With over 75,000 fans packed into Memorial Stadium, Stanford and Cal played their annual "Big Game" and wrote the weirdest chapter of the storied rivalry.  With his team down 19-17, John Elway led his Stanford Cardinal down the field late in the 4th quarter to within field goal range.  Cardinal kicker Mark Harmon split the uprights from 35 yards out to put Stanford up 20-19 with 8 seconds to go.

     Stanford began celebrating early - their players spilled onto the field and delayed the game, for which the officials penalized them 15 yards. The Stanford band headed for the Stanford end zone, readying to play the victory song.

     The Cardinal's  squib kick - from the 25 instead of the 40 - with 4 seconds left on the clock drifted in to Kevin Moen. Moen picked up the ball at his 44, and started running up the field; he noticed Stanford strong safety Barry Cromer rushing towards him, turned and fired an overhand lateral pass back to teammate Richard Rodgers.  Just as he was about to get creamed by Stanford cornerback Darrel Grissum, Rodgers he managed to lateral the ball to Bear running back Dwight Garner.

   By this time, the 4 seconds had ticked off, and as Rodgers ran into a group of Cardinal jerseys it appeared to everyone on the sidelines that the ball was down.  The Stanford band began marching onto the field prematurely, even though the Bears were still playing out the kickoff.

     As it turned out, Stanford linebacker David Wyman managed to hit Garner at the Cal 49, but Garner broke the tackle.  Stanford LB Mark Andrew nearly tackled Garner, but Garner shoveled the ball back to Rodgers at the Cal 48.  Rodgers began to run upfield again, with Moen and WR Mariet Ford alongside him.

     With a Stanford player directly in front of him, Rodgers lateraled it to Ford; three Stanford defenders were waiting for Ford at the Stanford 27.  Ford hurled himself into the three defenders at the same time as he tossed the ball back over his shoulder.  Moen managed to pick up the miraculous toss - the fifth in the sequence - and headed for the end zone.

     At this point, all that stood between Moen and the end zone was Stanford's 144-piece band.  He deftly sidestepped a tuba player, sprinted down the sideline and weaved through 15 other band members on his way to a score. As he crossed the goal line, he ran smack into Stanford trombonist Gary Tyrrell, knocking him right onto his ... um, instrument.

   Someone had finally stopped Moen, but it was too late.