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Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEEastern Michigan8 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD8–28–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois28 recorded wins
38Recorded meetings
1977Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

38 games
  1. 1977
    Eastern Michigan25 — 2Northern Illinois
    Sep 3, 1977Eastern Michigan won
  2. 1979
    Eastern Michigan0 — 0Northern Illinois
    Oct 6, 1979Tie
  3. 1980
    Eastern Michigan6 — 38Northern Illinois
    Nov 22, 1980Northern Illinois won
  4. 1981
    Eastern Michigan7 — 30Northern Illinois
    Oct 24, 1981Northern Illinois won
  5. 1982
    Eastern Michigan0 — 10Northern Illinois
    Oct 23, 1982Northern Illinois won
  6. 1983
    Eastern Michigan15 — 34Northern Illinois
    Oct 15, 1983Northern Illinois won
  7. 1984
    Eastern Michigan10 — 10Northern Illinois
    Oct 13, 1984Tie
  8. 1985
    Eastern Michigan0 — 3Northern Illinois
    Nov 9, 1985Northern Illinois won
  9. 1986
    Eastern Michigan14 — 21Northern Illinois
    Nov 8, 1986Northern Illinois won
  10. 1987
    Eastern Michigan32 — 31Northern Illinois
    Oct 3, 1987Eastern Michigan won
  11. 1997
    Eastern Michigan38 — 10Northern Illinois
    Nov 8, 1997Eastern Michigan won
  12. 1998
    Eastern Michigan14 — 26Northern Illinois
    Oct 24, 1998Northern Illinois won
  13. 1999
    Eastern Michigan23 — 30Northern Illinois
    Nov 20, 1999Northern Illinois won
  14. 2000
    Eastern Michigan39 — 32Northern Illinois
    Nov 11, 2000Eastern Michigan won
  15. 2001
    Eastern Michigan17 — 40Northern Illinois
    Nov 3, 2001Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  16. 2002
    Eastern Michigan21 — 49Northern Illinois
    Nov 16, 2002Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  17. 2003
    Eastern Michigan24 — 38Northern Illinois
    Nov 22, 2003Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  18. 2004
    Eastern Michigan16 — 34Northern Illinois
    Nov 20, 2004Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  19. 2005
    Eastern Michigan8 — 24Northern Illinois
    Oct 15, 2005Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  20. 2006
    Eastern Michigan0 — 27Northern Illinois
    Nov 24, 2006Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  21. 2007
    Eastern Michigan21 — 19Northern Illinois
    Sep 15, 2007Eastern Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  22. 2008
    Eastern Michigan0 — 37Northern Illinois
    Sep 27, 2008Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  23. 2009
    Eastern Michigan6 — 50Northern Illinois
    Nov 6, 2009Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  24. 2010
    Eastern Michigan3 — 71Northern Illinois
    Nov 26, 2010Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  25. 2011
    Eastern Michigan12 — 18Northern Illinois
    Nov 25, 2011Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  26. 2012
    Eastern Michigan7 — 49Northern Illinois
    Nov 23, 2012Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  27. 2013
    Eastern Michigan20 — 59Northern Illinois
    Oct 26, 2013Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  28. 2014
    Eastern Michigan17 — 28Northern Illinois
    Oct 25, 2014Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  29. 2015
    Eastern Michigan21 — 49Northern Illinois
    Oct 24, 2015Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  30. 2016
    Eastern Michigan24 — 31Northern Illinois
    Nov 17, 2016Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  31. 2017
    Eastern Michigan27 — 30Northern Illinois
    Oct 26, 2017Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  32. 2018
    Eastern Michigan23 — 26Northern Illinois
    Sep 29, 2018Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  33. 2019
    Eastern Michigan45 — 17Northern Illinois
    Nov 20, 2019Eastern Michigan wonHuskie Stadium
  34. 2020
    Eastern Michigan41 — 33Northern Illinois
    Dec 12, 2020Eastern Michigan wonRynearson Stadium
  35. 2021
    Eastern Michigan20 — 27Northern Illinois
    Oct 2, 2021Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  36. 2022
    Eastern Michigan10 — 39Northern Illinois
    Oct 15, 2022Northern Illinois wonRynearson Stadium
  37. 2023
    Eastern Michigan13 — 20Northern Illinois
    Oct 21, 2023Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  38. 2025
    Eastern Michigan16 — 10Northern Illinois
    Oct 11, 2025Eastern Michigan wonRynearson Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois16–10Eastern Michigan won
2023Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois13–20Northern Illinois won
2022Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois10–39Northern Illinois won
2021Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois20–27Northern Illinois won
2020Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois41–33Eastern Michigan won
2019Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois45–17Eastern Michigan won
2018Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois23–26Northern Illinois won
2017Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois27–30Northern Illinois won
2016Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois24–31Northern Illinois won
2015Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois21–49Northern Illinois won
2014Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois17–28Northern Illinois won
2013Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois20–59Northern Illinois won
2012Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois7–49Northern Illinois won
2011Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois12–18Northern Illinois won
2010Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois3–71Northern Illinois won
2009Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois6–50Northern Illinois won
2008Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–37Northern Illinois won
2007Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois21–19Eastern Michigan won
2006Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–27Northern Illinois won
2005Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois8–24Northern Illinois won
2004Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois16–34Northern Illinois won
2003Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois24–38Northern Illinois won
2002Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois21–49Northern Illinois won
2001Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois17–40Northern Illinois won
2000Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois39–32Eastern Michigan won
1999Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois23–30Northern Illinois won
1998Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois14–26Northern Illinois won
1997Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois38–10Eastern Michigan won
1987Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois32–31Eastern Michigan won
1986Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois14–21Northern Illinois won
1985Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–3Northern Illinois won
1984Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois10–10Tie
1983Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois15–34Northern Illinois won
1982Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–10Northern Illinois won
1981Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois7–30Northern Illinois won
1980Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois6–38Northern Illinois won
1979Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois0–0Tie
1977Eastern Michigan vs Northern Illinois25–2Eastern 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.