Northwestern Wildcats Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 132 (1892 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 568-709-40

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 569-708-40

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 8

Bowl Record: 18 Bowls, 8-10, .444 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 7 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 188 Weeks (Total), 5 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 4 Times (Final), 20 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium (cap. 12,023)

Location: Evanston, Illinois

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Major Opponents

86 Teams

Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	1988	2003	6	2	4	0	.333	126	200	-74	21.0	33.3	-12.3
2	Akron	2018	2018	1	0	1	0	.000	34	39	-5	34.0	39.0	-5.0
3	Arizona	1975	1976	2	0	2	0	.000	21	68	-47	10.5	34.0	-23.5
4	Arizona State	1977	2005	4	0	4	0	.000	59	173	-114	14.8	43.3	-28.5
5	Arkansas	1981	1981	1	0	1	0	.000	7	38	-31	7.0	38.0	-31.0
6	Army	1951	2011	5	3	2	0	.600	99	96	3	19.8	19.2	0.6
7	Auburn	2009	2020	2	1	1	0	.500	70	57	13	35.0	28.5	6.5
8	Ball State	2015	2015	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	19	5	24.0	19.0	5.0
9	Beloit	1894	1905	8	4	2	2	.625	102	83	19	12.8	10.4	2.4
10	Boston College	1961	2012	5	4	1	0	.800	113	100	13	22.6	20.0	2.6
11	Bowling Green	2001	2017	3	1	2	0	.333	115	78	37	38.3	26.0	12.3
12	California	1948	2014	3	2	1	0	.667	88	75	13	29.3	25.0	4.3
13	Carlisle	1903	1903	1	0	1	0	.000	0	28	-28	0.0	28.0	-28.0
14	Central Michigan	2010	2025	2	2	0	0	1.000	64	32	32	32.0	16.0	16.0
15	Chicago	1892	1926	37	8	26	3	.257	207	618	-411	5.6	16.7	-11.1
16	Colgate	1949	1949	1	1	0	0	1.000	39	20	19	39.0	20.0	19.0
17	Colorado	1951	1978	2	1	1	0	.500	42	69	-27	21.0	34.5	-13.5
18	Dartmouth	1928	1928	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	6	21	27.0	6.0	21.0
19	Drake	1916	1938	2	2	0	0	1.000	73	6	67	36.5	3.0	33.5
20	Duke	1985	2024	24	10	14	0	.417	523	569	-46	21.8	23.7	-1.9
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Eastern Michigan	2006	2009	3	3	0	0	1.000	67	44	23	22.3	14.7	7.7
22	Florida	1965	1966	2	0	2	0	.000	21	67	-46	10.5	33.5	-23.0
23	Great Lakes Navy	1918	1944	4	1	2	1	.375	13	73	-60	3.3	18.3	-15.0
24	Hawaii	1998	2004	2	1	1	0	.500	88	70	18	44.0	35.0	9.0
25	Illinois	1892	2025	119	55	59	5	.483	2023	2393	-370	17.0	20.1	-3.1
26	Indiana	1899	2024	84	47	36	1	.565	1456	1554	-98	17.3	18.5	-1.2
27	Iowa	1900	2024	85	28	54	3	.347	1233	2142	-909	14.5	25.2	-10.7
28	Iowa Pre-Flight	1942	1942	1	0	1	0	.000	12	20	-8	12.0	20.0	-8.0
29	Iowa State	1895	1956	8	7	1	0	.875	191	91	100	23.9	11.4	12.5
30	Kansas	2003	2004	2	2	0	0	1.000	48	37	11	24.0	18.5	5.5
31	Kansas State	1938	1941	2	2	0	0	1.000	72	3	69	36.0	1.5	34.5
32	Kentucky	1928	2017	2	2	0	0	1.000	31	23	8	15.5	11.5	4.0
33	Knox	1900	1902	2	1	1	0	.500	11	20	-9	5.5	10.0	-4.5
34	Lake Forest	1893	1899	6	4	1	1	.750	108	66	42	18.0	11.0	7.0
35	Lombard	1903	1903	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	0	23	23.0	0.0	23.0
36	Louisiana-Monroe	2025	2025	1	1	0	0	1.000	42	7	35	42.0	7.0	35.0
37	Marquette	1934	1934	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	12	9	21.0	12.0	9.0
38	Maryland	2017	2024	5	4	1	0	.800	174	92	82	34.8	18.4	16.4
39	Massachusetts	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	6	39	45.0	6.0	39.0
