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Duke vs Northwestern Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Duke and Northwestern.

PROGRAM ONEDuke14 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD14–10WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern10 recorded wins
24Recorded meetings
1985Earliest 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. 1985
    Duke40 — 17Northwestern
    Sep 7, 1985Duke won
  2. 1986
    Duke17 — 6Northwestern
    Sep 6, 1986Duke won
  3. 1987
    Duke31 — 16Northwestern
    Sep 12, 1987Duke won
  4. 1988
    Duke31 — 21Northwestern
    Sep 3, 1988Duke won
  5. 1989
    Duke41 — 31Northwestern
    Sep 9, 1989Duke won
  6. 1990
    Duke27 — 24Northwestern
    Sep 8, 1990Duke won
  7. 1996
    Duke13 — 38Northwestern
    Sep 14, 1996Northwestern won
  8. 1997
    Duke20 — 24Northwestern
    Sep 13, 1997Northwestern won
  9. 1998
    Duke44 — 10Northwestern
    Sep 12, 1998Duke won
  10. 1999
    Duke12 — 15Northwestern
    Sep 18, 1999Northwestern won
  11. 2000
    Duke5 — 38Northwestern
    Sep 9, 2000Northwestern won
  12. 2001
    Duke7 — 44Northwestern
    Sep 22, 2001Northwestern wonWallace Wade Stadium
  13. 2002
    Duke21 — 26Northwestern
    Sep 14, 2002Northwestern wonRyan Field
  14. 2003
    Duke10 — 28Northwestern
    Sep 20, 2003Northwestern wonWallace Wade Stadium
  15. 2007
    Duke20 — 14Northwestern
    Sep 16, 2007Duke wonRyan Field
  16. 2008
    Duke20 — 24Northwestern
    Sep 6, 2008Northwestern wonWallace Wade Stadium
  17. 2015
    Duke10 — 19Northwestern
    Sep 19, 2015Northwestern wonWallace Wade Stadium
  18. 2016
    Duke13 — 24Northwestern
    Sep 18, 2016Northwestern wonRyan Field
  19. 2017
    Duke41 — 17Northwestern
    Sep 9, 2017Duke wonWallace Wade Stadium
  20. 2018
    Duke21 — 7Northwestern
    Sep 8, 2018Duke wonRyan Field
  21. 2021
    Duke30 — 23Northwestern
    Sep 18, 2021Duke wonWallace Wade Stadium
  22. 2022
    Duke31 — 23Northwestern
    Sep 10, 2022Duke wonRyan Field
  23. 2023
    Duke38 — 14Northwestern
    Sep 16, 2023Duke wonWallace Wade Stadium
  24. 2024
    Duke26 — 20Northwestern
    Sep 7, 2024Duke wonLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Duke vs Northwestern26–20Duke won
2023Duke vs Northwestern38–14Duke won
2022Duke vs Northwestern31–23Duke won
2021Duke vs Northwestern30–23Duke won
2018Duke vs Northwestern21–7Duke won
2017Duke vs Northwestern41–17Duke won
2016Duke vs Northwestern13–24Northwestern won
2015Duke vs Northwestern10–19Northwestern won
2008Duke vs Northwestern20–24Northwestern won
2007Duke vs Northwestern20–14Duke won
2003Duke vs Northwestern10–28Northwestern won
2002Duke vs Northwestern21–26Northwestern won
2001Duke vs Northwestern7–44Northwestern won
2000Duke vs Northwestern5–38Northwestern won
1999Duke vs Northwestern12–15Northwestern won
1998Duke vs Northwestern44–10Duke won
1997Duke vs Northwestern20–24Northwestern won
1996Duke vs Northwestern13–38Northwestern won
1990Duke vs Northwestern27–24Duke won
1989Duke vs Northwestern41–31Duke won
1988Duke vs Northwestern31–21Duke won
1987Duke vs Northwestern31–16Duke won
1986Duke vs Northwestern17–6Duke won
1985Duke vs Northwestern40–17Duke 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.