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Northern Illinois vs Ohio Timeline
Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Northern Illinois and Ohio.
PROGRAM ONENorthern Illinois14 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD14–12WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOOhio12 recorded wins
26Recorded meetings
1968Earliest documented
2025Most 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.
- 1968Northern Illinois12 — 28Ohio
- 1974Northern Illinois14 — 31Ohio
- 1976Northern Illinois15 — 63Ohio
- 1977Northern Illinois20 — 6Ohio
- 1978Northern Illinois23 — 14Ohio
- 1979Northern Illinois28 — 27Ohio
- 1980Northern Illinois22 — 21Ohio
- 1981Northern Illinois38 — 14Ohio
- 1982Northern Illinois36 — 0Ohio
- 1983Northern Illinois41 — 17Ohio
- 1984Northern Illinois3 — 10Ohio
- 1985Northern Illinois35 — 7Ohio
- 1986Northern Illinois26 — 34Ohio
- 1997Northern Illinois30 — 35Ohio
- 1998Northern Illinois12 — 28Ohio
- 2003Northern Illinois30 — 23Ohio
- 2006Northern Illinois23 — 35Ohio
- 2009Northern Illinois31 — 38Ohio
- 2011Northern Illinois23 — 20Ohio
- 2014Northern Illinois21 — 14Ohio
- 2015Northern Illinois21 — 26Ohio
- 2018Northern Illinois24 — 21Ohio
- 2019Northern Illinois39 — 36Ohio
- 2022Northern Illinois17 — 24Ohio
- 2023Northern Illinois23 — 13Ohio
- 2025Northern Illinois21 — 48Ohio
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK
All recorded results
The latest documented meeting appears first.
| Season | Matchup | Score | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 21–48 | Ohio won |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 23–13 | Northern Illinois won |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 17–24 | Ohio won |
| 2019 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 39–36 | Northern Illinois won |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 24–21 | Northern Illinois won |
| 2015 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 21–26 | Ohio won |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 21–14 | Northern Illinois won |
| 2011 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 23–20 | Northern Illinois won |
| 2009 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 31–38 | Ohio won |
| 2006 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 23–35 | Ohio won |
| 2003 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 30–23 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1998 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 12–28 | Ohio won |
| 1997 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 30–35 | Ohio won |
| 1986 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 26–34 | Ohio won |
| 1985 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 35–7 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1984 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 3–10 | Ohio won |
| 1983 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 41–17 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1982 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 36–0 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1981 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 38–14 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1980 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 22–21 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1979 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 28–27 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1978 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 23–14 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1977 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 20–6 | Northern Illinois won |
| 1976 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 15–63 | Ohio won |
| 1974 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 14–31 | Ohio won |
| 1968 | Northern Illinois vs Ohio | 12–28 | Ohio 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.