Butler vs. Northwestern
Butler and Northwestern have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Northwestern leads the series 2–0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Northwestern 2–0, and Northwestern has won the last 2. Share
- Butler wins
- 0
- Northwestern wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 2 Northwestern
- Current streak
- 2 Northwestern
- Last 10 meetings
- Northwestern 2–0
- Most recent
- 1929
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers

1929 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 6, 1929
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 5, 1929 | Northwestern 13, Butler 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Northwestern 14, Butler 0 | at Northwestern |
Every game is listed as played on the field.