Big Game memories: 25 years later, Cal’s Lindsey Chapman recalls 4-TD day
Two running backs share the Cal record for touchdowns in a Big Game with four.
Chuck Muncie did it first, in the Bears’ 48-15 rout at Stanford Stadium in 1975. The following year, New Orleans selected Muncie with the third overall pick in the NFL draft. He wound up spending nine seasons in the NFL.
The man who tied his Big Game mark, Lindsey Chapman, didn’t play a down in the NFL. But on a 1993 Saturday afternoon at Stanford, Chapman put his name next to Muncie’s in the Cal record book.
Chapman carried 28 times for 141 yards and scored a TD in each quarter as the Bears waltzed to a 46-17 victory.
Cal had gone six seasons (five losses and the final tie in the series, 19-19 in 1988) without holding the Axe.