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Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONELong Beach State5 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD5–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois4 recorded wins
9Recorded meetings
1971Earliest documented
1981Most 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.

9 games
  1. 1971
    Long Beach State38 — 48Northern Illinois
    Sep 18, 1971Northern Illinois won
  2. 1972
    Long Beach State13 — 22Northern Illinois
    Nov 17, 1972Northern Illinois won
  3. 1974
    Long Beach State14 — 16Northern Illinois
    Sep 14, 1974Northern Illinois won
  4. 1975
    Long Beach State24 — 7Northern Illinois
    Sep 13, 1975Long Beach State won
  5. 1976
    Long Beach State37 — 0Northern Illinois
    Sep 25, 1976Long Beach State won
  6. 1978
    Long Beach State24 — 19Northern Illinois
    Oct 7, 1978Long Beach State won
  7. 1979
    Long Beach State9 — 3Northern Illinois
    Sep 29, 1979Long Beach State won
  8. 1980
    Long Beach State9 — 16Northern Illinois
    Sep 5, 1980Northern Illinois won
  9. 1981
    Long Beach State17 — 7Northern Illinois
    Sep 12, 1981Long Beach State won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1981Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois17–7Long Beach State won
1980Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois9–16Northern Illinois won
1979Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois9–3Long Beach State won
1978Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois24–19Long Beach State won
1976Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois37–0Long Beach State won
1975Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois24–7Long Beach State won
1974Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois14–16Northern Illinois won
1972Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois13–22Northern Illinois won
1971Long Beach State vs Northern Illinois38–48Northern 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.