All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

Series

12–14

Northern Illinois leads

Average Score

24.3–24.2

26 games

Current Streak

Ohio

Longest Streak

Northern Illinois, 1977–1983

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

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