Big Game (American football)

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annual sporting event college football rivalry game kickoff return

Big Game (American football) is the annual college football rivalry game between the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, traditionally one of the most storied matchups on the West Coast.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Big Game 4
The Play 0
Big Game (California–Stanford football rivalry) 1
Big Game (basketball context with California) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sporting event ⓘ
college football rivalry game ⓘ
kickoff return ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cal–Stanford Big Game ⓘ
Cal–Stanford football game ⓘ
alternatingHost Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
associatedTradition Big Game bonfire rally (Cal) ⓘ
Gaieties (Stanford student musical) ⓘ
campusDistanceBetweenRivals approximately 30 miles ⓘ
campusOfTeam Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California

Stanford, California ⓘ
conferenceContext Pac-12 Conference ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1982 ⓘ
firstHeld 1892 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBodyContext National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Stanford University students ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley students ⓘ
hasRivalryName Big Game (American football) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Big Game
homeTeam Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
isOneOf most storied matchups on the West Coast ⓘ
oldest college football rivalries in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notablePlay The Play ⓘ
occursIn Big Game (American football) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
participant Golden Bears ⓘ
surface form: California Golden Bears football team

Stanford Cardinal football team ⓘ
primaryMediaCoverage regional and national sports networks ⓘ
region West Coast of the United States ⓘ
rivalryBetween Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
sportLevel Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
studentSectionNameAtCal The Bench ⓘ
studentSectionNameAtStanford The Red Zone ⓘ
subtypeOf college football game ⓘ
sports rivalry ⓘ
trophy Stanford Axe ⓘ
trophyType rivalry game trophy ⓘ
typicalDayOfWeek Saturday ⓘ
typicalMonthPlayed November ⓘ
venueUsed California Memorial Stadium ⓘ
Stanford Stadium ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cal–Stanford Big Game → alsoKnownAs → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game
Fight for California → associatedEvent → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game (California–Stanford football rivalry)
Stanford Axe → associatedWith → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
Stanford Axe → competition → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game
Stanford Stadium → hasRivalryGame → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
Big Game (American football) → hasRivalryName → Big Game (American football) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game
Big Game (American football) → occursIn → Big Game (American football) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Play
Golden Bears → rivalry → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
Stanford Cardinal athletics → rivalry → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
Stanford Cardinal football team → rivalry → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game
Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball → rivalryName → Big Game (American football) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Game (basketball context with California)