Western Illinois at Northern Iowa

Saturday, October 7, 2017 Share

Western Illinois beat Northern Iowa 38–⁠29. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 11–⁠4.

AwayWestern Illinois8–⁠4 in 2017

HomeNorthern Iowa8–⁠5 in 2017

Final at UNI-Dome, Cedar FallsIndoorsTV: ESPN3Attendance 12,642

Officials: Referee JeremyValentine; umpire Nolan Nowak; head linesman Nick Brigati; line judge G. Schildmeyer; side judge Jim Rogers; field judge Jen Berke; back judge Tony RomanoGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Western Illinois	3	2	13	20	38
Northern Iowa	0	14	0	15	29

Our ratings going in

Northern Iowa 53% to win. Western Illinois won as Elo’s underdog.

Northern Iowa leads 16–⁠5 in 21 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2023	Northern Iowa 50, Western Illinois 6
2022	Northern Iowa 52, Western Illinois 17
2021	Northern Iowa 41, Western Illinois 3
2020	Northern Iowa 34, Western Illinois 20
2019	Northern Iowa 38, Western Illinois 7
2018	Western Illinois 37, Northern Iowa 17