The Indiana Hoosiers have kept the Bucket for two years in a row, something that had not happened since 1993 and 1994. That was during a stretch where IU won 7 of 10 games from 1987-96. Purdue's three wins were by 15-14 on a late missed field goal in 1989, 13-10 in 1992, and a 51-14 blowout in 1995 when Mike Alstott went crazy.
Indiana has not won three in a row since 1944-47 when they won four in a row for their longest stretch of dominance in the history of the series dating back to its start in 1891.