The Play
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The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Play canonical | 4 |
| The Play (1982) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T239469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Play Context triple: [Big Game (American football), notablePlay, The Play]
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A.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
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B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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C.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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D.
Footlights
Footlights is the famed Cambridge University theatrical and comedy club known for launching the careers of many prominent British humorists and performers.
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E.
Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Play Target entity description: The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
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A.
The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
-
B.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 American musical film, based on the Rodgers and Hart stage musical, best known for starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show.
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C.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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D.
Footlights
Footlights is the famed Cambridge University theatrical and comedy club known for launching the careers of many prominent British humorists and performers.
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E.
Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college football play
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sports event ⓘ |
| awayTeam | Stanford Cardinal football team ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | television ⓘ |
| CaliforniaHeadCoach | Joe Kapp ⓘ |
| city |
Berkeley
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkeley, California
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| competition | NCAA college football ⓘ |
| conference |
Pacific-8 Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
Pac-10 Conference
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| controversy |
questions about legality of band members on the field
ⓘ
questions about whether ball carriers were down before laterals ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalStatus |
one of the most iconic plays in college football history
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widely replayed sports highlight ⓘ |
| date | 1982-11-20 ⓘ |
| finalScoreContext | California won on the final play ⓘ |
| gameContext | occurred after Stanford took late lead with field goal ⓘ |
| homeTeam |
California Golden Bears football
ⓘ
surface form:
California Golden Bears football team
|
| impact | denied Stanford a bowl game opportunity ⓘ |
| involvedBand |
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford Band
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| league |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA
|
| legacy |
frequently cited in lists of greatest college football plays
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integral part of California–Stanford rivalry lore ⓘ |
| levelOfPlay | college ⓘ |
| losingTeam | Stanford Cardinal football team ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national coverage in the United States ⓘ |
| memorialization | subject of numerous articles and documentaries ⓘ |
| nickname | The Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
chaotic on-field scene
ⓘ
collision with Stanford band on the field ⓘ controversial officiating decisions ⓘ multiple laterals ⓘ |
| numberOfLaterals | 5 ⓘ |
| opponentQuarterback | John Elway ⓘ |
| playType | kickoff return ⓘ |
| result | California touchdown ⓘ |
| rivalry |
Cal–Stanford Big Game
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Game (California–Stanford football rivalry)
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| scoringMethod | touchdown on kickoff return ⓘ |
| season | 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| StanfordHeadCoach | Paul Wiggin ⓘ |
| teamKickingOff | Stanford Cardinal football team ⓘ |
| teamScoring |
California Golden Bears football
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surface form:
California Golden Bears football team
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| timeOfPlay | final seconds of the game ⓘ |
| timeRemainingContext | last-second play ⓘ |
| venue | California Memorial Stadium ⓘ |
| winningTeam |
California Golden Bears football
ⓘ
surface form:
California Golden Bears football team
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Play Description of subject: The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Play (1982)
subject surface form:
The Play (1982 college football)