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Iowa State vs Northwestern Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIowa State1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–7WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern7 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1895Earliest documented
1956Most 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. 1895
    Iowa State36 — 0Northwestern
    Sep 28, 1895Iowa State won
  2. 1937
    Iowa State0 — 33Northwestern
    Oct 2, 1937Northwestern won
  3. 1945
    Iowa State6 — 18Northwestern
    Sep 22, 1945Northwestern won
  4. 1946
    Iowa State9 — 41Northwestern
    Sep 28, 1946Northwestern won
  5. 1950
    Iowa State13 — 23Northwestern
    Sep 30, 1950Northwestern won
  6. 1953
    Iowa State0 — 35Northwestern
    Sep 26, 1953Northwestern won
  7. 1954
    Iowa State14 — 27Northwestern
    Sep 25, 1954Northwestern won
  8. 1956
    Iowa State13 — 14Northwestern
    Sep 29, 1956Northwestern won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1956Iowa State vs Northwestern13–14Northwestern won
1954Iowa State vs Northwestern14–27Northwestern won
1953Iowa State vs Northwestern0–35Northwestern won
1950Iowa State vs Northwestern13–23Northwestern won
1946Iowa State vs Northwestern9–41Northwestern won
1945Iowa State vs Northwestern6–18Northwestern won
1937Iowa State vs Northwestern0–33Northwestern won
1895Iowa State vs Northwestern36–0Iowa 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.