanford 31-13 Palo Alto
2000 Stanford 36-30 Berkeley
2001 Stanford 35-28 Palo Alto
2002 California 30-07 Berkeley
2003 California 28-16 Palo Alto
2004 California 41-06 Berkeley
2005 California 27-03 Palo Alto