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Listed below are historical scores for Northwestern.

This file was last updated on Sunday, March 29, 2020.

Conference affiliation is in parenthesis. Conference games are prefixed with an asterisk.

Key green - verified (see notes file) yellow - verified, but disputed; probably correct red - not yet verified white - opponents, results, and scores, mostly correct, but not yet verified

1951-Northwestern (Western) 9/29 vs. Colorado (7-3) W 35 14 10/6 vs. Army (2-7) W 20 14 10/13 @ *Minnesota (2-6-1) W 21 7 10/20 vs. Navy (2-6-1) W 16 7 10/27 vs. *Wisconsin (7-1-1) L 0 41 11/3 @ *Ohio State (4-3-2) L 0 3 11/10 vs. *Purdue (5-4) L 14 35 11/17 @ *Michigan (4-5) W 6 0 11/24 vs. *Illinois (9-0-1) L 0 3 5-4-0 112 124

1949-Northwestern (Western) 9/24 vs. *Purdue (4-5) W 20 6 10/1 vs. Pittsburgh (6-3) L 7 16 10/8 @ *Minnesota (7-2) L 7 21 10/15 vs. *Michigan (6-2-1) W 21 20 10/22 @ *Iowa (4-5) L 21 28 10/29 @ *Ohio State (7-1-2) L 7 24 11/5 vs. *Wisconsin (5-3-1) L 6 14 11/12 vs. Colgate (1-8) W 39 20 11/19 @ *Illinois (3-4-2) W 9 7 4-5-0 137 156

1929-Northwestern (Western) 10/5 vs. Cornell (Iowa) (non-IA) W 27 18 10/5 vs. Butler (non-IA) W 13 0 10/12 @ *Wisconsin (4-5) W 7 0 10/19 vs. *Minnesota (6-2) L 14 26 10/26 vs. Wabash (non-IA) W 66 0 11/2 vs. *Illinois (6-1-1) W 7 0 11/9 @ *Ohio State (4-3-1) W 18 6 11/16 vs. *Indiana (2-6-1) L 14 19 11/23 vs. Notre Dame (9-0) L 6 26 6-3-0 172 95

1928-Northwestern (Western) 10/6 vs. Butler (non-IA) W 14 0 10/13 vs. *Ohio State (5-2-1) L 0 10 10/20 vs. Kentucky (4-3-1) W 7 0 10/27 @ *Illinois (7-1) L 0 6 11/3 vs. *Minnesota (6-2) W 10 9 11/10 vs. *Purdue (5-2-1) W 7 6 11/17 @ *Indiana (4-4) L 0 6 11/24 vs. Dartmouth (5-4) W 27 6 5-3-0 65 43

1927-Northwestern (Western) 10/1 vs. South Dakota (non-IA) W 47 2 10/8 vs. Utah (3-3-1) W 13 6 10/15 @ *Ohio State (4-4) W 19 13 10/22 vs. *Illinois (7-0-1) L 6 7 10/29 vs. Missouri (7-2) L 19 34 11/5 @ *Purdue (6-2) L 6 18 11/12 vs. *Indiana (3-4-1) L 7 18 11/19 vs. *Iowa (4-4) W 12 0 4-4-0 129 98

1926-Northwestern (Western) 10/2 vs. South Dakota (non-IA) W 34 0 10/9 vs. Carleton (non-IA) W 31 3 10/16 vs. *Indiana (3-5) W 20 0 10/23 vs. Notre Dame (9-1) L 0 6 10/30 @ *Indiana (3-5) W 21 0 11/6 vs. *Purdue (5-2-1) W 22 0 11/13 vs. *Chicago (2-6) W 38 7 11/20 @ *Iowa (3-5) W 13 6 7-1-0 179 22

1925-Northwestern (Western) 10/3 vs. South Dakota (non-IA) W 14 7 10/10 vs. Carleton (non-IA) W 17 0 10/17 @ *Chicago (3-4-1) L 0 6 10/24 vs. Tulane (9-0-1) L 7 18 @ Chicago, IL 10/31 vs. *Indiana (3-4-1) W 17 14 11/7 vs. *Michigan (7-1) W 3 2 @ Chicago, IL 11/14 @ *Purdue (3-4-1) W 13 9 11/21 @ Notre Dame (7-2-1) L 10 13 5-3-0 81 69

