I was there at the game in ‘82. I was 14 years old. I thought the game was over and all of a sudden the play started and I saw Gary Tyrrell, the Stanford trombonist, go down. I’m thinking what the heck is going on, the Stanford Band is still on the field. I had a bag of popcorn with me and I turned to my dad and asked him. what happened?!!! I thought the game was over. Did we win the game?!! The guy behind us started yelling and screaming, we won, we won!!! I threw my bag of popcorn in the air and it landed on the guy in front of me and there was popcorn all over the place. Nobody cared. We were just so elated and high-fiving everybody and people were running on the field. My dad‘s friend left 10 minutes early to beat the traffic. He heard all this yelling in the parking lot. This guy two cars down was listening to Joe Starkey on KGO and told him we just won the game!! We have the Axe !!! To this day my dad’s friend regrets that he left the Big Game early. That’s why I always stay till the end because you just never know. Go Bears 🐻!!! Beat Stanfurd!!!
All-Time Series, 1892-1983: Stanford 40, Cal 36, 10 ties All-Time Series, 1892-Current: Stanford 64, Cal 47, 11 ties Devil: "Let's make a deal: You'll win this Big Game on a miracle finish, but it WILL cost you." Cal: "WE'LL TAKE IT."
I was there in '82, having just graduated. The whole game was fantastic actually, not just the famous ending with The Play. There was a big banner going around the field proclaiming "John Elway Has Herpes!" Too funny. We loved being his spoiler of course. Back in those days there was actually a huge Stanford fan turnout, not the pathetic apathetic few that were there last Saturday for the 24-21 win. Inexcusable, really. Cal fans of course are die-hards and as one of the commentators said, "You have to really, really want to be a Cal fan." Amen baby. Bring on the pain and suffering, the hope and anticipation, the thrills and fun times, and most importantly, winning the Big Game, regardless of the season. Go Bears!
What does that say about Cal football? That THIS is their crowning moment of the last...Wait, how long has it been since they won something meaningful?
Reporter: "Hey Kevin, what about that nerd you thrashed for no reason at the end of the play?" Moen: "They weren't going to stop me." Reporter: "Who, the sousaphone section??"
All-Time Series, 1892-1983: Stanford 40, Cal 36, 10 ties All-Time Series, 1892-Current: Stanford 64, Cal 47, 11 ties Devil: "Let's make a deal: You'll win this Big Game on a miracle finish, but it WILL cost you." Cal: "WE'LL TAKE IT."
I think you may be right. Good observation. One of those "mystery" people lost to eternity, but forever etched in our minds. As for this year's Big Game, someone posted a video of the streaker (Big Game Half-time Streaker). The highlight of a dreadful day for CAL fans. Sigh! GO!! BEARS!!! LOL!!
The Play: Joe Starkey's Call of the 1982 Cal/Stanford Big Game Alright here we go with the kick-off. Harmon will probably try to squib it and he does. Ball comes loose and the Bears have to get out of bounds. Rogers along the sideline, another one...they're still in deep trouble at midfield, they tried to do a couple of....the ball is still loose as they get it to Rogers. They get it back to the 30, they're down to the 20...Oh the band is out on the field!! He's gonna go into the endzone!!! He got into the endzone!! [voice quite hoarse at this point] Will it count? The Bears have scored [CANNON GOES OFF] but the bands are out on the field. There were flags all over the place. Wait and see what happens; we don't know who won the game. There are flags on the field. We have to see whether or not the flags are against Stanford or Cal. The Bears may have made some illegal laterals. It could be that it won't count. The Bears, believe it or not, took it all the way into the endzone. If the penalty is against Stanford, California would win the game. If it is not, the game is over and Stanford has won. We've heard no decision yet. Everybody is milling around on the [crowd and Joe getting very, very loud now] FIELD!!! AND THE BEARS!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! Oh my God, the most amazing, sensational, traumatic, heart rending... exciting thrilling finish in the history of college football! California has won...the Big Game...over Stanford. Oh excuse me for my voice, but I have never, never seen anything like it in the history of I have ever seen any game in my life! The Bears have won it! There will be no extra point! Hold it right here, don't anybody go away....[crowd roaring wildly] After just about everybody on the kick-off team handled the ball, Kevin Moen finally did it. And he ran through 15 members of the Stanford band, nobody tackled him. The Fool!....Glenn Shapiro, our statistician, has just held up a card and it says the truth. The Stanford band just cost their team that ball game. The Stanford band ran out on the field, it left all the defenders in an impossible situation to get to the Bears carrying the ball. They couldn't tackle 'em. The band, in effect, served as extra blockers, the official had no choice but to let the play go as was. The Bears have scored on the kick-off, brought it all the way back. At least 5 men handled the ball on one lateral after another. I thought Rogers was dead at one point. He got rid of the ball [CANNON GOES OFF, CROWD GOES WILD] I believe it was Kevin Moen that Jan said that scored the winning touchdown as the kick-off came from the 25 yard line. This place is like it has never been ever. Stanford can't believe it. Jan The field is covered with people. Stanford is standing around in a daze. The band is in the corner, doesn't know what to do. Blue and Gold is all over the field jumping in joy! 25-20 is the final score. The University of California has won the 85th Big Game.-from www.cs.rice.edu/~dwallach/the_play.html
Final "Set in old California Memorial Stadium Concrete Forever" 1982 Big Game Score: CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 25, leland stanfurd junior college BAND 20.... enuf said all you stanfurd crybabes!!!... LOL....GO BEARS!!!...Beat stanfurd again!!!....
