LELAND'S JOURNAL

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Facts and Figures from around the Farm

November/December 1997

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Price of ticket to first Big Game:

$1

To 50th Big Game:

$5

To 100th Big Game:

$50

Total points scored by Stanford in 99 Big Games:

1,563

Total points scored by Cal in 99 Big Games:

1,454

Calories consumed by typical Stanford player the day before a game:

6,000

Height, in feet, of highest Big Game bonfire:

100

 


 

Patient visits to Stanford Hospital E.R. on a typical day:

97

Percent of E.R. patients who have no health insurance:

26

Percent of E.R. patients requiring stitches:

7

Average number of stitches per patient:

10

 


 

Annual visitors to Stanford:

200,000

Annual visitors to Alcatraz Island:

1,250,000

Student tour guides at Stanford:

45

Hourly rate earned by tour guides:

$7.97

Rolls of film sold each year at Stanford Bookstore:

20,000

SOURCES: (1) Stanford Athletics Department; Berkeley Media Relations; Axe Committee; (2) Stanford University Medical Center; (3) Stanford Visitor Information Services; Golden Gate Recreation Area; Stanford Bookstore.

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