All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

Series

14–12

Northern Illinois leads

Average Score

24.2–24.3

26 games

Current Streak

Ohio

Longest Streak

Northern Illinois, 1977–1983

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2025	2025-10-19	Ohio	21–48
2023	2023-10-15	Northern Illinois	23–13
2022	2022-10-25	Ohio	17–24
2019	2019-10-15	Northern Illinois	39–36
2018	2018-10-16	Northern Illinois	24–21
2015	2015-12-01	Ohio	21–26
2014	2014-11-25	Northern Illinois	21–14
2011	2011-12-06	Northern Illinois	23–20
2009	2009-11-24	Ohio	31–38
2006	2006-09-12	Ohio	23–35
2003	2003-10-07	Northern Illinois	30–23
1998	1998-11-17	Ohio	12–28
1997	1997-11-04	Ohio	30–35
1986	1986-11-18	Ohio	26–34
1985	1985-11-19	Northern Illinois	35–7
1984	1984-11-20	Ohio	3–10
1983	1983-11-22	Northern Illinois	41–17
1982	1982-11-09	Northern Illinois	36–0
1981	1981-11-10	Northern Illinois	38–14
1980	1980-09-30	Northern Illinois	22–21
1979	1979-11-27	Northern Illinois	28–27
1978	1978-11-28	Northern Illinois	23–14
1977	1977-11-22	Northern Illinois	20–6
1976	1976-11-23	Ohio	15–63
1974	1974-10-08	Ohio	14–31
1968	1968-11-26	Ohio	12–28

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