All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

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

Northwestern vs

Northern Illinois

Series

6–1–1

Northwestern leads

Average Score

25.9–15.6

8 games

Current Streak

Northern Illinois

Longest Streak

Northwestern, 1975–1985 · Northwestern, 1990–2005

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

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

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