| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Purdue | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
Illinois | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Scoring Plays
6:48

10:11

4:16

0:21

6:05

8:15

4:29

1:26

Game Leaders
Purdue
R. Browne QB
K. Houser QB
F. Ijeboi RB
A. Laughery RB
A. Waseem WR
C. Dixon WR
K. Burgos DE
D. Saunders DB
I. Kante LBPlayer Box Score
Purdue| Player | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Browne#15 | 18/27 | 255 | 9.4 | 1 | 0 | 68.1 |
Illinois| Player | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katin Houser#4 | 21/37 | 225 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 55.8 |
Purdue| Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fame Ijeboi#2 | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 0 | 14 |
Antonio Harris#22 | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 1 | 9 |
Jerrick Gibson#4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
Xavier Townsend#3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Ryan Browne#15 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 |
Team | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Illinois| Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aidan Laughery#21 | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 |
Katin Houser#4 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | 14 |
Collin Dixon#17 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
Jordan Anderson#23 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 |
Ca'Lil Valentine#5 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Purdue| Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asaad Waseem#19 | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | 61 |
Chauncey Magwood#5 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 31 |
Tra'Mar Harris#11 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 21 |
Xavier Townsend#3 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 |
Fame Ijeboi#2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
George Burhenn#81 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
Bisi Owens#17 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
Antonio Harris#22 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Illinois| Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collin Dixon#17 | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 1 | 21 |
Hudson Clement#13 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 30 |
Ty Robinson#10 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | 18 |
Davin Stoffel#88 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Brayden Trimble#11 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 |
Aidan Laughery#21 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
Purdue| Player | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jojo Hayden | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Saunders#7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Correa#5 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jaden Mangham#2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Slaughter#13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeremy Lewis#33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keyshawn Burgos#11 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hudauri Hines#4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rodney Lora#94 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ian Jeffries#40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Justin Denson#21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smiley Bradford#1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CJ Madden#8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Breeon Ishmail#58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Winston Berglund#20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hudson Miller#25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isaiah Needam#39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aiden Solecki#91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trey Smith#23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wisdom Simms#97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Illinois| Player | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HUR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ismael Kante#26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Bailey#7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Kreutz#10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mac Resetich | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carter Janki#90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Barna#43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Farrell#52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Juice Clarke#6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mason Muragin#18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Demetrius John#54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tywan Cox#32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Edmonson#45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tanner Heckel#16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Brown#4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kayden Bennett#28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Xavier Scott#1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grant Beerman#33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cameron Thomas#8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Will Holmes#24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ean Rhea#40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Purdue| Player | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacobo Echeverria Lozano#92 | 3/3 | 100.0 | 34 | 1/1 | 10 |
Illinois| Player | FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethan Moczulski#37 | 1/2 | 50.0 | 54 | 2/2 | 5 |
Purdue| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dylan Drennan#42 | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Illinois| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lars Rau#81 | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
Purdue| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Travis Terrell Jr.#20 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Hayden Timosciek#99 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Illinois| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aidan Laughery#21 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Illinois| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mac Resetich | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Purdue| Player | INT | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
John Slaughter#13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Drive Summary
Injury Report
No current injury report is available for this matchup.
Head-to-Head
Historical meetings are not available for this matchup.
Game Information
Division Standings
FBS — Big Ten Conference
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Home | Away | Strk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 259 | 125 | 4-2 | 1-1 | L3 |
UCLA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 268 | 107 | 5-0 | 3-0 | W8 |
Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 202 | 164 | 4-1 | 1-2 | L1 |
Ohio State | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 293 | 124 | 4-0 | 2-2 | L1 |
Wisconsin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 189 | 137 | 4-0 | 1-3 | L1 |
Indiana | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | 292 | 112 | 5-1 | 3-0 | W2 |
Oregon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 266 | 171 | 4-1 | 1-2 | W1 |
Iowa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 226 | 100 | 4-1 | 2-1 | W1 |
USC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | 292 | 218 | 5-1 | 2-1 | W1 |
Northwestern | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 269 | 150 | 5-0 | 1-2 | L1 |
Purdue | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 236 | 257 | 2-3 | 1-2 | L2 |
Washington | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 212 | 169 | 3-2 | 2-1 | W2 |
Rutgers | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 222 | 261 | 1-4 | 1-2 | L2 |
Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 170 | 131 | 4-2 | 1-1 | W1 |
Penn State | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 232 | 149 | 3-2 | 1-2 | W1 |
Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 232 | 194 | 3-2 | 2-1 | W3 |
Maryland | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 215 | 253 | 1-4 | 1-2 | L6 |
Michigan State | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 159 | 206 | 2-3 | 0-3 | L6 |


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FAQs: Purdue Boilermakers vs Illinois Fighting Illini
What channel is Purdue vs. Illinois on?
BTN will broadcast Purdue vs. Illinois. The TV broadcast is for the teams’ Week 5 matchup in the 2026 college football season.
Can I stream Purdue vs. Illinois live?
Yes. FOX One will stream the game live, giving fans a way to watch without cable. The service also includes college football highlights and live and on-demand FOX programming.
What time does Purdue vs. Illinois start?
Kickoff is Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 4:15 p.m. ET. For fans on the West Coast, the same kickoff time is 1:15 p.m. PT.
Where is the game being played?
The game is at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois is hosting this matchup, with Purdue traveling to Champaign as the visiting team.
What trophy is at stake in Purdue vs. Illinois?
The winner takes the Purdue Cannon. Illinois has won the last two meetings, including a 43-27 victory in October 2025. Purdue leads the trophy series 40-32-2.
What are the teams’ records heading into the game?
Purdue enters at 1-3, while Illinois is 2-2. Both teams lost their previous game: Purdue fell 49-10 to Notre Dame, and Illinois lost 42-19 to Ohio State.
















