Northwestern vs. Stanford
Northwestern and Stanford have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Stanford leads the series 4–2–2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Stanford 4–2. Share
- Northwestern wins
- 2
- Stanford wins
- 4
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1933
- Longest streak
- 2 Stanford
- Current streak
- 1 Stanford
- Last 10 meetings
- Stanford 4–2
- Most recent
- 2019
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 12.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Northwestern
- 2–0–1 Northwestern’s record at home
- At Stanford
- 4–0–1 Stanford’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Northwestern’s biggest win1958: Northwestern 28, Stanford 0by 28 points
- Stanford’s biggest win1957: Stanford 26, Northwestern 6by 20 points
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

1934 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 15, 1934

1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 29, 1957
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
| Aug 31, 2019 | 25Stanford 17, Northwestern 7 | at Stanford | ||
| Sep 5, 2015 | Northwestern 16, 21Stanford 6 | at Northwestern | ||
| Sep 10, 1994 | Northwestern 41, 24Stanford 41 | at Northwestern | ||
| Sep 19, 1992 | 18Stanford 35, Northwestern 24 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 4, 1958 | Northwestern 28, Stanford 0 | at Northwestern | ||
| Sep 28, 1957 | 16Stanford 26, Northwestern 6 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | Stanford 20, Northwestern 0 | at Stanford | ||
| Oct 14, 1933 | Stanford 0, Northwestern 0 | at Stanford |
Every game is listed as played on the field.