Illinois–Purdue football rivalry

The Illinois–Purdue football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini football team of the University of Illinois and Purdue Boilermakers football team of Purdue University. The Purdue Cannon is presented to the winner of the game. Purdue leads the series 48–46–6.^[2]

Illinois–Purdue football rivalry

Illinois Fighting Illini Purdue Boilermakers
First meeting	November 22, 1890 Purdue, 62–0
Latest meeting	October 12, 2024 Illinois, 50–49OT
Next meeting	October 4, 2025
Trophy	Purdue Cannon
Statistics
Meetings total	100
All-time series	Purdue leads, 48–46–6[1]
Trophy series	Purdue leads, 40–31–2
Largest victory	Purdue, 62–0 (1890)
Longest win streak	Illinois, 6 (1906–1911, 1988–1993)
Longest unbeaten streak	Illinois, 11 (1906–1919)
Current win streak	Illinois, 1 (2024–present)

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Purdue

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Locations of Illinois and Purdue

History

It all started in 1905 when a group of Purdue students took the Cannon to Champaign in anticipation of firing it to celebrate a Boilermaker victory. Although Purdue won 29–0, Illinois supporters, including Quincy A. Hall, discovered it in a culvert by the field and took it before the Purdue students could start their "booming" celebration.

Hall later moved it to his farmhouse near Milford, Illinois, where it survived a fire and gathered dust until he suggested it be used as a trophy in the football series between the two schools when the rivalry resumed in 1943 after an 11-year lapse. It was presented at halftime to the schools' athletic directors, Doug Mills and Guy Mackey.^[3] Before the Cannon became an annual tradition, Illinois led the series 15–8–2.^[4]

The cannon is now maintained by the Tomahawk Service and Leadership Honorary at Purdue and Illini Pride.^[5]

