Big Game (American football)

Big Game
First meetingMarch 19, 1892
Stanford, 14–10
Latest meetingNovember 18, 2023
California, 27–15
Next meeting2024, in Berkeley, California
TrophyStanford Axe
Statistics
Meetings total126
All-time seriesStanford leads, 66–53–11 (.550)[1]
Largest victoryStanford, 63–13 (2013)
Longest win streakStanford, 9 (2010–2018)
Current win streakCalifornia, 3 (2021–present)
Locations of Cal and Stanford

Big Game is the name given to the California–Stanford football rivalry.[2][3] It is an American college football rivalry game played by the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley and the Stanford Cardinal football team of Stanford University. Both institutions are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. First played in 1892, it remains one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States. The game is usually played in late November or early December and its location alternates between the two universities every year. In even-numbered years, the game is played in Berkeley while odd-numbered years are played at Stanford.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference series was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cal makes Stanford work for it but falls in 120th Big Game". November 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Satterlee, Cameron (November 14, 2017). "Stanford vs Cal: A Brief History of the Big Game". Rule Of Tree.