BERKELEY – The greatest play in the history of college football will be immortalized outside California Memorial Stadium.

Cal Athletics has announced that a statue of Kevin Moen – who scored the touchdown that punctuated "The Play" in the Big Game in 1982 – will be unveiled this weekend along Piedmont Avenue on the southwest side of the stadium. Fans are invited to join members of the 1982 team at the statue – which will be located at the bottom of the Gate 4 staircase – to start the "March To Victory" on Saturday at 12:15 p.m. before the Bears' 2:30 p.m. kickoff against Stanford in the 125^th edition of the Big Game.

"The Play is firmly etched in the minds and hearts of generations of Cal fans, and the iconic image of Kevin Moen scoring the game-winning touchdown in the 1982 Big Game will now have a permanent home in Berkeley," Cal Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton said. "Our fans will now be reminded of this memorable piece of Cal history every time they attend a game or simply walk up Piedmont Ave. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate the unwavering legacy of The Play."

The statue was created by Brian Hanlon, an internationally acclaimed artist who has made sculptures of other famous athletes such as Shaquille O'Neal, Jim Brown, Bob Cousy and Charles Barkley. It is over seven feet high and weighs approximately 1,500 pounds, and replicates the iconic image of Moen leaping into the end zone. Behind Moen's figure is also a relief panel that includes the image of Moen scoring while the Stanford band scurries across the field.

"I wanted to create a larger than life figure because that moment is larger than life," Hanlon said. "My intent as an artist was to capture the energy of that moment. It really is just one of the amazing athletic moments in NCAA history."

The famous play transpired 40 years ago, a five-lateral, improbable broken play that ended with Moen colliding with Stanford trombonist Gary Tyrrell in the end zone for the game-winning score. The Play's impact was deepened with the hallowed radio description from Cal play-by-play announcer Joe Starkey, who is retiring at the end of this season after 48 years behind the mic and will call his final Big Game on Saturday.

 "It was a little shocking when I found out about it," Moen said. "When someone talks about making a permanent statue of you – that's not something that happens every day. But then it sunk in that this is kind of a great tribute to the spirit of that 1982 team. It's a great way to honor that group of guys and to memorialize the whole craziness of that event."