Game results

Illinois victories

Purdue victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 22, 1890 Champaign, IL Purdue 62–0 2 October 8, 1892 Champaign, IL Purdue 12–6 3 November 25, 1893 West Lafayette, IN Tie 26–26 4 November 10, 1894 Champaign, IL Purdue 22–2 5 November 28, 1895 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 6–2 6 November 25, 1896 West Lafayette, IN Tie 4–4 7 October 23, 1897 Champaign, IL Illinois 34–4 8 November 22, 1899 Champaign, IL Purdue 5–0 9 November 3, 1900 Champaign, IL Illinois 17–5 10 November 16, 1901 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 28–6 11 October 18, 1902 Champaign, IL Illinois 29–5 12 October 17, 1903 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 24–0 13 October 22, 1904 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 24–6 14 October 21, 1905 Champaign, IL Purdue 29–0 15 November 25, 1906 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 5–0 16 November 2, 1907 Champaign, IL Illinois 14–12 17 November 14, 1908 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 15–6 18 October 30, 1909 Champaign, IL Illinois 14–10 19 October 29, 1910 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 11–0 20 November 4, 1911 Champaign, IL Illinois 12–3 21 November 9, 1912 West Lafayette, IN Tie 9–9 22 November 15, 1913 Champaign, IL Tie 0–0 23 October 28, 1916 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 14–7 24 October 27, 1917 Champaign, IL Illinois 27–0 25 October 11, 1919 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 14–7 26 November 1, 1930 Champaign, IL Purdue 25–0 27 October 10, 1931 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 7–0 28 October 2, 1943 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 40–21 29 October 7, 1944 Champaign, IL Purdue 35–19 30 October 5, 1946 Champaign, IL Illinois 43–7 31 October 25, 1947 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 14–7 32 October 23, 1948 Champaign, IL Illinois 10–6 33 October 22, 1949 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 19–0 34 October 25, 1952 Champaign, IL Purdue 40–12 35 October 31, 1953 Champaign, IL #4 Illinois 21–0 36 October 30, 1954 West Lafayette, IN #9 Purdue 28–14 37 October 29, 1955 Champaign, IL Purdue 13–0 38 November 3, 1956 West Lafayette, IN Tie 7–7 39 November 2, 1957 Champaign, IL Purdue 21–6 40 November 1, 1958 West Lafayette, IN #10 Purdue 31–8 41 October 31, 1959 Champaign, IL Tie 7–7 42 October 29, 1960 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 14–12 43 November 4, 1961 Champaign, IL Purdue 23–9 44 November 3, 1962 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 14–10 45 November 2, 1963 Champaign, IL #2 Illinois 41–21 46 October 31, 1964 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 26–14 47 October 30, 1965 Champaign, IL Illinois 21–0 48 October 29, 1966 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 25–21 49 November 4, 1967 Champaign, IL #6 Purdue 42–9 50 November 2, 1968 West Lafayette, IN #6 Purdue 35–17 51 November 1, 1969 Champaign, IL #13 Purdue 49–22 No. Date Location Winner Score 52 October 31, 1970 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 23–21 53 October 23, 1971 Champaign, IL Illinois 21–7 54 October 28, 1972 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 20–14 55 October 13, 1973 Champaign, IL Illinois 15–13 56 October 12, 1974 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 27–23 57 October 18, 1975 Champaign, IL Purdue 26–24 58 October 16, 1976 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 21–17 59 October 15, 1977 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 29–22 60 October 21, 1978 Champaign, IL #19 Purdue 13–0 61 October 13, 1979 West Lafayette, IN #20 Purdue 28–14 62 October 18, 1980 Champaign, IL Purdue 45–20 63 October 10, 1981 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 44–20 64 October 9, 1982 Champaign, IL #20 Illinois 38–34 65 October 22, 1983 West Lafayette, IN #11 Illinois 35–21 66 October 20, 1984 Champaign, IL Illinois 34–20 67 October 12, 1985 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 30–24 68 October 11, 1986 Champaign, IL Illinois 34–27 69 October 10, 1987 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 9–3 70 October 8, 1988 Champaign, IL Illinois 20–0 71 October 14, 1989 West Lafayette, IN #16 Illinois 14–2 72 October 13, 1990 Champaign, IL #11 Illinois 34–0 73 November 9, 1991 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 41–14 74 November 7, 1992 Champaign, IL Illinois 20–17 75 October 2, 1993 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 28–10 76 October 1, 1994 Champaign, IL Purdue 22–16 77 October 25, 1997 Champaign, IL #22 Purdue 48–3 78 October 24, 1998 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 42–9 79 November 3, 2001 West Lafayette, IN #21 Illinois 38–13 80 October 12, 2002 Champaign, IL Illinois 38–31OT 81 October 4, 2003 West Lafayette, IN #22 Purdue 43–10 82 September 25, 2004 Champaign, IL #15 Purdue 38–30 83 November 12, 2005 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 37–3 84 November 11, 2006 Champaign, IL Purdue 42–31 85 October 24, 2009 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 24–14 86 October 30, 2010 Champaign, IL Illinois 44–10 87 October 22, 2011 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 21–14 88 November 17, 2012 Champaign, IL Purdue 20–17 89 November 23, 2013 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 20–16 90 October 4, 2014 Champaign, IL Purdue 38–27 91 November 7, 2015 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 48–14 92 October 8, 2016 Champaign, IL Purdue 34–31OT 93 November 4, 2017 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 29–10 94 October 13, 2018 Champaign, IL Purdue 46–7 95 October 26, 2019 West Lafayette, IN Illinois 24–6 96 October 31, 2020 Champaign, IL Purdue 31–24 97 September 25, 2021 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 13–9 98 November 12, 2022 Champaign, IL Purdue 31–24 99 September 30, 2023 West Lafayette, IN Purdue 44–19 100 October 12, 2024 Champaign, IL #23 Illinois 50–49OT Series: Purdue leads 48–46–6[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I

References

1. "Winsipedia - Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Purdue Boilermakers football series history". Winsipedia.
2. "Illinois Game by Game against Opponents". Archived from the original on September 8, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2005.
3. "Midwest Teams Gearing Up for Saturday Tilts". Kenosha News. September 29, 1943. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "New Grid Rivalry Trophy at Stake Here Saturday". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. September 28, 1943. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 29, 2005. Retrieved May 6, 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Official Purdue Athletics Website - Traditions