Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois

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

1. Buffalo’s biggest win2020: Buffalo 49, Northern Illinois 30by 19 points
2. Northern Illinois’s biggest win2000: Northern Illinois 73, Buffalo 10by 63 points
3. Upset2024: Buffalo 23, Northern Illinois 20Buffalo had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Buffalo’s side (Leipold 0–⁠4 against Carey). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Buffalo vs. Kent State29 meetings, Buffalo 16–⁠13
• Buffalo vs. Ohio29 meetings, Buffalo 10–⁠19
• Buffalo vs. Miami (OH)26 meetings, Buffalo 9–⁠17
• Buffalo vs. Akron25 meetings, Buffalo 13–⁠12
• Northern Illinois vs. Toledo53 meetings, Northern Illinois 17–⁠36
• Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan50 meetings, Northern Illinois 23–⁠27
• Northern Illinois vs. Ball State49 meetings, Northern Illinois 24–⁠24–⁠1
• Northern Illinois vs. Central Michigan39 meetings, Northern Illinois 18–⁠21