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Buffalo vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBuffalo3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–13WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois13 recorded wins
16Recorded meetings
1968Earliest 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.

16 games
  1. 1968
    Buffalo20 — 7Northern Illinois
    Nov 9, 1968Buffalo won
  2. 1970
    Buffalo26 — 43Northern Illinois
    Nov 21, 1970Northern Illinois won
  3. 1999
    Buffalo21 — 45Northern Illinois
    Oct 2, 1999Northern Illinois won
  4. 2000
    Buffalo10 — 73Northern Illinois
    Oct 28, 2000Northern Illinois won
  5. 2003
    Buffalo9 — 40Northern Illinois
    Nov 8, 2003Northern Illinois wonUB Stadium
  6. 2006
    Buffalo13 — 31Northern Illinois
    Sep 16, 2006Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  7. 2010
    Buffalo14 — 45Northern Illinois
    Oct 16, 2010Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  8. 2011
    Buffalo30 — 31Northern Illinois
    Oct 22, 2011Northern Illinois wonUB Stadium
  9. 2012
    Buffalo3 — 45Northern Illinois
    Oct 13, 2012Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  10. 2015
    Buffalo30 — 41Northern Illinois
    Nov 12, 2015Northern Illinois wonUB Stadium
  11. 2016
    Buffalo7 — 44Northern Illinois
    Oct 22, 2016Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  12. 2017
    Buffalo13 — 14Northern Illinois
    Oct 14, 2017Northern Illinois wonUB Stadium
  13. 2018
    Buffalo29 — 30Northern Illinois
    Dec 1, 2018Northern Illinois wonFord Field
  14. 2020
    Buffalo49 — 30Northern Illinois
    Nov 5, 2020Buffalo wonHuskie Stadium
  15. 2021
    Buffalo27 — 33Northern Illinois
    Nov 18, 2021Northern Illinois wonUB Stadium
  16. 2024
    Buffalo23 — 20Northern Illinois
    Sep 21, 2024Buffalo wonHuskie Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Buffalo vs Northern Illinois23–20Buffalo won
2021Buffalo vs Northern Illinois27–33Northern Illinois won
2020Buffalo vs Northern Illinois49–30Buffalo won
2018Buffalo vs Northern Illinois29–30Northern Illinois won
2017Buffalo vs Northern Illinois13–14Northern Illinois won
2016Buffalo vs Northern Illinois7–44Northern Illinois won
2015Buffalo vs Northern Illinois30–41Northern Illinois won
2012Buffalo vs Northern Illinois3–45Northern Illinois won
2011Buffalo vs Northern Illinois30–31Northern Illinois won
2010Buffalo vs Northern Illinois14–45Northern Illinois won
2006Buffalo vs Northern Illinois13–31Northern Illinois won
2003Buffalo vs Northern Illinois9–40Northern Illinois won
2000Buffalo vs Northern Illinois10–73Northern Illinois won
1999Buffalo vs Northern Illinois21–45Northern Illinois won
1970Buffalo vs Northern Illinois26–43Northern Illinois won
1968Buffalo vs Northern Illinois20–7Buffalo 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.