Q. How is the Old Oaken Bucket Trophy awarded? - + A. The winning team receives a link engraved with game details attached to the bucket's chain. It's a symbol of the annual football rivalry ...

Win it and the 10th-ranked Hoosiers not only capture the Old Oaken Bucket for the first time since 2019, they also give themselves a good chance to be in the 12-team College Football Playoff when ...

Those from outside the state have to figure out what the big deal is. Old Oaken Bucket? What’s that? Some players don’t want to get drawn into that part of it. “Just treat it like any other ...

The Indiana vs. Purdue football rivalry is also known as the Old Oaken Bucket game. Dating back to 1891, this annual matchup features the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers, two of ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The last time an Old Oaken Bucket game played in Bloomington had the kind of national significance Saturday’s 7 p.m. ET game will have was in 1967 when a Rose Bowl bid was ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football closes out the 2024 campaign with the annual Old Oaken Bucket Game. The Boilermakers travel south to Bloomington for a Saturday night matchup against No. 10 ...