Old Oaken Bucket

Indiana Hoosiers

Purdue Boilermakers

Sport

College football

First meeting

1891

Latest meeting

2015

Next meeting

2016

Trophy

Old Oaken Bucket
(Originated in 1925)

Statistics

Meetings total

118
(played annually since 1920)

All-time series

Purdue leads, 72–40–6

Largest victory

Purdue 68–0 (1892)

Highest total score: Indiana 56–36 (2013)
Lowest total score: Tie 0–0 (1916 & 1925)

Indiana

Purdue

Locations in Indiana

The Old Oaken Bucket is a traveling trophy awarded in American college football as part of the Indiana–Purdue rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers football team of Indiana University and Purdue Boilermakers football team of Purdue University. It was first awarded in 1925.

Indiana and Purdue first met on the gridiron in 1891. The rivalry has been renewed annually every year in peacetime since then, except for 1903. Purdue leads the overall series 72–40–6. Indiana won the 2015 contest 54–36 in West Lafayette.

History of the Trophy

The concept of a trophy for football games played annually between Purdue University and Indiana University was first proposed during a joint meeting of the Chicago chapters of the Indiana and Purdue alumni organizations in 1925:

"discuss the possibility of undertaking worthy joint enterprises in behalf of the two schools."

During that meeting Indiana alumnus Dr. Clarence Jones and Purdue alumnus Russel Gray were appointed to propose a suitable trophy. At a subsequent meeting in Chicago Jones and Gray recommended some oaken bucket be that trophy and the chapters drafted the resolution that:

"an old oaken bucket as the most typical Hoosier form of trophy, that the bucket should be taken from some well in Indiana, and that a chain to be made of bronze block "I" and "P" letters should be provided for the bucket. The school winning the traditional football game each year should have possession of the "Old Oaken Bucket" until the next game and should attach the block letter representing the winning school to the bail with the score engraved on the latter link."

Purdue alumnus Fritz Ernst and Indiana alumnus Whiley J. Huddle were appointed to find a suitable oak bucket. They found such a bucket at the then Bruner family farm between Kent and Hanover in southern Indiana. Although the bucket might have been used at an open well on the Bruner family farm that had been settled during the 1840s, the Bruner family lore indicates that the bucket might have been used by General John Hunt Morgan and his "Raiders" during their jaunt through southeastern Indiana during the Civil War.

In accordance with the Chicago alumni organization's resolution, the winner of the bucket gets a "P" or "I" link added to the chain of the bucket with the score, date and the city where the game was played engraved on the link. In case of a tie, an "I–P" link was added. The inaugural Old Oaken Bucket Game ended in a 0–0 deadlock on November 21, 1925, in Bloomington resulting in the very first and most visible link, an "I–P" link, being added to the handle of the bucket.

When Indiana and Purdue moved to separate divisions for the 2014 season—Indiana to the East and Purdue to the West—the Old Oaken Bucket was the only inter-divisional rivalry protected under the new alignment.

The poem "The Old Oaken Bucket"

The name of the trophy refers to a sentimental poem written in 1817 by a successful printer and publisher, Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842) which begins:

"How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood,

When fond recollection presents them to view!

The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood,

And every loved spot which my infancy knew!

...And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well—

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well.

Although Samuel Woodworth was not from Indiana, the poem exemplifies the sentiment felt by the people of Indiana towards their home state. The poem was set to music in 1826 by G. F. Kiallmark (1804–1887) and memorized or sung by generations of American schoolchildren; it made the poet's unpretentious childhood home in Scituate, Massachusetts the goal of sentimental tourists in the late 19th century.

Bing Crosby recorded a musical version of the poem on a Decca record on June 14, 1941 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.^[1]

Series statistics

Statistic	Purdue	Indiana
Games played	118
Wins	72	40
Home wins	37	20
Road wins	34	20
Neutral site wins	1	0
Total points scored in the series	2623	1702
Most points scored in a game by one team	68 (1892)	56 (2013)
Most points scored in a game by both teams	92 (2013 – IU 56, PU 36)
Fewest points scored in a game by both teams	0 (1916 & 1925 – PU 0, IU 0)
Fewest points scored in a game by one team in a win	1 (1894)	3 (1921, 1923, 1940)
Most points scored in a game by one team in a loss	36 (2013)	35(2012)
Largest margin of victory	68 (1892)	45 (1988)
Smallest margin of victory	1 (1894, 1939, 1980, 1983, 1989)	1 (1930)
Longest winning streak	10 (1948 to 1957)	4 (1944 to 1947)

Game results

The 1903 contest, scheduled to be played on October 31 at Washington Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, was canceled after one of the trains carrying the Purdue football team struck a coal train near 18th Street on the north side of Indianapolis. In all, 17 Purdue football players, coaches, alumni, and team supporters were killed in the Purdue Wreck.

