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Minnesota vs Northern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEMinnesota2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthern Illinois1 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
1988Earliest documented
2010Most 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.

3 games
  1. 1988
    Minnesota31 — 20Northern Illinois
    Sep 24, 1988Minnesota won
  2. 2008
    Minnesota31 — 27Northern Illinois
    Aug 30, 2008Minnesota won
  3. 2010
    Minnesota23 — 34Northern Illinois
    Sep 26, 2010Northern Illinois wonHuntington Bank Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2010Minnesota vs Northern Illinois23–34Northern Illinois won
2008Minnesota vs Northern Illinois31–27Minnesota won
1988Minnesota vs Northern Illinois31–20Minnesota 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.