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Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Central Michigan and Northern Illinois.

PROGRAM ONECentral Michigan21 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD21–18WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois18 recorded wins
39Recorded meetings
1975Earliest documented
2024Most 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.

39 games
  1. 1975
    Central Michigan69 — 7Northern Illinois
    Nov 15, 1975Central Michigan won
  2. 1976
    Central Michigan31 — 9Northern Illinois
    Nov 13, 1976Central Michigan won
  3. 1977
    Central Michigan25 — 21Northern Illinois
    Oct 8, 1977Central Michigan won
  4. 1978
    Central Michigan34 — 7Northern Illinois
    Oct 21, 1978Central Michigan won
  5. 1979
    Central Michigan31 — 11Northern Illinois
    Oct 13, 1979Central Michigan won
  6. 1980
    Central Michigan0 — 21Northern Illinois
    Oct 18, 1980Northern Illinois won
  7. 1981
    Central Michigan17 — 10Northern Illinois
    Sep 19, 1981Central Michigan won
  8. 1982
    Central Michigan13 — 19Northern Illinois
    Nov 20, 1982Northern Illinois won
  9. 1983
    Central Michigan30 — 14Northern Illinois
    Nov 5, 1983Central Michigan won
  10. 1984
    Central Michigan7 — 8Northern Illinois
    Nov 3, 1984Northern Illinois won
  11. 1985
    Central Michigan30 — 21Northern Illinois
    Nov 23, 1985Central Michigan won
  12. 1997
    Central Michigan44 — 10Northern Illinois
    Aug 28, 1997Central Michigan won
  13. 1998
    Central Michigan6 — 16Northern Illinois
    Oct 17, 1998Northern Illinois won
  14. 1999
    Central Michigan27 — 31Northern Illinois
    Oct 16, 1999Northern Illinois won
  15. 2000
    Central Michigan6 — 40Northern Illinois
    Nov 18, 2000Northern Illinois won
  16. 2001
    Central Michigan24 — 33Northern Illinois
    Oct 27, 2001Northern Illinois wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  17. 2002
    Central Michigan0 — 49Northern Illinois
    Oct 19, 2002Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  18. 2003
    Central Michigan24 — 40Northern Illinois
    Oct 11, 2003Northern Illinois wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  19. 2004
    Central Michigan10 — 42Northern Illinois
    Oct 16, 2004Northern Illinois won
  20. 2005
    Central Michigan28 — 31Northern Illinois
    Nov 5, 2005Northern Illinois wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  21. 2006
    Central Michigan10 — 31Northern Illinois
    Nov 18, 2006Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  22. 2007
    Central Michigan35 — 10Northern Illinois
    Sep 29, 2007Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  23. 2008
    Central Michigan33 — 30Northern Illinois
    Nov 13, 2008Central Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  24. 2009
    Central Michigan45 — 31Northern Illinois
    Nov 27, 2009Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  25. 2010
    Central Michigan7 — 33Northern Illinois
    Oct 23, 2010Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  26. 2011
    Central Michigan48 — 41Northern Illinois
    Oct 1, 2011Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  27. 2012
    Central Michigan24 — 55Northern Illinois
    Sep 29, 2012Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  28. 2013
    Central Michigan17 — 38Northern Illinois
    Oct 19, 2013Northern Illinois wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  29. 2014
    Central Michigan34 — 17Northern Illinois
    Oct 11, 2014Central Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  30. 2015
    Central Michigan29 — 19Northern Illinois
    Oct 3, 2015Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  31. 2016
    Central Michigan34 — 28Northern Illinois
    Oct 15, 2016Central Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  32. 2017
    Central Michigan31 — 24Northern Illinois
    Nov 24, 2017Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  33. 2018
    Central Michigan16 — 24Northern Illinois
    Sep 15, 2018Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  34. 2019
    Central Michigan48 — 10Northern Illinois
    Nov 2, 2019Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  35. 2020
    Central Michigan40 — 10Northern Illinois
    Nov 12, 2020Central Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  36. 2021
    Central Michigan38 — 39Northern Illinois
    Oct 23, 2021Northern Illinois wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  37. 2022
    Central Michigan35 — 22Northern Illinois
    Nov 2, 2022Central Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  38. 2023
    Central Michigan37 — 31Northern Illinois
    Oct 31, 2023Central Michigan wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  39. 2024
    Central Michigan16 — 24Northern Illinois
    Nov 30, 2024Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois16–24Northern Illinois won
2023Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois37–31Central Michigan won
2022Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois35–22Central Michigan won
2021Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois38–39Northern Illinois won
2020Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois40–10Central Michigan won
2019Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois48–10Central Michigan won
2018Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois16–24Northern Illinois won
2017Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois31–24Central Michigan won
2016Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois34–28Central Michigan won
2015Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois29–19Central Michigan won
2014Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois34–17Central Michigan won
2013Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois17–38Northern Illinois won
2012Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois24–55Northern Illinois won
2011Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois48–41Central Michigan won
2010Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois7–33Northern Illinois won
2009Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois45–31Central Michigan won
2008Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois33–30Central Michigan won
2007Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois35–10Central Michigan won
2006Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois10–31Northern Illinois won
2005Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois28–31Northern Illinois won
2004Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois10–42Northern Illinois won
2003Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois24–40Northern Illinois won
2002Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–49Northern Illinois won
2001Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois24–33Northern Illinois won
2000Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois6–40Northern Illinois won
1999Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois27–31Northern Illinois won
1998Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois6–16Northern Illinois won
1997Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois44–10Central Michigan won
1985Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois30–21Central Michigan won
1984Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois7–8Northern Illinois won
1983Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois30–14Central Michigan won
1982Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois13–19Northern Illinois won
1981Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois17–10Central Michigan won
1980Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–21Northern Illinois won
1979Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois31–11Central Michigan won
1978Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois34–7Central Michigan won
1977Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois25–21Central Michigan won
1976Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois31–9Central Michigan won
1975Central Michigan vs Northern Illinois69–7Central Michigan 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.