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All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

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

Northwestern vs

Series

28–53–3

Iowa leads

Average Score

14.5–25.0

84 games

Current Streak

2

Iowa

Longest Streak

21

Iowa, 1974–1994

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2022	2022-11-01	Iowa	13–33
2021	2021-11-09	Iowa	12–17
2020	2020-11-03	Northwestern	21–20
2019	2019-10-29	Iowa	0–20
2018	2018-11-13	Northwestern	14–10
2017	2017-10-24	Northwestern	17–10
2016	2016-10-04	Northwestern	38–31
2015	2015-10-20	Iowa	10–40
2014	2014-11-04	Iowa	7–48
2013	2013-10-29	Iowa	10–17
2012	2012-10-30	Northwestern	28–17
2011	2011-10-18	Iowa	31–41
2010	2010-11-16	Northwestern	21–17
2009	2009-11-10	Northwestern	17–10
2008	2008-09-30	Northwestern	22–17
2007	2007-11-06	Iowa	17–28
2006	2006-11-07	Northwestern	21–7
2005	2005-11-08	Northwestern	28–27
2002	2002-11-12	Iowa	10–62
2001	2001-11-13	Iowa	16–59
2000	2000-11-14	Iowa	17–27
1999	1999-10-19	Northwestern	23–21
1998	1998-10-13	Iowa	24–26
1997	1997-11-18	Northwestern	15–14
1996	1996-11-12	Northwestern	40–13
1995	1995-11-14	Northwestern	31–20
1994	1994-11-15	Iowa	13–49
1993	1993-11-16	Iowa	19–23
1992	1992-11-17	Iowa	14–56
1991	1991-11-19	Iowa	10–24
1990	1990-10-30	Iowa	14–56
1989	1989-10-31	Iowa	22–35
1988	1988-11-08	Iowa	10–35
1987	1987-11-10	Iowa	24–52
1986	1986-10-28	Iowa	20–27
1985	1985-10-29	Iowa	10–49
1984	1984-10-09	Iowa	3–31
1983	1983-10-11	Iowa	21–61
1982	1982-10-05	Iowa	7–45
1981	1981-10-06	Iowa	0–64
1980	1980-10-21	Iowa	3–25
1979	1979-10-16	Iowa	6–58
1978	1978-09-19	Iowa	3–20
1977	1977-09-13	Iowa	0–24
1976	1976-11-02	Iowa	10–13
1975	1975-11-04	Iowa	21–24
1974	1974-10-15	Iowa	10–35
1973	1973-10-16	Northwestern	31–15
1972	1972-10-17	Iowa	12–23
1971	1971-10-12	Northwestern	28–3
1968	1968-11-12	Iowa	34–68
1967	1967-11-14	Northwestern	39–24
1966	1966-10-25	Northwestern	24–15
1965	1965-10-26	Northwestern	9–0
1960	1960-10-04	Iowa	0–42
1959	1959-10-06	Northwestern	14–10
1958	1958-10-28	Iowa	20–26
1957	1957-10-29	Iowa	0–6
1952	1952-11-18	Iowa	14–39
1949	1949-10-25	Iowa	21–28
1939	1939-11-28	Tie	7–7
1936	1936-10-06	Northwestern	18–7
1935	1935-11-26	Tie	0–0
1934	1934-10-09	Iowa	7–20
1933	1933-10-10	Iowa	0–7
1932	1932-11-22	Northwestern	44–6
1931	1931-11-24	Northwestern	19–0
1927	1927-11-22	Northwestern	12–0
1926	1926-11-23	Northwestern	13–6
1923	1923-11-27	Iowa	14–17
1922	1922-11-28	Iowa	3–37
1921	1921-11-22	Iowa	0–14
1920	1920-11-09	Iowa	0–20
1919	1919-11-11	Iowa	7–14
1918	1918-11-26	Iowa	7–23
1917	1917-11-20	Northwestern	25–14
1916	1916-11-14	Northwestern	20–13
1915	1915-10-19	Iowa	6–9
1914	1914-11-10	Iowa	0–27
1913	1913-10-28	Iowa	6–78
1911	1911-11-28	Iowa	0–6
1910	1910-10-11	Northwestern	10–5
1900	1900-12-04	Tie	5–5
1897	1897-10-19	Iowa	6–12

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

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