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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1–⁠1
1950s1–⁠1
1990s0–⁠1–⁠1
2010s1–⁠1
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

  1. Northwestern’s biggest win1958: Northwestern 28, Stanford 0by 28 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win1957: Stanford 26, Northwestern 6by 20 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Northwestern and Stanford, 1933 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1934 game: Favored Teams Win Encounters In Nations Football Games Saturday chicago's One-Sided Triumph Over Michigan Upsets Dopester's Bucket

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: PENALTIES HAMPER WILDCATS Stanford Surprises Northwestern, 26-6

    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, 201925Stanford 17, Northwestern 7at Stanford
Sep 5, 2015Northwestern 16, 21Stanford 6at Northwestern
Sep 10, 1994Northwestern 41, 24Stanford 41at Northwestern
Sep 19, 199218Stanford 35, Northwestern 24at Stanford
Oct 4, 1958Northwestern 28, Stanford 0at Northwestern
Sep 28, 195716Stanford 26, Northwestern 6at Stanford
Oct 13, 1934Stanford 20, Northwestern 0at Stanford
Oct 14, 1933Stanford 0, Northwestern 0at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.