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Arizona State vs Northwestern Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEArizona State4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern0 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1977Earliest documented
2005Most 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.

4 games
  1. 1977
    Arizona State35 — 3Northwestern
    Sep 17, 1977Arizona State won
  2. 1978
    Arizona State56 — 14Northwestern
    Oct 7, 1978Arizona State won
  3. 2004
    Arizona State30 — 21Northwestern
    Sep 11, 2004Arizona State wonRyan Field
  4. 2005
    Arizona State52 — 21Northwestern
    Sep 18, 2005Arizona State wonMountain America Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2005Arizona State vs Northwestern52–21Arizona State won
2004Arizona State vs Northwestern30–21Arizona State won
1978Arizona State vs Northwestern56–14Arizona State won
1977Arizona State vs Northwestern35–3Arizona 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.