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Missouri vs Northwestern Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Missouri and Northwestern.

PROGRAM ONEMissouri5 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD5–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern4 recorded wins
9Recorded meetings
1895Earliest documented
2008Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

9 games
  1. 1895
    Missouri22 — 18Northwestern
    Nov 9, 1895Missouri won
  2. 1915
    Missouri6 — 24Northwestern
    Nov 6, 1915Northwestern won
  3. 1927
    Missouri34 — 19Northwestern
    Oct 29, 1927Missouri won
  4. 1932
    Missouri0 — 27Northwestern
    Oct 1, 1932Northwestern won
  5. 1963
    Missouri12 — 23Northwestern
    Sep 21, 1963Northwestern won
  6. 1967
    Missouri13 — 6Northwestern
    Sep 30, 1967Missouri won
  7. 1985
    Missouri23 — 27Northwestern
    Sep 14, 1985Northwestern won
  8. 1987
    Missouri28 — 3Northwestern
    Sep 19, 1987Missouri won
  9. 2008
    Missouri30 — 23Northwestern
    Dec 30, 2008Missouri wonAlamodome
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2008Missouri vs Northwestern30–23Missouri won
1987Missouri vs Northwestern28–3Missouri won
1985Missouri vs Northwestern23–27Northwestern won
1967Missouri vs Northwestern13–6Missouri won
1963Missouri vs Northwestern12–23Northwestern won
1932Missouri vs Northwestern0–27Northwestern won
1927Missouri vs Northwestern34–19Missouri won
1915Missouri vs Northwestern6–24Northwestern won
1895Missouri vs Northwestern22–18Missouri won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.