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Bill Walsh Legacy Game Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 50/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 67
- Series record
- San José State 15-51-1 Stanford
- Tracked years
- 1900-2025
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
8 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1971Week 10
San José State at Stanford
San José State 13, Stanford 12
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. No. 10 Stanford · 1-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1975Week 4
San José State at Stanford
San José State 36, Stanford 34
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. No. 18 Stanford · 2-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1950Week 2
San José State at Stanford
San José State 16, Stanford 33
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. No. 8 Stanford · 17-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1993Week 3
San José State at Stanford
San José State 28, Stanford 31
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. No. 23 Stanford · 3-point margin
Ranking 3/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1974Week 4
Stanford at San José State
Stanford 21, San José State 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Stanford vs. Unranked San José State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1984Week 5
San José State at Stanford
San José State 27, Stanford 28
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1964Week 3
San José State at Stanford
San José State 8, Stanford 10
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1980Week 6
San José State at Stanford
San José State 21, Stanford 35
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. No. 16 Stanford · 14-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1982Week 3
San José State at Stanford
San José State 35, Stanford 31
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1966Week 2
San José State at Stanford
San José State 21, Stanford 25
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1999Week 6
San José State at Stanford
San José State 44, Stanford 39
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1977Week 11
San José State at Stanford
San José State 26, Stanford 31
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1976Week 4
San José State at Stanford
San José State 23, Stanford 28
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1954Week 9
San José State at Stanford
San José State 19, Stanford 14
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1951Week 3
San José State at Stanford
San José State 13, Stanford 26
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. No. 19 Stanford · 13-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1990Week 6
San José State at Stanford
San José State 29, Stanford 23
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1948Week 2
San José State at Stanford
San José State 20, Stanford 26
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1997Week 3
San José State at Stanford
San José State 12, Stanford 28
Winner: Stanford
Unranked San José State vs. No. 17 Stanford · 16-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1989Week 5
San José State at Stanford
San José State 40, Stanford 33
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1987Week 5
San José State at Stanford
San José State 24, Stanford 17
Winner: San José State
Unranked San José State vs. Unranked Stanford · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.