All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

Series

7–23

Northern Illinois leads

Average Score

19.6–28.4

30 games

Current Streak

Kent State

Longest Streak

Northern Illinois, 2002–2017

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2025	2025-11-30	Kent State	35–31
2023	2023-11-26	Northern Illinois	27–37
2021	2021-12-07	Northern Illinois	23–41
2021	2021-11-09	Kent State	52–47
2017	2017-10-10	Northern Illinois	3–24
2016	2016-11-29	Northern Illinois	21–31
2014	2014-10-07	Northern Illinois	14–17
2013	2013-10-08	Northern Illinois	24–38
2012	2012-12-04	Northern Illinois	37–44
2011	2011-10-11	Northern Illinois	10–40
2008	2008-11-25	Northern Illinois	14–42
2007	2007-11-13	Northern Illinois	20–27
2005	2005-10-25	Northern Illinois	3–34
2002	2002-10-01	Northern Illinois	6–13
2001	2001-10-16	Kent State	44–34
1999	1999-10-26	Northern Illinois	7–50
1984	1984-09-25	Northern Illinois	10–24
1983	1983-09-27	Northern Illinois	7–38
1982	1982-09-21	Northern Illinois	15–23
1981	1981-10-13	Kent State	31–10
1980	1980-11-04	Northern Illinois	14–35
1979	1979-11-06	Northern Illinois	0–25
1978	1978-11-07	Northern Illinois	21–27
1977	1977-11-01	Northern Illinois	18–21
1976	1976-11-30	Kent State	42–0
1975	1975-10-07	Northern Illinois	15–38
1972	1972-10-31	Northern Illinois	7–28
1971	1971-11-02	Northern Illinois	7–26
1967	1967-09-26	Kent State	35–0
1966	1966-09-27	Kent State	26–7

Scores read Kent State first. Dates are the ranking release that included the game. Games come from the published weekly rankings.