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Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthern Iowa16 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD16–5WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Illinois5 recorded wins
21Recorded meetings
2003Earliest 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.

21 games
  1. 2003
    Northern Iowa38 — 30Western Illinois
    Oct 25, 2003Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  2. 2004
    Northern Iowa36 — 13Western Illinois
    Oct 23, 2004Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  3. 2005
    Northern Iowa41 — 24Western Illinois
    Oct 1, 2005Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  4. 2006
    Northern Iowa13 — 24Western Illinois
    Oct 28, 2006Western Illinois wonUNI-Dome
  5. 2007
    Northern Iowa42 — 3Western Illinois
    Oct 20, 2007Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  6. 2008
    Northern Iowa30 — 6Western Illinois
    Nov 1, 2008Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  7. 2009
    Northern Iowa34 — 0Western Illinois
    Nov 15, 2009Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  8. 2010
    Northern Iowa14 — 30Western Illinois
    Nov 20, 2010Western Illinois wonHanson Field
  9. 2011
    Northern Iowa38 — 10Western Illinois
    Sep 24, 2011Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  10. 2012
    Northern Iowa40 — 0Western Illinois
    Nov 3, 2012Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  11. 2013
    Northern Iowa28 — 13Western Illinois
    Nov 23, 2013Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  12. 2014
    Northern Iowa27 — 13Western Illinois
    Oct 25, 2014Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  13. 2015
    Northern Iowa19 — 24Western Illinois
    Oct 17, 2015Western Illinois wonUNI-Dome
  14. 2016
    Northern Iowa30 — 23Western Illinois
    Nov 12, 2016Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  15. 2017
    Northern Iowa29 — 38Western Illinois
    Oct 7, 2017Western Illinois wonUNI-Dome
  16. 2018
    Northern Iowa17 — 37Western Illinois
    Oct 27, 2018Western Illinois wonHanson Field
  17. 2019
    Northern Iowa38 — 7Western Illinois
    Nov 23, 2019Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  18. 2020
    Northern Iowa34 — 20Western Illinois
    Mar 27, 2021Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  19. 2021
    Northern Iowa41 — 3Western Illinois
    Nov 20, 2021Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
  20. 2022
    Northern Iowa52 — 17Western Illinois
    Sep 24, 2022Northern Iowa wonHanson Field
  21. 2023
    Northern Iowa50 — 6Western Illinois
    Nov 4, 2023Northern Iowa wonUNI-Dome
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois50–6Northern Iowa won
2022Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois52–17Northern Iowa won
2021Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois41–3Northern Iowa won
2020Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois34–20Northern Iowa won
2019Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois38–7Northern Iowa won
2018Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois17–37Western Illinois won
2017Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois29–38Western Illinois won
2016Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois30–23Northern Iowa won
2015Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois19–24Western Illinois won
2014Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois27–13Northern Iowa won
2013Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois28–13Northern Iowa won
2012Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois40–0Northern Iowa won
2011Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois38–10Northern Iowa won
2010Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois14–30Western Illinois won
2009Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois34–0Northern Iowa won
2008Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois30–6Northern Iowa won
2007Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois42–3Northern Iowa won
2006Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois13–24Western Illinois won
2005Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois41–24Northern Iowa won
2004Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois36–13Northern Iowa won
2003Northern Iowa vs Western Illinois38–30Northern Iowa 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.