Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry

Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry
First meetingNovember 14, 1896
Purdue 28, Notre Dame 22
Latest meetingSeptember 20, 2025
Notre Dame 56, Purdue 30
Next meetingSeptember 26, 2026, in West Lafayette
StadiumsNotre Dame Stadium
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Ross–Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
TrophyNone (1896–1956)
Shillelagh Trophy (1957–present)
Statistics
Meetings total89
All-time seriesNotre Dame leads, 59–26–2 (.690)
Trophy seriesNotre Dame leads, 40–19 (.672)
Largest victoryNotre Dame, 66–7 (2024)
Longest win streakNotre Dame, 11 (1986–1996)
Current win streakNotre Dame, 8 (2008–present)
50km
31miles
Notre Dame
Purdue
Locations of Purdue and Notre Dame

The Battle for the Shillelagh Trophy is an American college football rivalry between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame and Purdue Boilermakers football of Purdue University.