Old oaken bucket trophy

Family tie reveals more about old oaken bucket purdue. Both alumni groups felt a bucket from an indiana well was a suitable prize to award to the winner of the annual gridiron battle. The old oaken bucket is a traveling trophy awarded in american college football as part of the indianapurdue rivalry between the indiana hoosiers football team of indiana university and purdue boilermakers football team of purdue university. Battle for the old oaken bucket headlines rivalry games. The old oaken bucket lyrics words trending sing along. Purdue creamery not long after smith hall opened, butter was being churned out of a large drum and stored in wooden barrels at the purdue creamery. Did you know old oaken bucket 90th anniversary purdue. These students claimed they were tasked with the responsibility of taking the bucket to iu.

Indiana and purdue have one of college footballs oldest rivalries, dating back to 1891, with purdue. Old oaken bucket download photo as purdue battles indiana on nov. Three men walk into a bar and steal old oaken bucket published 8. Although woodworth was not from indiana, the trophys name refers to the sentiment that hoosiers have for their home state. Iu football wants old oaken bucket back from purdue, clinch. I think whether its football, basketball, any sport, its a lot of fun when you have these types of games, purdue coach jeff brohm said monday. Bloomington deep in the belly of memorial stadium, kept in its worndown case and watched over by a security guard in ius locker room, the old oaken bucket waited. Fileleroy keyes, purdues runnerup for the heisman trophy, faces indianas dave kornowa in this nov. Mark deal, indiana universitys assistant athletic director for alumni relations, celebrates saturdays win, which means he gets to look after the old oaken bucket for one more year. Established in 1925, the old oaken bucket was the brainchild of chicagobased alums from indiana and purdue. Jones iu medicine, 1914 proposed the creation of a traditional football trophyat a later meeting this committee recommended an old oaken bucket as the most.

Old oaken bucket mini trophy indiana rivalry trophy. This purdue old oaken bucket replica trophy makes the perfect gift for the ultimate boilermaker fan. Theres paul bunyans axe minnesotawisconsin, the paul bunyan trophy michiganmsu, the old oaken bucket indiana. Why michigan stateindianas rivalry trophy is a spittoon. The old oaken bucket is a traveling trophy awarded in american college football as part of the rivalry between the purdue boilermakers football team of purdue university and the indiana hoosiers football team of indiana university. In 1925 the chicago alumni of both purdue and iu decided that they needed a trophy for the winner of this match and they found the bucket in a bad state on a farm in southern indiana. The old oaken bucket with images purdue indiana, indiana. Purdue old oaken bucket holiday ornament purdue team store.

Ncaa indianapurdue old oaken bucket replica trophy. The property came to be known as the old oaken bucket homestead. Old oaken bucket trophy football game indiana university. Rivalry trophy 4 78 h including bucket handle, 3 18 h not including handle, 2 14 w, 2 14 d. Nov 27, 2019 for the first time in five years, saturdays old oaken bucket game will be all about the rivalry, bragging rights and the trophy nothing more. The old oaken bucket is one of the oldest and most prestigious trophies in the nation, which goes to the winner of purdue vs.

Sep 30, 2016 the big tens got a lot of rivalry trophies. The little brown jug has one of cfbs best trophy stories. This is a 12inch, 6pound replica of the old oaken bucket that is awarded to the winner of the indianapurdue football game. Et may 29, 2015 iu alumnus mike cord brokered the return of the stolen old oaken bucket to purdue, 57 years ago.

Indiana indiana and purdue alumnus came together in 1925 and decided that an old oaken bucket was the most typical hoosier form. Indiana tops rival purdue in 2ot to win old oaken bucket. Indiana and purdue first met on the gridiron in 1891. The old oaken bucket 1826 performed by tom roush youtube. The teams play for the old oaken bucket, a relic that is over a century old, which was said to have been used by gen.

Columbia leads the alltime series 56233 and has won 9 in a row in the series. Showcase your love of purdue football with this old oaken bucket holiday ornament. So a bucket that many believe dates back to the civil war was found on a farm in s. The traveling trophy is similar in concept to footballs old oaken bucket, volleyballs monon spike and soccers golden boot. The old oaken bucket trophy has been awarded every year since 1925 to the winner of the big ten conference college football game between purdue university and indiana university.

