The Bill Walsh Legacy Game is the name given to the San Jose State–Stanford football rivalry.

On November 13, 1954, San Jose State defeated Stanford for the first time by a final score of 19–14.

[5] In 2007, following the death of San Jose State alumnus and former Stanford coach Bill Walsh, the near-annual game played between the two schools was renamed the Bill Walsh Legacy Game.

[7][8][9] On July 23, 2014, at the Mountain West Conference football media days event, San Jose State coach Ron Caragher revealed that the two schools were having "initial conversations about resuming their football series by moving to a neutral site at the new Levi's Stadium.

[12][13] On November 1, 2023, Stanford and San Jose State announced two further additional games to the four already scheduled.