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Nicholls vs Northwestern State Timeline
Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Nicholls and Northwestern State.
PROGRAM ONENicholls19 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD19–8WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern State8 recorded wins
27Recorded meetings
1976Earliest documented
2026Most 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.
- 1976Nicholls8 — 20Northwestern State
- 1977Nicholls10 — 6Northwestern State
- 1978Nicholls18 — 28Northwestern State
- 1979Nicholls27 — 24Northwestern State
- 2003Nicholls40 — 30Northwestern State
- 2004Nicholls40 — 14Northwestern State
- 2005Nicholls31 — 24Northwestern State
- 2006Nicholls0 — 9Northwestern State
- 2007Nicholls58 — 0Northwestern State
- 2009Nicholls28 — 21Northwestern State
- 2010Nicholls37 — 7Northwestern State
- 2011Nicholls0 — 34Northwestern State
- 2012Nicholls26 — 27Northwestern State
- 2013Nicholls33 — 21Northwestern State
- 2014Nicholls21 — 48Northwestern State
- 2015Nicholls21 — 37Northwestern State
- 2016Nicholls31 — 14Northwestern State
- 2017Nicholls14 — 10Northwestern State
- 2018Nicholls28 — 10Northwestern State
- 2019Nicholls45 — 35Northwestern State
- 2020Nicholls31 — 24Northwestern State
- 2021Nicholls42 — 21Northwestern State
- 2022Nicholls33 — 36Northwestern State
- 2023Nicholls1 — 0Northwestern State
- 2024Nicholls20 — 0Northwestern State
- 2025Nicholls26 — 21Northwestern State
- 2026Nicholls31 — 27Northwestern State
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK
All recorded results
The latest documented meeting appears first.
| Season | Matchup | Score | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 31–27 | Nicholls won |
| 2025 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 26–21 | Nicholls won |
| 2024 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 20–0 | Nicholls won |
| 2023 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 1–0 | Nicholls won |
| 2022 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 33–36 | Northwestern State won |
| 2021 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 42–21 | Nicholls won |
| 2020 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 31–24 | Nicholls won |
| 2019 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 45–35 | Nicholls won |
| 2018 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 28–10 | Nicholls won |
| 2017 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 14–10 | Nicholls won |
| 2016 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 31–14 | Nicholls won |
| 2015 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 21–37 | Northwestern State won |
| 2014 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 21–48 | Northwestern State won |
| 2013 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 33–21 | Nicholls won |
| 2012 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 26–27 | Northwestern State won |
| 2011 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 0–34 | Northwestern State won |
| 2010 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 37–7 | Nicholls won |
| 2009 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 28–21 | Nicholls won |
| 2007 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 58–0 | Nicholls won |
| 2006 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 0–9 | Northwestern State won |
| 2005 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 31–24 | Nicholls won |
| 2004 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 40–14 | Nicholls won |
| 2003 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 40–30 | Nicholls won |
| 1979 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 27–24 | Nicholls won |
| 1978 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 18–28 | Northwestern State won |
| 1977 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 10–6 | Nicholls won |
| 1976 | Nicholls vs Northwestern State | 8–20 | Northwestern State 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.