Northern Illinois vs. Temple
Northern Illinois and Temple have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1989; Northern Illinois leads the series 3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Northern Illinois 3–1. Share
- Northern Illinois wins
- 3
- Temple wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1989
- Longest streak
- 2 Northern Illinois
- Current streak
- 1 Northern Illinois
- Last 10 meetings
- Northern Illinois 3–1
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 10 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Northern Illinois
- 2–0 Northern Illinois’s record at home
- At Temple
- 1–1 Temple’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Travis Shelton Temple | 7 catches, 204 yards, 2 TD | 2006 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
Every game
| Oct 9, 2010 | Northern Illinois 31, Temple 17 | at Northern Illinois | ||
| Oct 6, 2007 | Temple 16, Northern Illinois 15 | at Temple | ||
| Oct 21, 2006 | Northern Illinois 43, Temple 21 | at Northern Illinois | ||
| Oct 28, 1989 | Northern Illinois 20, Temple 17 | at Temple |
Every game is listed as played on the field.