Honest question: Really? Stanford spent the 2010's winning two Rose Bowls, an Orange Bowl, and nine Big Games. Since The Play, Cal has played Stanford 37 times-and won 12.
Will always wonder, during the huddle awaiting the refs final decision, who the guy in the brown jacket/pants is who turns and cheers, signaling that CAL had won!
The same Stanford Band that was performing during the half time assumed that game was over, they cost Stanford everything that was ahead of them. California Golden Bears win over the Cards should have alerted the NCAA to set them up in a Bowl game. The Bears deserved that win. Thank you Stanford............ Band!! 🤣🤣🤣
Please notice Kev about the :45 second mark, another guy with I believe the same coat, is trying to vouch-safe the field-goal collision wrapper. This says to me the other mystery guy was working that day too, and for whatever (embarrassing?) reason has carefully avoided publicity. More importantly if he was staff, MANY other Bears protected his (obvious to them) identity. All righty then, guess under that scenario he'll *never* step forward to accept celebrity status, just imo. #GoBears!
Coach Moen was my defensive back coach in high school South Torrance 1986 and 1987 a great man and coach thank you Coach!!
For 1982 this is incredible picture quality.
Most epic play in college football history! Amazing. Always great watching it!
Great job!!
I was there at the game in ‘82. I was 14 years old. I thought the game was over and all of a sudden the play started and I saw Gary Tyrrell, the Stanford trombonist, go down. I’m thinking what the heck is going on, the Stanford Band is still on the field. I had a bag of popcorn with me and I turned to my dad and asked him. what happened?!!! I thought the game was over. Did we win the game?!! The guy behind us started yelling and screaming, we won, we won!!! I threw my bag of popcorn in the air and it landed on the guy in front of me and there was popcorn all over the place. Nobody cared. We were just so elated and high-fiving everybody and people were running on the field. My dad‘s friend left 10 minutes early to beat the traffic. He heard all this yelling in the parking lot. This guy two cars down was listening to Joe Starkey on KGO and told him we just won the game!! We have the Axe !!! To this day my dad’s friend regrets that he left the Big Game early. That’s why I always stay till the end because you just never know. Go Bears 🐻!!! Beat Stanfurd!!!
All-Time Series, 1892-1983: Stanford 40, Cal 36, 10 ties
All-Time Series, 1892-Current: Stanford 64, Cal 47, 11 ties
Devil: "Let's make a deal: You'll win this Big Game on a miracle finish, but it WILL cost you."
Cal: "WE'LL TAKE IT."
Thanks, for sharing your experience Patricia.
I was there! Watched to the end!
Last lateral a blatant illegal forward lateral. Slow down video to 0.25x speed. Ball released outside the 27, but caught at 25. Not even close! 0:37
BTW love the old fashioned card stunts. It used to be an art! So fun to do.
Joe Kapp, one tough dude!
Card stunts footage too. Wow!
I was there in '82, having just graduated. The whole game was fantastic actually, not just the famous ending with The Play. There was a big banner going around the field proclaiming "John Elway Has Herpes!" Too funny. We loved being his spoiler of course. Back in those days there was actually a huge Stanford fan turnout, not the pathetic apathetic few that were there last Saturday for the 24-21 win. Inexcusable, really. Cal fans of course are die-hards and as one of the commentators said, "You have to really, really want to be a Cal fan." Amen baby. Bring on the pain and suffering, the hope and anticipation, the thrills and fun times, and most importantly, winning the Big Game, regardless of the season. Go Bears!
For Cal people, this is always incredibly fun to watch. Heartwarming. Down goes Elway, down goes Wiggin, down goes Stanford.
What does that say about Cal football? That THIS is their crowning moment of the last...Wait, how long has it been since they won something meaningful?
Reporter: "Hey Kevin, what about that nerd you thrashed for no reason at the end of the play?"
Moen: "They weren't going to stop me."
Reporter: "Who, the sousaphone section??"
All-Time Series, 1892-1983: Stanford 40, Cal 36, 10 ties
All-Time Series, 1892-Current: Stanford 64, Cal 47, 11 ties
Devil: "Let's make a deal: You'll win this Big Game on a miracle finish, but it WILL cost you."
Cal: "WE'LL TAKE IT."
Hey, that’s Hulk Hogan’s younger brother! 5:30
0:43 What'chew gonna dew when Hulkamania spikes the ball on yer head--brother!?
“No one gave up.”
Go Bears! This was my freshman year at Cal. 💙💛
Imagine how confused the refs were
And the band is out on the field
Is that joe kapp the coach of the bears?
You bet! One of the toughest SOB's to ever play the game!
