Purdue only has one rivalry trophy at the moment, and that is the Cannon. It is a trophy that Purdue has had a lot over the last couple decades. Since 1994 Purdue is 15-6 against the Illini, with many of those losses coming in recent seasons at home. It is a bizarre series. The home team has actually lost 8 of the last nine games, and Purdue has won five in a row in Champaign after last season’s win.
Because of that, the Illinois game is always relatively important. In those six seasons that Purdue has lost to the Illini it only made the postseason twice, in 2002.