Kansas vs. Northern Illinois

Kansas and Northern Illinois have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1983; Northern Illinois leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Northern Illinois 2–⁠1.

Kansas wins
1
Northern Illinois wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1983
Longest streak
1 Northern Illinois
Current streak
1 Northern Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Northern Illinois 2–⁠1
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠1
Average margin
4.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
1–⁠1 Kansas’s record at home
At Northern Illinois
1–⁠0 Northern Illinois’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and Northern Illinois, 1983 on1300150017001990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 22, 2012Northern Illinois 30, Kansas 23at Northern Illinois
Sep 10, 2011Kansas 45, Northern Illinois 42at Kansas
Sep 3, 1983Northern Illinois 37, Kansas 34at Kansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.