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Kansas vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEKansas1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois2 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
1983Earliest documented
2012Most 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.

3 games
  1. 1983
    Kansas34 — 37Northern Illinois
    Sep 3, 1983Northern Illinois won
  2. 2011
    Kansas45 — 42Northern Illinois
    Sep 10, 2011Kansas wonMemorial Stadium
  3. 2012
    Kansas23 — 30Northern Illinois
    Sep 22, 2012Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2012Kansas vs Northern Illinois23–30Northern Illinois won
2011Kansas vs Northern Illinois45–42Kansas won
1983Kansas vs Northern Illinois34–37Northern Illinois 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.