1924-Northwestern (Western) 10/4 vs. South Dakota (non-IA) W 28 0 10/11 vs. Cincinnati (non-IA) W 42 0 10/18 vs. *Purdue (5-2) L 3 7 10/25 vs. Michigan State (non-IA) W 13 9 11/1 vs. *Indiana (4-4) W 17 7 11/8 @ *Michigan (6-2) L 0 27 11/15 @ *Chicago (4-1-3) L 0 3 11/22 vs. Notre Dame (10-0) L 6 13 @ Chicago, IL 4-4-0 109 66

1923-Northwestern (Western) 10/6 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 21 6 10/13 vs. *Indiana (3-4) L 6 7 @ Indianapolis, IN 10/20 @ *Chicago (7-1) L 0 13 10/27 vs. *Illinois (8-0) L 0 29 @ Chicago, IL 11/3 @ *Minnesota (5-1-1) L 14 34 11/10 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 32 0 11/17 @ *Purdue (2-5-1) L 3 6 11/24 vs. *Iowa (5-3) L 14 17 2-6-0 90 112

1922-Northwestern (Western) 10/7 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 17 0 10/14 @ *Chicago (5-1-1) L 7 15 10/21 vs. *Minnesota (3-3-1) T 7 7 11/4 @ *Illinois (2-5) L 3 6 11/11 vs. *Purdue (1-5-1) W 24 13 11/18 vs. Monmouth (non-IA) W 58 14 11/25 @ *Iowa (7-0) L 3 37 3-3-1 119 92

1921-Northwestern (Western) 9/24 vs. Beloit (non-IA) L 0 7 10/1 @ *Chicago (6-1) L 0 41 10/8 @ *Minnesota (3-4) L 0 28 10/15 vs. *Wisconsin (5-1-1) L 0 27 10/29 vs. DePaul (non-IA) W 34 0 11/5 @ *Purdue (1-6) L 0 3 11/19 vs. *Iowa (7-0) L 0 14 1-6-0 34 120

1920-Northwestern (Western) 10/2 vs. Knox (non-IA) W 14 0 10/9 vs. *Minnesota (1-6) W 17 0 10/16 @ *Wisconsin (6-1) L 7 27 10/30 vs. *Indiana (5-2) L 7 10 @ Indianapolis, IN 11/6 @ *Iowa (5-2) L 0 20 11/13 vs. *Purdue (2-5) W 14 0 11/20 vs. Notre Dame (9-0) L 7 33 3-4-0 66 90

1919-Northwestern (Western) 10/11 vs. DePauw (non-IA) W 20 0 10/18 vs. *Wisconsin (5-2) L 6 10 10/25 @ *Chicago (5-2) L 0 41 11/1 @ *Michigan (3-4) L 13 16 11/8 vs. *Iowa (5-2) L 7 14 11/15 vs. *Indiana (3-4) W 3 2 11/27 vs. Rutgers (5-3) L 0 28 @ Newark, NJ 2-5-0 49 111

1918-Northwestern (Western) 10/26 @ Great Lakes Navy (6-0-2) T 0 0 11/2 vs. Chicago Naval Reserve (non-IA) L 0 25 11/9 vs. Knox (non-IA) W 47 7 11/16 vs. *Chicago (4-6-1) W 21 6 11/23 @ *Iowa (6-2-1) L 7 23 2-2-1 75 61

1917-Northwestern (Western) 10/6 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 48 0 10/13 @ *Ohio State (8-0-1) L 0 40 10/27 @ *Chicago (3-2-1) L 0 7 11/3 @ *Purdue (3-4) W 12 6 11/10 vs. Michigan State (non-IA) W 39 6 11/17 vs. *Iowa (3-5) W 25 14 11/24 vs. *Michigan (8-2) W 21 12 5-2-0 145 85

1916-Northwestern (Western) 10/7 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 26 7 10/21 @ *Chicago (3-4) W 10 0 10/28 vs. Drake (3-5) W 40 6 11/4 @ *Indiana (2-4-1) W 7 0 11/10 vs. *Iowa (4-3) W 20 13 11/18 vs. *Purdue (2-4-1) W 38 6 11/25 @ *Ohio State (7-0) L 3 23 6-1-0 144 55

