[TonyLima]

1982, in John Elway's last college game, when Stanford took a 20-19 lead on Mark Harmon's 38 yard field goal, then Stanford's kickoff team stifled a desperate multiple lateral kickoff return attempt when Dwight Garner was properly called down, rendering a forward lateral call on Ford's illegal forward pass to Moen unnecessary and no official signaled a touchdown. 

Final score, Stanford 20, Cal 19.

Also, Joe Starkey had laryngitis. 

And I had a pleasant walk back to my car along fraternity row, where members of Cal's upstanding fraternities good-naturedly congratulated me on Stanford's close victory.

Your memory matches mine.  I was in the end zone where the alleged "winning touchdown" scored.  First date with my then-future wife, went with my best friend, and his girlfriend.  Good times.

we were in the same end zone so you probably also saw that the first cal TD was not a catch...

Of course.

[TonyLima]

1982, in John Elway's last college game, when Stanford took a 20-19 lead on Mark Harmon's 38 yard field goal, then Stanford's kickoff team stifled a desperate multiple lateral kickoff return attempt when Dwight Garner was properly called down, rendering a forward lateral call on Ford's illegal forward pass to Moen unnecessary and no official signaled a touchdown. 

Final score, Stanford 20, Cal 19.

Also, Joe Starkey had laryngitis. 

And I had a pleasant walk back to my car along fraternity row, where members of Cal's upstanding fraternities good-naturedly congratulated me on Stanford's close victory.

Your memory matches mine.  I was in the end zone where the alleged "winning touchdown" scored.  First date with my then-future wife, went with my best friend, and his girlfriend.  Good times.

we were in the same end zone so you probably also saw that the first cal TD was not a catch...

Of course.