Indiana victories	Purdue victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	1891	West Lafayette	Purdue	60	Indiana	0
2	1892	West Lafayette	Purdue	68	Indiana	0
3	1893	West Lafayette	Purdue	64	Indiana	0
4	1894	Bloomington	Purdue	1	Indiana	0
5	1897	West Lafayette	Purdue	20	Indiana	6
6	1898	West Lafayette	Purdue	14	Indiana	0
7	1899	West Lafayette	Indiana	17	Purdue	5
8	1900	West Lafayette	Indiana	24	Purdue	5
9	1901	Bloomington	Indiana	11	Purdue	6
10	1902	West Lafayette	Purdue	39	Indiana	0
11	1904	Indianapolis	Purdue	27	Indiana	0
12	1905	Bloomington	Tie	11	Tie	11
13	1908	West Lafayette	Indiana	10	Purdue	4
14	1909	Bloomington	Indiana	36	Purdue	3
15	1910	West Lafayette	Indiana	15	Purdue	0
16	1911	Bloomington	Purdue	12	Indiana	5
17	1912	West Lafayette	Purdue	34	Indiana	7
18	1913	Bloomington	Purdue	42	Indiana	7
19	1914	West Lafayette	Purdue	23	Indiana	13
20	1915	Bloomington	Purdue	7	Indiana	0
21	1916	West Lafayette	Tie	0	Tie	0
22	1917	Bloomington	Indiana	37	Purdue	0
23	1920	West Lafayette	Indiana	10	Purdue	7
24	1921	Bloomington	Indiana	3	Purdue	0
25	1922	West Lafayette	Tie	7	Tie	7
26	1923	Bloomington	Indiana	3	Purdue	0
27	1924	West Lafayette	Purdue	26	Indiana	7
28	1925	Bloomington	Tie	0	Tie	0
29	1926	West Lafayette	Purdue	24	Indiana	14
30	1927	Bloomington	Purdue	21	Indiana	6
31	1928	West Lafayette	Purdue	14	Indiana	0
32	1929	Bloomington	Purdue	32	Indiana	0
33	1930	West Lafayette	Indiana	7	Purdue	6
34	1931	Bloomington	Purdue	19	Indiana	0
35	1932	West Lafayette	Purdue	25	Indiana	7
36	1933	Bloomington	Purdue	19	Indiana	3
37	1934	West Lafayette	Indiana	17	Purdue	6
38	1935	Bloomington	Indiana	7	Purdue	0
39	1936	West Lafayette	Tie	20	Tie	20
40	1937	Bloomington	Purdue	13	Indiana	7
41	1938	West Lafayette	Purdue	13	Indiana	6
42	1939	Bloomington	Purdue	7	Indiana	6
43	1940	West Lafayette	Indiana	3	Purdue	0
44	1941	Bloomington	Indiana	7	Purdue	0
45	1942	West Lafayette	Indiana	20	Purdue	0
46	1943	Bloomington	Purdue	7	Indiana	0
47	1944	West Lafayette	Indiana	14	Purdue	6
48	1945	Bloomington	Indiana	26	Purdue	0
49	1946	West Lafayette	Indiana	34	Purdue	20
50	1947	Bloomington	Indiana	16	Purdue	14
51	1948	West Lafayette	Purdue	39	Indiana	0
52	1949	Bloomington	Purdue	14	Indiana	6
53	1950	West Lafayette	Purdue	13	Indiana	0
54	1951	Bloomington	Purdue	21	Indiana	13
55	1952	West Lafayette	Purdue	21	Indiana	16
56	1953	Bloomington	Purdue	30	Indiana	0
57	1954	West Lafayette	Purdue	13	Indiana	7
58	1955	Bloomington	Purdue	6	Indiana	4
59	1956	West Lafayette	Purdue	39	Indiana	20
60	1957	Bloomington	Purdue	35	Indiana	13