1915-Northwestern (Western) 10/2 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 27 6 10/9 vs. *Chicago (5-2) L 0 7 10/16 @ *Iowa (3-4) L 6 9 10/23 @ *Illinois (5-0-2) L 6 36 11/6 vs. Missouri (2-5-1) W 24 6 11/13 vs. *Indiana (3-3-1) L 6 14 11/20 vs. *Ohio State (5-1-1) L 0 34 2-5-0 69 112

1914-Northwestern (Western) 10/3 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 7 0 10/10 @ *Chicago (4-2-1) L 0 28 10/17 @ *Indiana (3-4) L 0 27 10/24 vs. *Illinois (7-0) L 0 33 11/7 vs. *Iowa (4-3) L 0 27 11/14 vs. *Purdue (5-2) L 6 34 11/21 @ *Ohio State (5-2) L 0 27 1-6-0 13 176

1913-Northwestern (Western) 10/4 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 10 0 10/11 @ *Purdue (4-1-2) L 0 34 10/18 @ *Illinois (4-2-1) L 0 37 10/25 vs. *Iowa (5-2) L 6 78 11/8 vs. *Chicago (7-0) L 0 14 11/15 vs. *Indiana (3-4) L 20 21 11/22 @ *Ohio State (4-2-1) L 0 58 1-6-0 36 242

1912-Northwestern (Western) 10/5 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) T 0 0 10/12 @ *Wisconsin (7-0) L 0 56 10/26 @ *Indiana (2-5) W 20 7 11/2 vs. *Purdue (4-2-1) L 6 21 11/9 @ *Chicago (6-1) L 0 3 11/23 vs. *Illinois (3-3-1) W 6 0 2-3-1 32 87

1911-Northwestern (Western) 10/7 vs. Monmouth (non-IA) W 26 0 10/14 vs. Illinois Wesleyan (non-IA) W 10 0 10/21 vs. *Indiana (3-3-1) W 5 0 10/28 vs. *Wisconsin (5-1-1) L 3 28 11/11 vs. *Chicago (6-1) L 3 9 11/18 @ *Illinois (4-2-1) L 13 27 11/25 @ *Iowa (3-4) L 0 6 3-4-0 60 70

1910-Northwestern (Western) 10/1 vs. Illinois Wesleyan (non-IA) L 0 3 10/8 vs. *Iowa (5-2) W 10 5 10/22 @ *Chicago (2-5) L 0 10 10/29 @ *Wisconsin (1-2-2) T 0 0 11/12 vs. *Illinois (7-0) L 0 27 1-3-1 10 45

1909-Northwestern (Western) 10/2 vs. Illinois Wesleyan (non-IA) T 0 0 10/9 @ *Purdue (2-5) W 14 5 10/30 vs. *Wisconsin (3-1-1) L 11 21 11/6 @ *Chicago (4-1-2) L 0 34 11/13 vs. *Illinois (5-2) L 0 35 1-3-1 25 95

1908-Northwestern (Western) 10/10 vs. Northwestern Alumni (non-IA) W 10 6 10/24 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 44 4 11/7 vs. *Purdue (4-3) L 10 16 11/21 @ *Illinois (5-1-1) L 8 64 2-2-0 72 90

1905-Northwestern (Western) 9/20 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 32 0 9/23 @ North Division High (non-IA) W 11 0 9/30 vs. St. Viator (non-IA) W 41 0 10/7 vs. Wabash (4-5) W 5 0 10/14 @ Beloit (3-6-1) W 18 2 10/21 vs. Transylvania (non-IA) T 0 0 10/28 vs. *Chicago (11-0) L 0 32 11/4 vs. Marquette (non-IA) W 30 5 11/11 vs. Ohio Northern (non-IA) W 34 0 11/18 vs. Michigan State (non-IA) W 37 11 11/25 @ *Minnesota (10-1) L 6 72 8-2-1 214 122

1904-Northwestern (Western) 9/24 vs. Fort Sheridan (non-IA) W 17 0 10/1 vs. North Central (non-IA) W 34 0 10/5 vs. North Division High (non-IA) W 18 0 10/8 vs. Lombard (non-IA) W 55 0 10/15 vs. Beloit (4-4-1) W 34 0 10/22 @ *Chicago (10-1-1) L 0 32 10/29 vs. DePauw (non-IA) W 45 0 11/5 vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (non-IA) W 97 0 11/12 vs. *Illinois (9-2-1) W 12 6 11/19 vs. *Minnesota (13-0) L 0 17 @ Chicago, IL 8-2-0 312 55

