College Football TimelineTHE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ARCHIVE
HomeRivalriesBowling Green vs Northern Illinois
College football / Rivalry archive

Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBowling Green12 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD12–12WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois12 recorded wins
24Recorded meetings
1967Earliest documented
2024Most 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.

24 games
  1. 1967
    Bowling Green17 — 7Northern Illinois
    Nov 18, 1967Bowling Green won
  2. 1968
    Bowling Green6 — 7Northern Illinois
    Nov 16, 1968Northern Illinois won
  3. 1969
    Bowling Green38 — 23Northern Illinois
    Nov 22, 1969Bowling Green won
  4. 1973
    Bowling Green21 — 20Northern Illinois
    Nov 17, 1973Bowling Green won
  5. 1981
    Bowling Green17 — 10Northern Illinois
    Oct 17, 1981Bowling Green won
  6. 1982
    Bowling Green20 — 18Northern Illinois
    Oct 16, 1982Bowling Green won
  7. 1983
    Bowling Green23 — 24Northern Illinois
    Oct 22, 1983Northern Illinois won
  8. 1984
    Bowling Green28 — 6Northern Illinois
    Oct 20, 1984Bowling Green won
  9. 1985
    Bowling Green34 — 14Northern Illinois
    Nov 2, 1985Bowling Green won
  10. 1986
    Bowling Green8 — 16Northern Illinois
    Nov 1, 1986Northern Illinois won
  11. 1997
    Bowling Green35 — 10Northern Illinois
    Oct 4, 1997Bowling Green won
  12. 1998
    Bowling Green34 — 23Northern Illinois
    Nov 21, 1998Bowling Green won
  13. 2002
    Bowling Green17 — 26Northern Illinois
    Nov 9, 2002Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  14. 2003
    Bowling Green34 — 18Northern Illinois
    Oct 25, 2003Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  15. 2004
    Bowling Green17 — 34Northern Illinois
    Sep 24, 2004Northern Illinois won
  16. 2008
    Bowling Green13 — 16Northern Illinois
    Oct 25, 2008Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  17. 2011
    Bowling Green14 — 45Northern Illinois
    Nov 9, 2011Northern Illinois wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  18. 2013
    Bowling Green47 — 27Northern Illinois
    Dec 7, 2013Bowling Green won
  19. 2014
    Bowling Green17 — 51Northern Illinois
    Dec 6, 2014Northern Illinois wonFord Field
  20. 2015
    Bowling Green34 — 14Northern Illinois
    Dec 5, 2015Bowling Green wonFord Field
  21. 2016
    Bowling Green20 — 45Northern Illinois
    Nov 2, 2016Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  22. 2017
    Bowling Green17 — 48Northern Illinois
    Oct 21, 2017Northern Illinois wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  23. 2021
    Bowling Green26 — 34Northern Illinois
    Oct 16, 2021Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  24. 2024
    Bowling Green7 — 17Northern Illinois
    Oct 12, 2024Northern Illinois wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois7–17Northern Illinois won
2021Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois26–34Northern Illinois won
2017Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–48Northern Illinois won
2016Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois20–45Northern Illinois won
2015Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois34–14Bowling Green won
2014Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–51Northern Illinois won
2013Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois47–27Bowling Green won
2011Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois14–45Northern Illinois won
2008Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois13–16Northern Illinois won
2004Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–34Northern Illinois won
2003Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois34–18Bowling Green won
2002Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–26Northern Illinois won
1998Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois34–23Bowling Green won
1997Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois35–10Bowling Green won
1986Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois8–16Northern Illinois won
1985Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois34–14Bowling Green won
1984Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois28–6Bowling Green won
1983Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois23–24Northern Illinois won
1982Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois20–18Bowling Green won
1981Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–10Bowling Green won
1973Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois21–20Bowling Green won
1969Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois38–23Bowling Green won
1968Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois6–7Northern Illinois won
1967Bowling Green vs Northern Illinois17–7Bowling Green 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.