No. 7-ranked Cal lost to No. 3 Washington in a dramatic, tight football contest between unbeatens in 1991, but the crowd at Cal's Memorial Stadium rewarded the Golden Bears players anyway
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.On the afternoon of Saturday, October 19, 1991, seventh-ranked Cal had failed to score a touchdown on its final play from the 23-yard line, losing to No. 3 Washington 24-17. The crowd of 74,500 at Cal’s Memorial Stadium suddenly became silent, some Cal players cried and Golden Bears tackle Todd Steussie slammed his helmet to the ground.
Attendance for that home season-opening game was 27,185, but when Cal was 5-0 and ranked No. 7, 74,500 people showed up at Memorial Stadium to see if the Bears could challenge unbeaten, third-ranked Washington in the biggest college football game in Berkeley in years. Cal’s players were distraught, and the Cal crowd, loud as possible in the closing seconds, was suddenly silent. But as the players walked slowly to the tunnel to leave the field, the people in the crowd rose to their feet and gave the Bears a long, loud ovation as they left.“Yet if the players were angry and upset, they might have been the only ones in the stadium. The fans rose to their feet and cheered the Bears as they left the field.
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