The Champaign Room · Oct 10, 2018
Battle For The Purdue Cannon: Key Matchups
It feels good coming off a win, doesn’t it Illini Nation? Now that the Big Ten Conference losing streak has come to an end against Rutgers, it’s time to shift focus back home — to Homecoming Weekend, when the Illini host the Purdue Boilermakers in Champaign at 2:30 p.m. on FS1.
In a series that dates back to 1890 (and as founding members of the Big Ten Conference), Illinois leads the all-time series against Purdue 44-43-6. Just 90 miles separates these two campuses with proud engineering and agricultural roots. Also of note: Purdue is coming off of a bye week after pummeling Nebraska 42-28 in front of 90,000 people in Lincoln.