History Programs Lamar vs. Northwestern State Lamar vs. Northwestern State Lamar and Northwestern State have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1976; Northwestern State leads the series 10–8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lamar 6–4, and Lamar has won the last 4. Share
Lamar wins 8
Northwestern State wins 10
Ties 0
Longest streak 4 Northwestern State
Current streak 4 Lamar
Last 10 meetings Lamar 6–4
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1970s 2–2 2010s 1–7 2020s 5–1
Average margin 14.9 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lamar 6–1 Lamar’s record at home
At Northwestern State 8–2 Northwestern State’s record at home
Neutral sites 0–1 Lamar first
Shutouts 1 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Lamar and Northwestern State, 1976 on 1300 1500 1700 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 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 Oct 3, 2026 Lamar 42, Northwestern State 14 at Lamar Oct 25, 2025 Lamar 41, Northwestern State 14 at Northwestern State Oct 26, 2024 Lamar 42, Northwestern State 10 at Northwestern State Oct 7, 2023 Lamar 27, Northwestern State 13 at Lamar Sep 24, 2022 Northwestern State 35, Lamar 27 at Northwestern State Mar 27, 2021 Lamar 31, Northwestern State 23 at Lamar Nov 9, 2019 Northwestern State 34, Lamar 13 at Northwestern State Sep 15, 2018 Northwestern State 49, Lamar 48 at Lamar Sep 16, 2017 Northwestern State 35, Lamar 28 at Northwestern State Oct 15, 2016 Lamar 32, Northwestern State 31 at Lamar Oct 17, 2015 Northwestern State 48, Lamar 35 at Northwestern State Nov 9, 2013 Northwestern State 37, Lamar 28 at Northwestern State Oct 6, 2012 Northwestern State 30, Lamar 23 at Northwestern State Oct 8, 2011 Northwestern State 37, Lamar 17 Neutral site Nov 10, 1979 Lamar 28, Northwestern State 13 at Lamar Sep 9, 1978 Northwestern State 21, Lamar 17 at Northwestern State Oct 15, 1977 Northwestern State 43, Lamar 0 at Northwestern State Sep 11, 1976 Lamar 17, Northwestern State 6 at Lamar
Every game is listed as played on the field.