#	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
61	1958	West Lafayette	Tie	15	Tie	15
62	1959	Bloomington	Purdue	10	Indiana	7
63	1960	West Lafayette	Purdue	35	Indiana	6
64	1961	Bloomington	Purdue	34	Indiana	12
65	1962	West Lafayette	Indiana	12	Purdue	7
66	1963	Bloomington	Purdue	21	Indiana	15
67	1964	West Lafayette	Purdue	28	Indiana	22
68	1965	Bloomington	Purdue	26	Indiana	21
69	1966	West Lafayette	Purdue	51	Indiana	6
70	1967	Bloomington	Indiana	19	Purdue	14
71	1968	West Lafayette	Purdue	38	Indiana	35
72	1969	Bloomington	Purdue	44	Indiana	21
73	1970	West Lafayette	Purdue	40	Indiana	0
74	1971	Bloomington	Indiana	38	Purdue	31
75	1972	West Lafayette	Purdue	42	Indiana	7
76	1973	Bloomington	Purdue	28	Indiana	23
77	1974	West Lafayette	Purdue	38	Indiana	17
78	1975	Bloomington	Purdue	9	Indiana	7
79	1976	West Lafayette	Indiana	20	Purdue	14
80	1977	Bloomington	Indiana	21	Purdue	10
81	1978	West Lafayette	Purdue	20	Indiana	7
82	1979	Bloomington	Purdue	37	Indiana	21
83	1980	West Lafayette	Purdue	24	Indiana	23
84	1981	Bloomington	Indiana	20	Purdue	17
85	1982	West Lafayette	Indiana	13	Purdue	7
86	1983	Bloomington	Purdue	31	Indiana	30
87	1984	West Lafayette	Purdue	31	Indiana	24
88	1985	Bloomington	Purdue	34	Indiana	21
89	1986	West Lafayette	Purdue	17	Indiana	15
90	1987	Bloomington	Indiana	35	Purdue	14
91	1988	West Lafayette	Indiana	52	Purdue	7
92	1989	Bloomington	Purdue	15	Indiana	14
93	1990	West Lafayette	Indiana	28	Purdue	14
94	1991	Bloomington	Indiana	24	Purdue	22
95	1992	West Lafayette	Purdue	13	Indiana	10
96	1993	Bloomington	Indiana	24	Purdue	17
97	1994	West Lafayette	Indiana	33	Purdue	29
98	1995	Bloomington	Purdue	51	Indiana	14
99	1996	West Lafayette	Indiana	33	Purdue	16
100	1997	Bloomington	Purdue	56	Indiana	7
101	1998	West Lafayette	Purdue	52	Indiana	7
102	1999	Bloomington	Purdue	30	Indiana	24
103	2000	West Lafayette	Purdue	41	Indiana	13
104	2001	Bloomington	Indiana	13	Purdue	7
105	2002	West Lafayette	Purdue	34	Indiana	10
106	2003	Bloomington	Purdue	24	Indiana	16
107	2004	West Lafayette	Purdue	63	Indiana	24
108	2005	Bloomington	Purdue	41	Indiana	14
109	2006	West Lafayette	Purdue	28	Indiana	19
110	2007	Bloomington	Indiana	27	Purdue	24
111	2008	West Lafayette	Purdue	62	Indiana	10
112	2009	Bloomington	Purdue	38	Indiana	21
113	2010	West Lafayette	Indiana	34	Purdue	31
114	2011	Bloomington	Purdue	33	Indiana	25
115	2012	West Lafayette	Purdue	56	Indiana	35
116	2013	Bloomington	Indiana	56	Purdue	36
117	2014	Bloomington	Indiana	23	Purdue	16
118	2015	West Lafayette	Indiana	54	Purdue	36
Series: Purdue leads 72–40–6

References

↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

External links

History of the Bucket (Purdue)

Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues	Jordan Field (1887–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Kentucky (Bourbon Barrel) Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon) Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)

Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Purdue Boilermakers football

Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)

Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Big Ten Conference football rivalries

Conference	Illinois–Northwestern Illinois–Ohio State Illinois–Purdue Indiana–Michigan State Indiana–Purdue Iowa–Minnesota Iowa–Nebraska Iowa–Wisconsin Maryland–Penn State Michigan State–Penn State Michigan–Michigan State Michigan–Minnesota Michigan–Ohio State Minnesota–Nebraska Minnesota–Penn State Minnesota–Wisconsin Nebraska–Wisconsin Ohio State–Penn State

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Colorado–Nebraska Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa–Iowa State Johns Hopkins–Maryland Maryland–Navy Maryland–Virginia Maryland–West Virginia Miami–Nebraska Michigan State–Notre Dame Michigan–Notre Dame Missouri–Nebraska Nebraska–Oklahoma Nebraska–Texas Northwestern–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Purdue Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Penn State–West Virginia

Indiana Hoosiers rivalries

Football	Kentucky Michigan State Purdue

Basketball	Illinois Kentucky Purdue

Other	Purdue

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