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Kansas State vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEKansas State4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois2 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1989Earliest documented
1998Most 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.

6 games
  1. 1989
    Kansas State20 — 37Northern Illinois
    Sep 23, 1989Northern Illinois won
  2. 1990
    Kansas State35 — 42Northern Illinois
    Sep 22, 1990Northern Illinois won
  3. 1991
    Kansas State34 — 17Northern Illinois
    Sep 21, 1991Kansas State won
  4. 1995
    Kansas State44 — 0Northern Illinois
    Sep 30, 1995Kansas State won
  5. 1997
    Kansas State47 — 7Northern Illinois
    Sep 6, 1997Kansas State won
  6. 1998
    Kansas State73 — 7Northern Illinois
    Sep 12, 1998Kansas State won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1998Kansas State vs Northern Illinois73–7Kansas State won
1997Kansas State vs Northern Illinois47–7Kansas State won
1995Kansas State vs Northern Illinois44–0Kansas State won
1991Kansas State vs Northern Illinois34–17Kansas State won
1990Kansas State vs Northern Illinois35–42Northern Illinois won
1989Kansas State vs Northern Illinois20–37Northern Illinois 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.