The Illinois–Purdue football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini football team of the University of Illinois and Purdue Boilermakers football team of Purdue University. The Purdue Cannon is presented to the winner of the game. The cannon was conceived by Purdue students years ago but was first presented as a trophy by an Illinois alumnus in 1943. The Tomahawk Service and Leadership Honorary at Purdue and Illini Pride now share the maintenance duty.