Ummm, I don't watch football, but why are there more people on the field than in the stands?
I think you may be right. Good observation. One of those "mystery" people lost to eternity, but forever etched in our minds. As for this year's Big Game, someone posted a video of the streaker (Big Game Half-time Streaker). The highlight of a dreadful day for CAL fans. Sigh! GO!! BEARS!!! LOL!!
The Play: Joe Starkey's Call of the 1982 Cal/Stanford Big Game
Alright here we go with the kick-off. Harmon will probably try to squib it and he does. Ball comes loose and the Bears have to get out of bounds. Rogers along the sideline, another one...they're still in deep trouble at midfield, they tried to do a couple of....the ball is still loose as they get it to Rogers. They get it back to the 30, they're down to the 20...Oh the band is out on the field!! He's gonna go into the endzone!!! He got into the endzone!! [voice quite hoarse at this point] Will it count? The Bears have scored [CANNON GOES OFF] but the bands are out on the field.
There were flags all over the place. Wait and see what happens; we don't know who won the game. There are flags on the field. We have to see whether or not the flags are against Stanford or Cal. The Bears may have made some illegal laterals. It could be that it won't count. The Bears, believe it or not, took it all the way into the endzone. If the penalty is against Stanford, California would win the game. If it is not, the game is over and Stanford has won. We've heard no decision yet. Everybody is milling around on the [crowd and Joe getting very, very loud now] FIELD!!! AND THE BEARS!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! Oh my God, the most amazing, sensational, traumatic, heart rending... exciting thrilling finish in the history of college football! California has won...the Big Game...over Stanford. Oh excuse me for my voice, but I have never, never seen anything like it in the history of I have ever seen any game in my life! The Bears have won it! There will be no extra point! Hold it right here, don't anybody go away....[crowd roaring wildly]
After just about everybody on the kick-off team handled the ball, Kevin Moen finally did it. And he ran through 15 members of the Stanford band, nobody tackled him. The Fool!....Glenn Shapiro, our statistician, has just held up a card and it says the truth. The Stanford band just cost their team that ball game. The Stanford band ran out on the field, it left all the defenders in an impossible situation to get to the Bears carrying the ball. They couldn't tackle 'em. The band, in effect, served as extra blockers, the official had no choice but to let the play go as was. The Bears have scored on the kick-off, brought it all the way back. At least 5 men handled the ball on one lateral after another. I thought Rogers was dead at one point. He got rid of the ball [CANNON GOES OFF, CROWD GOES WILD] I believe it was Kevin Moen that Jan said that scored the winning touchdown as the kick-off came from the 25 yard line. This place is like it has never been ever. Stanford can't believe it.
Jan The field is covered with people. Stanford is standing around in a daze. The band is in the corner, doesn't know what to do. Blue and Gold is all over the field jumping in joy! 25-20 is the final score. The University of California has won the 85th Big Game.-from www.cs.rice.edu/~dwallach/the_play.html
The most profound gibberish ever recorded.
Thanks yet again TTA'82
#Go Bears!
The band is on the field! Joe Starkey is choking on his own phlegm! John Elway is passed off!
Final "Set in old California Memorial Stadium Concrete Forever" 1982 Big Game Score: CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 25, leland stanfurd junior college BAND 20.... enuf said all you stanfurd crybabes!!!... LOL....GO BEARS!!!...Beat stanfurd again!!!....
Honest question: Really?
Stanford spent the 2010's winning two Rose Bowls, an Orange Bowl, and nine Big Games.
Since The Play, Cal has played Stanford 37 times-and won 12.
who got the game ball? When Cal runner scored he dropped ball, it looked like 1 white Dude and 1 Black Dude were fighting for it.
0:43 The trombone player did.
This play is memorable, but it will never top Auburn’s Kick Six.
Take it from a non-Auburn/Cal alum/fan ......This is 100x's better than the "Kick-six"
Loved that too because Saban got his ass beat!
Will always wonder, during the huddle awaiting the refs final decision, who the guy in the brown jacket/pants is who turns and cheers, signaling that CAL had won!
The same Stanford Band that was performing during the half time assumed that game was over, they cost Stanford everything that was ahead of them. California Golden Bears win over the Cards should have alerted the NCAA to set them up in a Bowl game. The Bears deserved that win. Thank you Stanford............ Band!! 🤣🤣🤣
I think you can see that weenie rod Gilmore number 20? Yelling at the refs in typical weenie fashion after they decide to let Cal have the TD.
GO!! BEARS!!! Bring home the Axe!
I too was at the game!! Its better than saying you were @ Woodstock.
FANTASTIC! LETS GO BEARS!!!!!! BEAT STANFORD!!!!!!!!!
864 views really!,,
Please notice Kev about the :45 second mark, another guy with I believe the same coat, is trying to vouch-safe the field-goal collision wrapper. This says to me the other mystery guy was working that day too, and for whatever (embarrassing?) reason has carefully avoided publicity. More importantly if he was staff, MANY other Bears protected his (obvious to them) identity.
All righty then, guess under that scenario he'll *never* step forward to accept celebrity status, just imo.
#GoBears!