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Northwestern vs Penn State Timeline
Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Northwestern and Penn State.
PROGRAM ONENorthwestern7 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD7–16WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOPenn State16 recorded wins
23Recorded meetings
1993Earliest documented
2026Most 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.
- 1993Northwestern21 — 43Penn State
- 1994Northwestern17 — 45Penn State
- 1995Northwestern21 — 10Penn State
- 1996Northwestern9 — 34Penn State
- 1997Northwestern27 — 30Penn State
- 1998Northwestern10 — 41Penn State
- 2001Northwestern35 — 38Penn State
- 2002Northwestern0 — 49Penn State
- 2003Northwestern17 — 7Penn State
- 2004Northwestern14 — 7Penn State
- 2005Northwestern29 — 34Penn State
- 2006Northwestern7 — 33Penn State
- 2009Northwestern13 — 34Penn State
- 2010Northwestern21 — 35Penn State
- 2011Northwestern24 — 34Penn State
- 2012Northwestern28 — 39Penn State
- 2014Northwestern29 — 6Penn State
- 2015Northwestern23 — 21Penn State
- 2017Northwestern7 — 31Penn State
- 2022Northwestern7 — 17Penn State
- 2023Northwestern13 — 41Penn State
- 2025Northwestern22 — 21Penn State
- 2026Northwestern34 — 13Penn State
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK
All recorded results
The latest documented meeting appears first.
| Season | Matchup | Score | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 34–13 | Northwestern won |
| 2025 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 22–21 | Northwestern won |
| 2023 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 13–41 | Penn State won |
| 2022 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 7–17 | Penn State won |
| 2017 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 7–31 | Penn State won |
| 2015 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 23–21 | Northwestern won |
| 2014 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 29–6 | Northwestern won |
| 2012 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 28–39 | Penn State won |
| 2011 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 24–34 | Penn State won |
| 2010 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 21–35 | Penn State won |
| 2009 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 13–34 | Penn State won |
| 2006 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 7–33 | Penn State won |
| 2005 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 29–34 | Penn State won |
| 2004 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 14–7 | Northwestern won |
| 2003 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 17–7 | Northwestern won |
| 2002 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 0–49 | Penn State won |
| 2001 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 35–38 | Penn State won |
| 1998 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 10–41 | Penn State won |
| 1997 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 27–30 | Penn State won |
| 1996 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 9–34 | Penn State won |
| 1995 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 21–10 | Northwestern won |
| 1994 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 17–45 | Penn State won |
| 1993 | Northwestern vs Penn State | 21–43 | Penn State 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.