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Nebraska vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENebraska4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois1 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1989Earliest documented
2023Most 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.

5 games
  1. 1989
    Nebraska48 — 17Northern Illinois
    Sep 9, 1989Nebraska won
  2. 1990
    Nebraska60 — 14Northern Illinois
    Sep 8, 1990Nebraska won
  3. 2017
    Nebraska17 — 21Northern Illinois
    Sep 16, 2017Northern Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  4. 2019
    Nebraska44 — 8Northern Illinois
    Sep 15, 2019Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  5. 2023
    Nebraska35 — 11Northern Illinois
    Sep 16, 2023Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Nebraska vs Northern Illinois35–11Nebraska won
2019Nebraska vs Northern Illinois44–8Nebraska won
2017Nebraska vs Northern Illinois17–21Northern Illinois won
1990Nebraska vs Northern Illinois60–14Nebraska won
1989Nebraska vs Northern Illinois48–17Nebraska 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.