Big Game (American football)
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Big Game is the name given to the California–Stanford football rivalry. It’s 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.
First Cal team of 1892
First Stanford team of 1892
The 1905 Big Game played at Stanford
From 1906 to 1914, the Big Game was played under the rules of rugby union. The 1912 edition would be nicknamed the mud game
Santa Clara Broncos football
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The Santa Clara Broncos football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Santa Clara University located in Santa Clara, California. Santa Clara played its first football game against St. Mary's College in San Francisco in 1896. Santa Clara compiled an all-time record of 352–244–28 (.587).
Santa Clara played the Big Game from 1915 to 1917, after the University of California dropped rugby union