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Illinois vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois0 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1992Earliest documented
2010Most 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.

4 games
  1. 1992
    Illinois30 — 14Northern Illinois
    Sep 5, 1992Illinois won
  2. 1994
    Illinois34 — 10Northern Illinois
    Sep 17, 1994Illinois won
  3. 2001
    Illinois17 — 12Northern Illinois
    Sep 8, 2001Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  4. 2010
    Illinois28 — 22Northern Illinois
    Sep 18, 2010Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2010Illinois vs Northern Illinois28–22Illinois won
2001Illinois vs Northern Illinois17–12Illinois won
1994Illinois vs Northern Illinois34–10Illinois won
1992Illinois vs Northern Illinois30–14Illinois 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.