40	Miami (FL)	1961	1968	4	2	2	0	.500	54	52	2	13.5	13.0	0.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Miami (OH)	1963	2024	10	4	6	0	.400	186	195	-9	18.6	19.5	-0.9
42	Michigan	1892	2025	78	15	61	2	.205	874	2108	-1234	11.2	27.0	-15.8
43	Michigan State	1959	2021	57	16	41	0	.281	1014	1741	-727	17.8	30.5	-12.8
44	Minnesota	1892	2025	99	38	56	5	.409	1744	2194	-450	17.6	22.2	-4.5
45	Mississippi State	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	20	14	34.0	20.0	14.0
46	Missouri	1915	2008	8	4	4	0	.500	152	146	6	19.0	18.3	0.8
47	Navy	1950	2002	3	3	0	0	1.000	87	47	40	29.0	15.7	13.3
48	Nebraska	1902	2025	18	7	11	0	.389	347	515	-168	19.3	28.6	-9.3
49	Nevada	2006	2017	3	2	1	0	.667	88	82	6	29.3	27.3	2.0
50	Nevada-Las Vegas	1998	2019	3	3	0	0	1.000	108	49	59	36.0	16.3	19.7
51	North Carolina	1976	1977	2	0	2	0	.000	7	53	-46	3.5	26.5	-23.0
52	Northern Illinois	1975	2014	8	6	1	1	.813	207	125	82	25.9	15.6	10.3
53	Notre Dame	1899	2018	47	9	37	1	.202	411	1072	-661	8.7	22.8	-14.1
54	Ohio	1973	2021	5	4	1	0	.800	129	49	80	25.8	9.8	16.0
55	Ohio State	1913	2024	81	14	66	1	.179	789	2292	-1503	9.7	28.3	-18.6
56	Oklahoma	1939	1997	4	3	1	0	.750	88	39	49	22.0	9.8	12.3
57	Oregon	1974	2025	2	1	1	0	.500	28	44	-16	14.0	22.0	-8.0
58	Oregon State	1957	1966	4	3	1	0	.750	49	38	11	12.3	9.5	2.8
59	Penn State	1993	2025	22	6	16	0	.273	394	650	-256	17.9	29.5	-11.6
60	Pittsburgh	1949	2016	7	4	3	0	.571	141	141	0	20.1	20.1	0.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Purdue	1895	2025	90	36	53	1	.406	1482	1879	-397	16.5	20.9	-4.4
62	Rice	1967	2011	7	3	4	0	.429	142	190	-48	20.3	27.1	-6.9
63	Rutgers	1919	2023	6	2	4	0	.333	91	134	-43	15.2	22.3	-7.2
64	South Carolina	1962	1962	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	20	17	37.0	20.0	17.0
65	Southern California	1952	2025	6	0	6	0	.000	69	194	-125	11.5	32.3	-20.8
66	Southern Methodist	1970	1970	1	0	1	0	.000	20	21	-1	20.0	21.0	-1.0
67	Stanford	1933	2019	8	2	4	2	.375	122	145	-23	15.3	18.1	-2.9
68	Syracuse	1940	2013	11	6	5	0	.545	308	265	43	28.0	24.1	3.9
69	TCU	1999	2004	4	1	3	0	.250	100	144	-44	25.0	36.0	-11.0
70	Tennessee	1996	2015	2	0	2	0	.000	34	93	-59	17.0	46.5	-29.5
71	Texas	1942	1942	1	1	0	0	1.000	3	0	3	3.0	0.0	3.0
72	Texas A&M	2011	2011	1	0	1	0	.000	22	33	-11	22.0	33.0	-11.0
73	Texas Tech	2010	2010	1	0	1	0	.000	38	45	-7	38.0	45.0	-7.0
74	Tulane	1925	2025	5	1	4	0	.200	37	82	-45	7.4	16.4	-9.0
75	UCLA	1931	2025	7	4	3	0	.571	127	138	-11	18.1	19.7	-1.6
76	Utah	1927	2023	4	3	1	0	.750	58	75	-17	14.5	18.8	-4.3
77	UTEP	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	38	7	31	38.0	7.0	31.0
78	Vanderbilt	1947	2012	4	2	1	1	.625	66	57	9	16.5	14.3	2.3
79	Wabash	1905	1905	1	1	0	0	1.000	5	0	5	5.0	0.0	5.0
80	Wake Forest	1991	1997	4	2	2	0	.500	114	83	31	28.5	20.8	7.8
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Washington	1980	2024	4	0	4	0	.000	12	129	-117	3.0	32.3	-29.3
82	Washington (MO)	1903	1903	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	0	23	23.0	0.0	23.0
83	Washington State	1958	1958	1	1	0	0	1.000	29	28	1	29.0	28.0	1.0
84	Western Michigan	2013	2016	2	1	1	0	.500	59	39	20	29.5	19.5	10.0
85	Wisconsin	1892	2024	103	37	62	4	.379	1619	2460	-841	15.7	23.9	-8.2
86	Wyoming	1979	1979	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	22	5	27.0	22.0	5.0

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