2004 Big Game Program: No. 4 Cal Routs Stanford

by Scott Allen on Oct 31, 2025 5:38 PM PDT

JJ Arrington ran for 169 yards and Cal scored its biggest victory in Big Game since 1930 with a 41-6 rout of Stanford at Memorial Stadium. The teams combined for 26 penalties for 228 yards. Not a bad looking program, but I could do without the silhouette of the generic football player.

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re: penalties

Wasn’t there also an ejection from this game? I remember things get snippy.

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by GBB4188 on Oct 31, 2025 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

Yep

Leigh Torrence was ejected after leveling Tim Mixon, who had called for a fair catch, on a punt. I was pretty embarrassed to be a Stanford fan that day.

by Scott Allen on Nov 1, 2025 4:27 AM PDT reply actions

Ugh, I remember this game

I believe it followed the Daily’s heartbreaking, last-second defeat in the annual Ink Bowl.

by CardiGrl on Nov 1, 2025 1:50 PM PDT reply actions

I thought that Ink Bowl was settled by a boat race

Oh well, though. The following year had a certain Daily alum’s sons shred the Daily Cal the following year.

And I don’t remember much from this game other than I couldn’t get a phone call or text message out of Memorial Stadium. That and it was the last time I saw Adam Duritz patrolling the sidelines for a Big Game.

by RedOscar on Nov 1, 2025 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions