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Northwestern vs Wake Forest Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern2 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD2–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWake Forest2 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1991Earliest documented
1997Most 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.

4 games
  1. 1991
    Northwestern41 — 14Wake Forest
    Sep 28, 1991Northwestern won
  2. 1993
    Northwestern26 — 14Wake Forest
    Sep 25, 1993Northwestern won
  3. 1996
    Northwestern27 — 28Wake Forest
    Sep 7, 1996Wake Forest won
  4. 1997
    Northwestern20 — 27Wake Forest
    Sep 6, 1997Wake Forest won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1997Northwestern vs Wake Forest20–27Wake Forest won
1996Northwestern vs Wake Forest27–28Wake Forest won
1993Northwestern vs Wake Forest26–14Northwestern won
1991Northwestern vs Wake Forest41–14Northwestern 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.