Matchup Overview

The Illinois and Northwestern have met 25 times in NCAAF since 2001. Northwestern hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 15–10. Illinois have been dominant in recent meetings, winning 4 of their last 5. Their most recent matchup ended 20–13 in favor of Illinois on November 29, 2025. They are scheduled to meet again on November 27, 2026.

Next Meeting

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@Fri, Nov 2711:00 PM ESTWeek 13

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All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 25 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Nov 29, 25	2025 W14	Northwestern	13–20	Illinois
Nov 30, 24	2024 W14	Illinois	38–28	Northwestern
Nov 25, 23	2023 W13	Northwestern	45–43	Illinois
Nov 26, 22	2022 W13	Illinois	41–3	Northwestern
Nov 26, 21	2021	Northwestern	14–47	Illinois
Dec 11, 20	2020	Illinois	10–28	Northwestern
Nov 29, 19	2019	Northwestern	29–10	Illinois
Nov 23, 18	2018	Illinois	16–24	Northwestern
Nov 24, 17	2017	Northwestern	42–7	Illinois
Nov 25, 16	2016	Illinois	21–42	Northwestern
Nov 27, 15	2015	Northwestern	24–14	Illinois
Nov 28, 14	2014	Illinois	47–33	Northwestern
Nov 29, 13	2013	Northwestern	37–34	Illinois
Nov 23, 12	2012	Illinois	14–50	Northwestern
Sep 30, 11	2011	Northwestern	35–38	Illinois
Nov 19, 10	2010	Illinois	48–27	Northwestern
Nov 13, 09	2009	Northwestern	21–16	Illinois
Nov 21, 08	2008	Illinois	10–27	Northwestern
Nov 16, 07	2007	Northwestern	22–41	Illinois
Nov 17, 06	2006	Illinois	16–27	Northwestern
Nov 18, 05	2005	Northwestern	38–21	Illinois
Nov 19, 04	2004	Illinois	21–28	Northwestern
Nov 21, 03	2003	Northwestern	37–20	Illinois
Nov 22, 02	2002	Illinois	31–24	Northwestern
Nov 21, 01	2001	Northwestern	28–34	Illinois

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.