1903-Northwestern (Western) 9/19 vs. North Division High (non-IA) W 22 5 9/22 vs. Fort Sheridan (non-IA) W 28 0 9/23 vs. Englewood High (non-IA) W 35 0 9/26 vs. North Central (non-IA) W 22 6 9/30 vs. Northwestern Alumni (non-IA) W 5 0 10/3 vs. Lombard (5-3) W 23 0 10/7 vs. Chicago Dental (non-IA) W 18 11 10/10 @ Washington (Missouri) (4-4-1) W 23 0 10/17 @ *Chicago (12-2-1) T 0 0 10/24 @ Cincinnati (non-IA) W 35 0 10/31 @ *Illinois (8-6) W 12 11 11/14 vs. Notre Dame (non-IA) T 0 0 @ Chicago, IL 11/21 vs. *Wisconsin (6-3-1) T 6 6 @ Chicago, IL 11/26 vs. Carlisle (11-2-1) L 0 28 @ Chicago, IL 10-1-3 229 67

1902-Northwestern (Western) 9/20 vs. Fort Sheridan (non-IA) W 15 0 9/27 vs. North Central (non-IA) W 10 5 10/1 vs. Chicago Dental (non-IA) W 11 0 10/4 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 26 0 10/11 vs. Rush Medical (non-IA) W 11 0 10/18 vs. *Chicago (14-1) L 0 12 @ Chicago, IL 10/25 vs. Knox (9-2) L 0 15 11/1 vs. *Purdue (7-2-1) L 0 5 11/8 vs. *Wisconsin (6-3) L 0 51 11/15 vs. Beloit (3-5) W 10 0 11/22 vs. *Illinois (10-2-1) L 0 17 11/27 @ Nebraska (10-0) L 0 12 6-6-0 83 117

1901-Northwestern (Western) 9/18 vs. Fort Sheridan (non-IA) W 27 0 9/21 vs. North Central (non-IA) W 30 0 9/28 vs. Lombard (non-IA) W 47 0 10/5 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 11 0 10/12 vs. Notre Dame (8-1-1) W 2 0 10/19 @ *Michigan (11-0) L 0 29 10/26 @ *Illinois (8-2) W 17 11 11/9 @ *Chicago (8-6-2) W 6 5 11/16 vs. Beloit (5-3-3) T 11 11 11/23 vs. *Minnesota (9-1-1) L 0 16 @ Chicago, IL 11/28 @ *Purdue (4-4-1) W 10 5 8-2-1 161 77

1900-Northwestern (Western) 9/22 vs. North Central (non-IA) W 26 0 9/26 vs. North Division High (non-IA) W 18 6 9/29 vs. Physicians & Surgeons (non-IA) L 0 6 10/6 vs. Rush Medical (non-IA) W 6 0 10/13 vs. *Indiana (4-2-2) W 12 0 10/17 vs. Lake Forest Academy (non-IA) W 23 0 10/20 vs. *Illinois (7-3-2) T 0 0 10/27 vs. Beloit (7-1-2) T 6 6 11/3 vs. Knox (6-4) W 11 5 11/10 @ *Chicago (9-5-1) W 5 0 11/17 @ *Minnesota (10-0-2) L 0 21 11/29 vs. *Iowa (7-0-1) T 5 5 7-2-3 112 49

1899-Northwestern (Western) 9/21 vs. Northwestern Dental (non-IA) W 24 0 9/23 vs. Englewood High (non-IA) W 29 0 9/30 vs. Northwestern Alumni (non-IA) L 0 18 10/4 @ Lake Forest Academy (non-IA) W 24 5 10/7 vs. Rush Medical (non-IA) L 0 6 10/14 @ *Wisconsin (9-2) L 0 38 10/21 @ Beloit (5-2-2) L 0 11 10/25 vs. Lake Forest (4-6-2) W 16 0 10/28 @ Notre Dame (6-3-1) L 0 12 11/4 @ *Minnesota (6-3-2) W 11 5 11/11 @ *Chicago (16-0-2) L 0 76 11/18 vs. Indiana (6-2) W 11 6 11/25 vs. *Purdue (4-4-1) W 29 0 7-6-0 144 177