Three men walk into a bar and steal old oaken bucket. A purdue representative took the bucket to the train station where he came across a group of iu students. The poems, odes, songs, and other metrical effusions of samuel woodworth, pub. Records management jointly sponsored the development of the old oaken bucket football trophy website. The rivalry has been renewed annually every year in peacetime with some exceptions. In 1925, chicago alumni groups of both purdue and indiana decided that there should be a traditional trophy for the winner of the annual game. Rumor has it when the original old oaken bucket gave out several years ago, the bucket was replaced with the trophy. The first mention of the bucket in the iu student yearbook, the arbutus, does not occur until after the 1927 game when it is stated that the old oaken bucket was relinquished for anther years siesta in the boilermaker trophy room. Nov 21, 2018 for iu football, one year is too long for old oaken bucket trophy case to sit empty. The old oaken bucket is a traveling trophy awarded in american college football as part of the rivalry between the purdue. Purdue boilermakers rivalrytrophy replicas rivalry trophy. A tradition of passing the old oaken bucket trophy between rivaling high schools became an unsolved mystery when it turned up on the front lawn of pennsville memorial high school after missing for. Indianapurdue football trophy the old oaken bucket.

Purdue football future schedules purdue university athletics. This article briefly explains how the odd name of this annual contest came to be. They recommended that an old oaken bucket would be a most typical trophy from this state and should be taken from a well somewhere in indiana. Nov 03, 2017 the little brown jug is a big ten rivalry trophy from before big ten rivalry trophies were cool. Clarence jones, indiana alum, and russel gray, purdue alum, were given the task of finding a suitable trophy to. Old oaken bucket one of the oldest and most prestigious football rivalry trophies in the nation, the old oaken bucket has been presented. For the first time in five years, saturdays old oaken bucket game will be all about the rivalry, bragging rights and the trophy nothing more. Eventually the group recommended an old oaken bucket as the most typically hoosier form of trophy for the traditional purdueindiana football game. Found on a farm in southern indiana, the oaken bucket is one of the oldest football trophies in the nation.

Although woodworth was not from indiana, the trophy s name refers to the sentiment that hoosiers have for their home state. First football game college football purdue university boomer sooner new orleans saints football helmets indiana fan bucket. Nov 26, 2019 in 1675, exactly 250 years before the old oaken bucket trophy was established in 1925, a man by the name of john northey jr. Ranking the top college football rivalry game trophies. In 1675, exactly 250 years before the old oaken bucket trophy was established in 1925, a man by the name of john northey jr. Ncaa indianapurdue old oaken bucket replica trophy walmart. It is a wood plaque with a drawing of a barn and an attached basketball hoop, which best describes basketball in indiana. The awarding of the bucket to the winning team is the second oldest trophy tradition in collegiate football.

The haydn quartet sings the old oaken bucket as played on an antique cylinder player. In 1925 the chicago alumni of both purdue and iu decided that they needed a trophy for the winner of this match and they found the bucket in. Oct 30, 20 read 25 of the most unusual trophies in college football and other sports lists articles from total pro sports. John hunt morgan during a trip through indiana in the civil war.

The old oaken bucket is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual purdueindiana football matchup. The old oaken bucket moment of indiana history indiana. The creamery was open from purdue creamery, behind the scenes, circa photo via purdue libraries archives and special collections purdue creamery, behind the scenes, circa 1911. Having met on the gridiron since 1891, the teams began to compete for the rustic vessel in. Huddle of indiana found the fabled bucket, in a bad state of repair and covered with moss and mold, on the bruner farm between kent and hanover in southern indiana. Phil gemmer, the organizations late president, was on board with the idea and suggested the club look for a trophy similar to the old oaken bucket presented in the indianapurdue rivalry. The 25 most bizarre rivalry trophies in college football. Odkfoy sportsmanship trophy alabama auburn old oaken bucket indiana purdue paul bunyan trophy michigan. The first time this happened was in 1930 when indiana dominated over purdue.

The concept for the trophy that is now battled for by two big ten conference rivals was first thought of in a 1925 alumni meeting in chicago. Old oaken bucket still top prize for hoosiers, boilermakers. The hoosiers have the chance to clinch a bowl trip, win a rivalry game and end the purdue boilermakers. Nov 25, 2019 for the first time in five years, saturdays old oaken bucket game will be all about the rivalry, bragging rights and the trophy nothing more. The old oaken bucket game is named after the traveling trophy awarded to the annual winner of the indiana university versus purdue university football game. Iu football wants old oaken bucket back from purdue.

Ncaa indianapurdue old oaken bucket replica trophy celebrate big ten football with this indianapurdue old oaken bucket replica trophy. Missing old oak bucket mysteriously returns to pennsville. The traveling trophy known as the old oaken bucket actually dates back to the 1920s and is one of the oldest football trophies in existence. One of the oldest and most prestigious football rivalry trophies in the nation, the old oaken bucket has been presented annually to the winner of the purdueindiana game since 1925. The deal family has been involved in the oaken bucket game since the 1940s. Ncaa indianapurdue old oaken bucket replica trophy large. Nov 21, 2018 old oaken bucket history the two instate rivals first met in the 1890s, but it wasnt until 1925 the the old oaken bucket has been presented to the winner of the game.