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Northern Illinois vs Wake Forest Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthern Illinois1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–1WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWake Forest1 recorded wins
2Recorded meetings
2001Earliest documented
2002Most 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.

2 games
  1. 2001
    Northern Illinois35 — 38Wake Forest
    Nov 24, 2001Wake Forest won
  2. 2002
    Northern Illinois42 — 41Wake Forest
    Aug 29, 2002Northern Illinois wonHuskie Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2002Northern Illinois vs Wake Forest42–41Northern Illinois won
2001Northern Illinois vs Wake Forest35–38Wake Forest 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.