1898-Northwestern (Western) 9/21 vs. Northwest Division High (non-IA) W 34 0 9/24 vs. Englewood High (non-IA) W 22 0 9/28 vs. Hyde Park High (non-IA) W 18 0 10/1 vs. Dixon (non-IA) W 57 0 10/8 vs. Beloit (4-5-1) W 17 11 10/12 vs. Hahnemann Medical (non-IA) W 22 6 10/15 vs. Physicians & Surgeons (non-IA) W 11 2 10/18 vs. Chicago A.C. (non-IA) W 5 0 10/22 @ *Chicago (14-2-1) L 5 34 10/29 vs. Lake Forest (non-IA) W 27 0 11/5 vs. *Michigan (10-0) L 5 6 @ Chicago, IL 11/12 @ *Minnesota (4-5) L 6 17 11/19 vs. Armour (non-IA) T 0 0 11/24 vs. *Wisconsin (9-1) L 0 47 9-4-1 229 123

1897-Northwestern (Western) 9/29 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 6 0 10/9 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 6 0 @ Rockford, IL 10/16 vs. Iowa (non-IA) L 6 12 10/23 @ *Chicago (11-1) L 6 21 10/30 vs. Physicians & Surgeons (non-IA) W 6 0 11/6 vs. Rush Medical (non-IA) W 14 0 11/13 vs. Northwestern Alumni (non-IA) W 25 0 11/25 vs. *Wisconsin (9-1) L 0 22 5-3-0 69 55

1896-Northwestern (Western) 10/1 vs. Englewood High (non-IA) W 20 0 10/3 vs. Chicago A.C. (non-IA) W 4 0 10/7 vs. Armour (non-IA) W 42 0 10/10 vs. Beloit (non-IA) T 6 6 10/17 vs. Physicians & Surgeons (non-IA) W 16 6 10/24 vs. *Chicago (15-2-1) W 46 6 @ Chicago, IL 11/7 @ *Illinois (4-2-1) W 10 4 11/14 vs. *Chicago (15-2-1) L 6 18 11/26 vs. *Wisconsin (7-1-1) T 6 6 6-1-2 156 46

1895-Northwestern (Independent) 9/21 vs. Wisconsin (5-2-1) L 6 12 @ Milwaukee, WI 9/28 vs. Iowa State (3-4) L 0 36 10/3 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 16 0 10/5 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 34 6 10/12 vs. Armour (non-IA) W 44 0 10/19 @ Chicago (10-3) W 22 6 10/31 vs. Lake Forest (4-8) W 24 0 11/2 @ Purdue (4-3) W 24 6 11/9 vs. Missouri (non-IA) L 18 22 @ St. Louis, MO 11/16 vs. Chicago (10-3) L 0 6 11/23 @ Illinois (4-2-1) L 4 38 6-5-0 192 132

1894-Northwestern (Independent) 10/6 @ Chicago (14-7-1) L 0 46 10/11 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 14 0 10/13 @ Lake Forest (3-4) L 6 24 10/17 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 12 0 10/20 vs. Beloit (5-3) L 6 42 @ Rockford, IL 10/24 vs. Evanston High (non-IA) W 22 6 10/26 vs. Lake Forest (3-4) W 12 8 11/3 @ Illinois (4-3) L 0 66 11/24 vs. Chicago (14-7-1) L 0 36 4-5-0 72 228

1893-Northwestern (Independent) 10/4 vs. Denver A.C. (non-IA) L 0 8 @ Chicago, IL 10/18 @ Chicago (6-4-2) L 6 12 10/21 vs. Illinois (3-2-3) T 0 0 10/27 vs. Lake Forest (3-2-3) T 12 12 10/30 vs. Minnesota (6-0) L 0 16 11/4 vs. Beloit (non-IA) W 10 6 11/8 vs. Chicago (6-4-2) T 6 6 11/11 vs. Lake Forest (3-2-3) W 38 22 11/18 @ Michigan (7-3) L 6 72 12/16 @ Chicago (6-4-2) L 14 22 2-5-3 92 176