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Marshall vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEMarshall4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois4 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1969Earliest documented
2014Most 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. 1969
    Marshall17 — 18Northern Illinois
    Oct 4, 1969Northern Illinois won
  2. 1971
    Marshall18 — 37Northern Illinois
    Oct 9, 1971Northern Illinois won
  3. 1972
    Marshall7 — 24Northern Illinois
    Sep 30, 1972Northern Illinois won
  4. 1973
    Marshall39 — 36Northern Illinois
    Oct 13, 1973Marshall won
  5. 1974
    Marshall17 — 20Northern Illinois
    Oct 12, 1974Northern Illinois won
  6. 1999
    Marshall41 — 9Northern Illinois
    Oct 30, 1999Marshall won
  7. 2001
    Marshall37 — 15Northern Illinois
    Oct 6, 2001Marshall wonHuskie Stadium
  8. 2014
    Marshall52 — 23Northern Illinois
    Dec 23, 2014Marshall wonFAU Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2014Marshall vs Northern Illinois52–23Marshall won
2001Marshall vs Northern Illinois37–15Marshall won
1999Marshall vs Northern Illinois41–9Marshall won
1974Marshall vs Northern Illinois17–20Northern Illinois won
1973Marshall vs Northern Illinois39–36Marshall won
1972Marshall vs Northern Illinois7–24Northern Illinois won
1971Marshall vs Northern Illinois18–37Northern Illinois won
1969Marshall vs Northern Illinois17–18Northern 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.