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It was one of I how crisp. clear fall afternoons to common to Northern California. It was lh« day of the Big Game, the annual battle for the Axe trophy between Stanford and Cal. Just another football game, right? Wrong. This game will live In college football history as the greatest game ever. An ex- citing see saw struggle, fantastic catches, Heisman candidate John Elway, and the gamut of emotions comblnted that November day to create what those present wili remember the rest of their lives. Cal controlled the game In the first half, stopping the potent Stanford pass- ing attack In their own half for over 20 minutes. After a Joe Cooper field goal for Cal. wide receiver Marlet Ford made what would be the first of his catches, this one for a touchdown. His sprawling, diving grab electrified the capacity crowd. Stanford bounced back in the second half with two quick touchdowns to take the lead. 14-10. Cooper narrowed the margin to one with an early fourth quarter field goal. Wes Howell then used his basketball player's lump for another miracle touchdown grab, rivalling Ford’s for artistry. Cal then missed the two-point conversion attempt, setting the stage for a Stanford comeback. Mark Harmon’s held goal with five minutes left brought the Cardinal to within another field goal of winning. Cal. unable to score again, was then forc- ed to punt with 1:34 left. Elway must work his passing magic for Stanford to keep the Axe. Cal holds him deep in Stanford territory unit! he Is faced with a fourth down and 17 at his own 17 Then, miraculously, he moves his team to the Col 18 In only four plays. He demonstrated why he was Indeed the finest collegiate quarterback of the year. The jubfcant Cal rooting Is going to pieces as Harmon lines up for the winning field goal try with 8 seconds left It's good and Stanford goes ahead, 20-19. Like a huge overfilled balloon, the Cal team and Its fans collapse In sorrow. Their hard work and effort has been erased with one swing of Harmon’s foot. But he has one swing yet to go. The undisciplined and joyous Stanford team storms the field and the of- ficials assess a 15-yard delay of game penalty. Hannon must kick off from his own 25. Expecting the squib kick. Cal puts Its best ball-handlers up dose Captain Richard Rodgers exhorts his squad to not fall with the ball ”. Harmon kicks the ball. It bounces towards a walttng Kevin Moen. Here’s where ihe fun begins. As Moen is swarmed by Cardinal defenders, he rtlles the ball across the field to Rodgers, who waits at hts own 40 for the lateral As he Is hit. he pit- ches to a charging Dwight Gamer. Inundated by while jerseys, Garner manages, somehow, amazingly, to toss the ball back to Rodgers Was Gamer down before he got rid of the ball? No. said the officials, and theirs Is the only vote that counts. Rodgers, with the baD, and no time remaining on the clock, starts upfteld as 70.000 fans go berserk with disbelief. Going down near midfield, he laterals to Mariet Ford, the hero of the first half, who eludes Stanford tacklers to reach the 20. In front of him lay the Stanford band, believe It or not. who had storm- ed the field like their team before them Ford is hit and as he falls, he throws the ball blindly over his right shoulder. Then the miracle of all these miracles occurs. Kevin Moen. who had first touched the ball 40 yards before, appears as If from nowhere to snatch the ball from the air and victory from defeat. He runs through, over and around the fleeing Stanford band. and. exuberant, ecstatic, and tired, falls over a trombone player, to. miraculously, improbably, win the Big Game. Enthralled Cal fans stormed the field to celebrate the unprecedented vic- tory. The cannon sounded twice over Strawberry Creek and provoked screams of joy heard all over campus The Axe was paraded around Memorial Stadium by giddy fans and players as Sons of California by the California band echoed throughout the madhouse that was Memorial. Their disbelief and depression etched In their massed faces, the Stanford rooters could only gasp and watch as thousands of revelling Cal fans participated m the anti-climax. a party that would last all night. It never should have happened, we didn’t have a chance, there was no way U should have succeeded, and Stanford fans will forever feel robbed But we won It took Five laterals and some obliging Stanford band members as blockers to accomplish the most improbable, indescribable ending to one of the greatest games ever played.
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