[AxeMan89]

Tell me if I'm remembering this incorrectly. I've always thought that every time we won the Axe back from Cal, the score of the 1982 game printed on the plaque below the Axe would be changed back to Stanford 20, Cal 19. When Cal won it back, they'd switch it to Cal 25, Stanford 20. But this week I saw a closeup picture of the Axe from either last year or the year before but definitely while in Stanford possession, and the score was 25-20.

So have I manufactured this memory?

When the Axe is on display at Stanford, the score reads 20-19. However, on Big Game Day, the score is switched to 25-20 prior to the game and the potential transfer of possession.

I can confirm this as a former Chair of AxeComm. Interesting to see what they are doing this year at the game. Given all the history of Axe-stealing and other issues there are usually 4-6 students on each side plus law enforcement when they make the exchange.

[AxeMan89]

Tell me if I'm remembering this incorrectly. I've always thought that every time we won the Axe back from Cal, the score of the 1982 game printed on the plaque below the Axe would be changed back to Stanford 20, Cal 19. When Cal won it back, they'd switch it to Cal 25, Stanford 20. But this week I saw a closeup picture of the Axe from either last year or the year before but definitely while in Stanford possession, and the score was 25-20.

So have I manufactured this memory?

When the Axe is on display at Stanford, the score reads 20-19. However, on Big Game Day, the score is switched to 25-20 prior to the game and the potential transfer of possession.

I can confirm this as a former Chair of AxeComm. Interesting to see what they are doing this year at the game. Given all the history of Axe-stealing and other issues there are usually 4-6 students on each side plus law enforcement when they make the exchange.