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Illinois State vs Northern Iowa Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois State10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–14WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Iowa14 recorded wins
24Recorded meetings
1985Earliest 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.

24 games
  1. 1985
    Illinois State3 — 15Northern Iowa
    Nov 2, 1985Northern Iowa won
  2. 2003
    Illinois State7 — 16Northern Iowa
    Oct 4, 2003Northern Iowa wonHancock Stadium
  3. 2004
    Illinois State14 — 41Northern Iowa
    Nov 13, 2004Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  4. 2005
    Illinois State38 — 3Northern Iowa
    Oct 22, 2005Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  5. 2006
    Illinois State27 — 38Northern Iowa
    Nov 18, 2006Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  6. 2007
    Illinois State13 — 23Northern Iowa
    Sep 29, 2007Northern Iowa wonHancock Stadium
  7. 2008
    Illinois State17 — 31Northern Iowa
    Oct 11, 2008Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  8. 2009
    Illinois State22 — 20Northern Iowa
    Nov 21, 2009Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  9. 2010
    Illinois State14 — 42Northern Iowa
    Oct 23, 2010Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  10. 2011
    Illinois State20 — 23Northern Iowa
    Nov 19, 2011Northern Iowa wonHancock Stadium
  11. 2012
    Illinois State33 — 21Northern Iowa
    Oct 27, 2012Illinois State wonUNI-Dome
  12. 2013
    Illinois State13 — 3Northern Iowa
    Nov 2, 2013Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  13. 2014
    Illinois State28 — 42Northern Iowa
    Nov 1, 2014Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  14. 2014
    Illinois State41 — 21Northern Iowa
    Dec 6, 2014Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  15. 2015
    Illinois State21 — 13Northern Iowa
    Oct 3, 2015Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  16. 2018
    Illinois State16 — 26Northern Iowa
    Nov 3, 2018Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  17. 2019
    Illinois State10 — 27Northern Iowa
    Nov 2, 2019Northern Iowa wonHancock Stadium
  18. 2020
    Illinois State10 — 20Northern Iowa
    Mar 6, 2021Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  19. 2021
    Illinois State17 — 10Northern Iowa
    Nov 6, 2021Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  20. 2022
    Illinois State23 — 21Northern Iowa
    Oct 8, 2022Illinois State wonUNI-Dome
  21. 2023
    Illinois State21 — 24Northern Iowa
    Oct 28, 2023Northern Iowa wonHancock Stadium
  22. 2024
    Illinois State31 — 9Northern Iowa
    Nov 9, 2024Illinois State wonUNI-Dome
  23. 2025
    Illinois State31 — 16Northern Iowa
    Nov 1, 2025Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  24. 2026
    Illinois State21 — 28Northern Iowa
    Sep 26, 2026Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2026Illinois State vs Northern Iowa21–28Northern Iowa won
2025Illinois State vs Northern Iowa31–16Illinois State won
2024Illinois State vs Northern Iowa31–9Illinois State won
2023Illinois State vs Northern Iowa21–24Northern Iowa won
2022Illinois State vs Northern Iowa23–21Illinois State won
2021Illinois State vs Northern Iowa17–10Illinois State won
2020Illinois State vs Northern Iowa10–20Northern Iowa won
2019Illinois State vs Northern Iowa10–27Northern Iowa won
2018Illinois State vs Northern Iowa16–26Northern Iowa won
2015Illinois State vs Northern Iowa21–13Illinois State won
2014Illinois State vs Northern Iowa41–21Illinois State won
2014Illinois State vs Northern Iowa28–42Northern Iowa won
2013Illinois State vs Northern Iowa13–3Illinois State won
2012Illinois State vs Northern Iowa33–21Illinois State won
2011Illinois State vs Northern Iowa20–23Northern Iowa won
2010Illinois State vs Northern Iowa14–42Northern Iowa won
2009Illinois State vs Northern Iowa22–20Illinois State won
2008Illinois State vs Northern Iowa17–31Northern Iowa won
2007Illinois State vs Northern Iowa13–23Northern Iowa won
2006Illinois State vs Northern Iowa27–38Northern Iowa won
2005Illinois State vs Northern Iowa38–3Illinois State won
2004Illinois State vs Northern Iowa14–41Northern Iowa won
2003Illinois State vs Northern Iowa7–16Northern Iowa won
1985Illinois State vs Northern Iowa3–15Northern Iowa 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.