Cal needed to beat Stanford in 1958 to ensure a Rose Bowl berth, and it came down to a two-point conversion
As the Pac-12 Conference era comes to a close after more than a century, we count down the Top 50 moments involving Cal athletics.: With 1:30 left in the November 22, 1958, Big Game in Berkeley between a 2-7 Stanford team and a 19th-ranked 6-3 Cal squad, Stanford scored a touchdown to reduce the Cal lead to 16-15. Cal needed a win or a tie in that game to ensure a berth in the Rose Bowl, but Stanford opted to go for the win after its touchdown by attempting a two-point conversion.
Cal could ensure a Rose Bowl berth with a tie or a win against Stanford, but three other PCC teams – USC, Washington State and Oregon State – had just two losses going into the final weekend. If Cal lost to Stanford and any of the other three won its final game, there would be a tie for first place and the PCC’s representative in the Rose Bowl would be decided by a vote of representatives of the conference schools.
Cal seemed to have things in hand until Stanford launched a long touchdown drive late in the game, which ended with Dick Norman’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Joel Freis with 1:30 left to reduce the Stanford deficit to 16-15. A tie would have given Cal the conference title and a Rose Bowl berth, but Stanford opted to go for two and the win.
This time, though, the play had no chance, as you can see at the end of video above. Face was provided with no blocking as he ran around right end. He was buried a yard short of the goal-line by the Cal foursome of Bill Patton, Andy Segale, Jim Green and Jack Hart. That essentially ended the game, giving Cal a 16-15 win and a Rose Bowl berth.
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