12-13-2020, 10:04 AM
(12-12-2020, 05:06 PM)baymeadows3408 Wrote:(12-12-2020, 01:15 PM)lex24 Wrote: I think if they played 10 times, Stanford beats them 7 times. You are right, it was an upset. But the better team won that game. That Stanford team was as good as anybody in the nation.
I still remember Jack Tatum on his hands and knees slamming his fist in the end zone. Beautiful memory .
I have a question for the historians on this board. How did the same Stanford team that beat Ohio State 27-17 lose to Cal 22-14? I know that Stanford has long had the ability to beat just about anybody and lose to just about anybody, but I have always been perplexed at how a Stanford team led by Jim Plunkett lost to Cal, scoring only 14 points in the process.
I think after they beat Washington and clinched the Rose Bowl bid they had a major psychological letdown. They had lost to Air Force 31-14 the prior week (which still gets talked about as one of the greatest wins in AF football history).
You could ask the next year how a team that beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl could lose at home to a Duke team that was starting a walk on QB.