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Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEEastern Michigan2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–6WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOIllinois State6 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1975Earliest documented
2012Most 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.

8 games
  1. 1975
    Eastern Michigan51 — 14Illinois State
    Nov 8, 1975Eastern Michigan won
  2. 1976
    Eastern Michigan6 — 14Illinois State
    Nov 13, 1976Illinois State won
  3. 1977
    Eastern Michigan41 — 28Illinois State
    Nov 12, 1977Eastern Michigan won
  4. 1978
    Eastern Michigan13 — 14Illinois State
    Nov 18, 1978Illinois State won
  5. 1979
    Eastern Michigan15 — 24Illinois State
    Sep 22, 1979Illinois State won
  6. 1980
    Eastern Michigan7 — 15Illinois State
    Nov 8, 1980Illinois State won
  7. 1981
    Eastern Michigan7 — 28Illinois State
    Sep 19, 1981Illinois State won
  8. 2012
    Eastern Michigan14 — 31Illinois State
    Sep 8, 2012Illinois State wonRynearson Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2012Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State14–31Illinois State won
1981Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State7–28Illinois State won
1980Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State7–15Illinois State won
1979Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State15–24Illinois State won
1978Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State13–14Illinois State won
1977Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State41–28Eastern Michigan won
1976Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State6–14Illinois State won
1975Eastern Michigan vs Illinois State51–14Eastern Michigan 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.