All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

The Game Army–Navy Holy War Iron Bowl Red River The Game (Ivy)

Northern Illinois vs

Northwestern

Series

1–6–1

Northwestern leads

Average Score

15.6–25.9

8 games

Current Streak

Northern Illinois

Longest Streak

Northwestern, 1975–1985 · Northwestern, 1990–2005

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2014	2014-09-09	Northern Illinois	23–15
2005	2005-09-13	Northwestern	37–38
2000	2000-09-05	Northwestern	17–35
1990	1990-10-02	Northwestern	7–24
1987	1987-09-29	Tie	16–16
1985	1985-10-01	Northwestern	16–38
1982	1982-09-28	Northwestern	6–31
1975	1975-09-23	Northwestern	3–10

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

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