Rivalry leaderboard
Illinois-Purdue Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 47/100
- Overtime
- 3
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 100
- Series record
- Illinois 47-47-6 Purdue
- Tracked years
- 1890-2025
- Trophy
- Purdue Cannon
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
13 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1959Week 8
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 7, Purdue 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 14 Purdue · 0-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1947Week 7
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 7, Purdue 14
Winner: Purdue
No. 12 Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 7-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1963Week 8
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 21, Illinois 41
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Purdue vs. No. 2 Illinois · 20-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1943Week 4
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 21, Purdue 40
Winner: Purdue
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 4 Purdue · 19-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1983Week 9
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 35, Purdue 21
Winner: Illinois
No. 9 Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 14-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1954Week 7
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 14, Purdue 28
Winner: Purdue
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 9 Purdue · 14-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2004Week 5
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 38, Illinois 30
Winner: Purdue
No. 15 Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 8-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1968Week 8
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 17, Purdue 35
Winner: Purdue
Unranked Illinois vs. No. 6 Purdue · 18-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 1982Week 6
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 34, Illinois 38
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Purdue vs. No. 20 Illinois · 4-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 2002Week 81OT
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 31, Illinois 38
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 9/15
37
Game score
- 1953Week 7
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 0, Illinois 21
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Purdue vs. No. 4 Illinois · 21-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1956Week 8
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 7, Illinois 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1913Week 9
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 0, Purdue 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1912Week 8
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 9, Illinois 9
Result: Tie
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1896Week 12
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 4, Illinois 4
Result: Tie
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1893Week 9
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 26, Illinois 26
Result: Tie
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1989Week 7
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 14, Purdue 2
Winner: Illinois
No. 16 Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 12-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1975Week 7
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 26, Illinois 24
Winner: Purdue
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1973Week 7
Purdue at Illinois
Purdue 13, Illinois 15
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Purdue vs. Unranked Illinois · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1970Week 10
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 23, Purdue 21
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1960Week 8
Illinois at Purdue
Illinois 14, Purdue 12
Winner: Illinois
Unranked Illinois vs. Unranked Purdue · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.