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Northern Illinois vs Xavier Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthern Illinois3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOXavier2 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1968Earliest documented
1973Most 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. 1968
    Northern Illinois20 — 24Xavier
    Oct 19, 1968Xavier won
  2. 1970
    Northern Illinois18 — 0Xavier
    Sep 26, 1970Northern Illinois won
  3. 1971
    Northern Illinois14 — 9Xavier
    Nov 20, 1971Northern Illinois won
  4. 1972
    Northern Illinois20 — 7Xavier
    Oct 7, 1972Northern Illinois won
  5. 1973
    Northern Illinois36 — 40Xavier
    Nov 10, 1973Xavier won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1973Northern Illinois vs Xavier36–40Xavier won
1972Northern Illinois vs Xavier20–7Northern Illinois won
1971Northern Illinois vs Xavier14–9Northern Illinois won
1970Northern Illinois vs Xavier18–0Northern Illinois won
1968Northern Illinois vs Xavier20–24Xavier 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.