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Bowling Green vs Northwestern Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBowling Green2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern1 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
2001Earliest documented
2017Most 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. 2001
    Bowling Green43 — 42Northwestern
    Nov 17, 2001Bowling Green wonRyan Field
  2. 2003
    Bowling Green28 — 24Northwestern
    Dec 26, 2003Bowling Green wonWar Memorial Stadium
  3. 2017
    Bowling Green7 — 49Northwestern
    Sep 16, 2017Northwestern wonRyan Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2017Bowling Green vs Northwestern7–49Northwestern won
2003Bowling Green vs Northwestern28–24Bowling Green won
2001Bowling Green vs Northwestern43–42Bowling 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.