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Iowa State vs Northern Iowa Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIowa State25 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD25–6–3WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Iowa6 recorded wins
34Recorded meetings
1899Earliest documented
2023Most recent season
3Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

34 games
  1. 1899
    Iowa State0 — 0Northern Iowa
    Nov 11, 1899Tie
  2. 1900
    Iowa State0 — 5Northern Iowa
    Nov 17, 1900Northern Iowa won
  3. 1901
    Iowa State0 — 0Northern Iowa
    Oct 12, 1901Tie
  4. 1902
    Iowa State52 — 0Northern Iowa
    Oct 11, 1902Iowa State won
  5. 1904
    Iowa State17 — 0Northern Iowa
    Oct 8, 1904Iowa State won
  6. 1905
    Iowa State28 — 0Northern Iowa
    Oct 7, 1905Iowa State won
  7. 1916
    Iowa State19 — 0Northern Iowa
    Sep 30, 1916Iowa State won
  8. 1936
    Iowa State0 — 0Northern Iowa
    Sep 26, 1936Tie
  9. 1937
    Iowa State14 — 12Northern Iowa
    Sep 25, 1937Iowa State won
  10. 1945
    Iowa State48 — 13Northern Iowa
    Sep 29, 1945Iowa State won
  11. 1946
    Iowa State20 — 18Northern Iowa
    Oct 5, 1946Iowa State won
  12. 1947
    Iowa State31 — 14Northern Iowa
    Sep 20, 1947Iowa State won
  13. 1948
    Iowa State27 — 7Northern Iowa
    Sep 18, 1948Iowa State won
  14. 1950
    Iowa State26 — 8Northern Iowa
    Oct 7, 1950Iowa State won
  15. 1987
    Iowa State39 — 38Northern Iowa
    Oct 10, 1987Iowa State won
  16. 1988
    Iowa State20 — 17Northern Iowa
    Oct 8, 1988Iowa State won
  17. 1990
    Iowa State35 — 6Northern Iowa
    Sep 8, 1990Iowa State won
  18. 1992
    Iowa State10 — 27Northern Iowa
    Sep 26, 1992Northern Iowa won
  19. 1994
    Iowa State14 — 28Northern Iowa
    Sep 3, 1994Northern Iowa won
  20. 1996
    Iowa State42 — 23Northern Iowa
    Sep 21, 1996Iowa State won
  21. 2001
    Iowa State45 — 0Northern Iowa
    Sep 8, 2001Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  22. 2003
    Iowa State17 — 10Northern Iowa
    Aug 30, 2003Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  23. 2004
    Iowa State23 — 0Northern Iowa
    Sep 4, 2004Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  24. 2006
    Iowa State28 — 27Northern Iowa
    Sep 30, 2006Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  25. 2007
    Iowa State13 — 24Northern Iowa
    Sep 8, 2007Northern Iowa wonJack Trice Stadium
  26. 2010
    Iowa State27 — 0Northern Iowa
    Sep 25, 2010Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  27. 2011
    Iowa State20 — 19Northern Iowa
    Sep 3, 2011Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  28. 2013
    Iowa State20 — 28Northern Iowa
    Sep 1, 2013Northern Iowa wonJack Trice Stadium
  29. 2015
    Iowa State31 — 7Northern Iowa
    Sep 6, 2015Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  30. 2016
    Iowa State20 — 25Northern Iowa
    Sep 4, 2016Northern Iowa wonJack Trice Stadium
  31. 2017
    Iowa State42 — 24Northern Iowa
    Sep 3, 2017Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  32. 2019
    Iowa State29 — 26Northern Iowa
    Aug 31, 2019Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  33. 2021
    Iowa State16 — 10Northern Iowa
    Sep 4, 2021Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
  34. 2023
    Iowa State30 — 9Northern Iowa
    Sep 2, 2023Iowa State wonJack Trice Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Iowa State vs Northern Iowa30–9Iowa State won
2021Iowa State vs Northern Iowa16–10Iowa State won
2019Iowa State vs Northern Iowa29–26Iowa State won
2017Iowa State vs Northern Iowa42–24Iowa State won
2016Iowa State vs Northern Iowa20–25Northern Iowa won
2015Iowa State vs Northern Iowa31–7Iowa State won
2013Iowa State vs Northern Iowa20–28Northern Iowa won
2011Iowa State vs Northern Iowa20–19Iowa State won
2010Iowa State vs Northern Iowa27–0Iowa State won
2007Iowa State vs Northern Iowa13–24Northern Iowa won
2006Iowa State vs Northern Iowa28–27Iowa State won
2004Iowa State vs Northern Iowa23–0Iowa State won
2003Iowa State vs Northern Iowa17–10Iowa State won
2001Iowa State vs Northern Iowa45–0Iowa State won
1996Iowa State vs Northern Iowa42–23Iowa State won
1994Iowa State vs Northern Iowa14–28Northern Iowa won
1992Iowa State vs Northern Iowa10–27Northern Iowa won
1990Iowa State vs Northern Iowa35–6Iowa State won
1988Iowa State vs Northern Iowa20–17Iowa State won
1987Iowa State vs Northern Iowa39–38Iowa State won
1950Iowa State vs Northern Iowa26–8Iowa State won
1948Iowa State vs Northern Iowa27–7Iowa State won
1947Iowa State vs Northern Iowa31–14Iowa State won
1946Iowa State vs Northern Iowa20–18Iowa State won
1945Iowa State vs Northern Iowa48–13Iowa State won
1937Iowa State vs Northern Iowa14–12Iowa State won
1936Iowa State vs Northern Iowa0–0Tie
1916Iowa State vs Northern Iowa19–0Iowa State won
1905Iowa State vs Northern Iowa28–0Iowa State won
1904Iowa State vs Northern Iowa17–0Iowa State won
1902Iowa State vs Northern Iowa52–0Iowa State won
1901Iowa State vs Northern Iowa0–0Tie
1900Iowa State vs Northern Iowa0–5Northern Iowa won
1899Iowa State vs Northern Iowa0–0Tie
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.