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Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthern Illinois1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–12WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWisconsin12 recorded wins
13Recorded meetings
1971Earliest documented
2011Most 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.

13 games
  1. 1971
    Northern Illinois0 — 31Wisconsin
    Sep 11, 1971Wisconsin won
  2. 1972
    Northern Illinois7 — 31Wisconsin
    Sep 16, 1972Wisconsin won
  3. 1977
    Northern Illinois3 — 14Wisconsin
    Sep 17, 1977Wisconsin won
  4. 1983
    Northern Illinois9 — 37Wisconsin
    Sep 10, 1983Wisconsin won
  5. 1984
    Northern Illinois14 — 27Wisconsin
    Sep 8, 1984Wisconsin won
  6. 1985
    Northern Illinois17 — 38Wisconsin
    Sep 14, 1985Wisconsin won
  7. 1986
    Northern Illinois20 — 35Wisconsin
    Sep 13, 1986Wisconsin won
  8. 1988
    Northern Illinois19 — 17Wisconsin
    Sep 17, 1988Northern Illinois won
  9. 1992
    Northern Illinois17 — 18Wisconsin
    Sep 26, 1992Wisconsin won
  10. 2002
    Northern Illinois21 — 24Wisconsin
    Sep 14, 2002Wisconsin wonCamp Randall Stadium
  11. 2007
    Northern Illinois3 — 44Wisconsin
    Oct 20, 2007Wisconsin wonCamp Randall Stadium
  12. 2009
    Northern Illinois20 — 28Wisconsin
    Sep 5, 2009Wisconsin wonCamp Randall Stadium
  13. 2011
    Northern Illinois7 — 49Wisconsin
    Sep 17, 2011Wisconsin won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2011Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin7–49Wisconsin won
2009Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin20–28Wisconsin won
2007Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin3–44Wisconsin won
2002Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin21–24Wisconsin won
1992Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin17–18Wisconsin won
1988Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin19–17Northern Illinois won
1986Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin20–35Wisconsin won
1985Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin17–38Wisconsin won
1984Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin14–27Wisconsin won
1983Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin9–37Wisconsin won
1977Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin3–14Wisconsin won
1972Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin7–31Wisconsin won
1971Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin0–31Wisconsin 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.