Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois

Arkansas State and Northern Illinois have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1990; Northern Illinois leads the series 8–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Northern Illinois 8–⁠1, and Northern Illinois has won the last 3.

Arkansas State wins
1
Northern Illinois wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1990
Longest streak
5 Northern Illinois
Current streak
3 Northern Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Northern Illinois 8–⁠1
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠6
2010s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
14.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas State
0–⁠3 Arkansas State’s record at home
At Northern Illinois
3–⁠1 Northern Illinois’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Arkansas State first
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas State’s biggest win1995: Arkansas State 28, Northern Illinois 21by 7 points
  2. Northern Illinois’s biggest win1990: Northern Illinois 35, Arkansas State 0by 35 points
  3. Upset1996: Northern Illinois 31, Arkansas State 30Northern Illinois had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArkansas StateSeriesNorthern Illinois
1993–⁠1995John Bobo1–⁠2Charlie Sadler

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas State’s side (Bobo 1–⁠2 against Sadler). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas State and Northern Illinois, 1990 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Rocky Lombardi Northern Illinois2023

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 23, 2023Northern Illinois 21, Arkansas State 19Cramton BowlCamellia Bowl
Jan 8, 2012Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20Ladd Peebles StadiumGoDaddy.com Bowl
Sep 21, 1996Northern Illinois 31, Arkansas State 30at Arkansas State
Nov 11, 1995Arkansas State 28, Northern Illinois 21at Northern Illinois
Nov 5, 1994Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 16at Arkansas State
Sep 18, 1993Northern Illinois 23, Arkansas State 7at Northern Illinois
Sep 19, 1992Northern Illinois 31, Arkansas State 0at Arkansas State
Sep 14, 1991Northern Illinois 22, Arkansas State 21at Northern Illinois
Oct 13, 1990Northern Illinois 35, Arkansas State 0at Northern Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.