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Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthern Illinois10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOSouthern Illinois4 recorded wins
14Recorded meetings
1973Earliest documented
2023Most 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.

14 games
  1. 1973
    Northern Illinois34 — 28Southern Illinois
    Sep 15, 1973Northern Illinois won
  2. 1974
    Northern Illinois17 — 7Southern Illinois
    Oct 19, 1974Northern Illinois won
  3. 1975
    Northern Illinois52 — 12Southern Illinois
    Oct 18, 1975Northern Illinois won
  4. 1976
    Northern Illinois0 — 54Southern Illinois
    Oct 23, 1976Southern Illinois won
  5. 1977
    Northern Illinois28 — 0Southern Illinois
    Oct 22, 1977Northern Illinois won
  6. 1978
    Northern Illinois14 — 13Southern Illinois
    Oct 28, 1978Northern Illinois won
  7. 1979
    Northern Illinois11 — 21Southern Illinois
    Oct 27, 1979Southern Illinois won
  8. 1980
    Northern Illinois20 — 17Southern Illinois
    Oct 4, 1980Northern Illinois won
  9. 1988
    Northern Illinois10 — 9Southern Illinois
    Oct 22, 1988Northern Illinois won
  10. 1989
    Northern Illinois29 — 24Southern Illinois
    Oct 7, 1989Northern Illinois won
  11. 1993
    Northern Illinois45 — 15Southern Illinois
    Oct 2, 1993Northern Illinois won
  12. 2004
    Northern Illinois23 — 22Southern Illinois
    Sep 11, 2004Northern Illinois won
  13. 2007
    Northern Illinois31 — 34Southern Illinois
    Sep 8, 2007Southern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
  14. 2023
    Northern Illinois11 — 14Southern Illinois
    Sep 9, 2023Southern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois11–14Southern Illinois won
2007Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois31–34Southern Illinois won
2004Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois23–22Northern Illinois won
1993Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois45–15Northern Illinois won
1989Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois29–24Northern Illinois won
1988Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois10–9Northern Illinois won
1980Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois20–17Northern Illinois won
1979Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois11–21Southern Illinois won
1978Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois14–13Northern Illinois won
1977Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois28–0Northern Illinois won
1976Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois0–54Southern Illinois won
1975Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois52–12Northern Illinois won
1974Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois17–7Northern Illinois won
1973Northern Illinois vs Southern Illinois34–28Northern 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.