All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

Series

23–5

Northern Illinois leads

Average Score

30.2–18.8

28 games

Current Streak

Kent State

Longest Streak

Northern Illinois, 2002–2017

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

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