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Northwestern Wildcats Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 131 (1892 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 559-696-40

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 560-695-40

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 8

Bowl Record: 17 Bowls, 7-10, .412 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), 19 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Ryan Field (cap. 49,256)

Location: Evanston, Illinois

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Major Opponents

85 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 State	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	2010	1	1	0	0	1.000	30	25	5	30.0	25.0	5.0
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	2023	117	55	57	5	.491	1982	2335	-353	16.9	20.0	-3.0
26	Indiana	1899	2019	83	47	35	1	.572	1432	1513	-81	17.3	18.2	-1.0
27	Iowa	1900	2023	84	28	53	3	.351	1219	2102	-883	14.5	25.0	-10.5
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	Marquette	1934	1934	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	12	9	21.0	12.0	9.0
37	Maryland	2017	2023	4	3	1	0	.750	137	82	55	34.3	20.5	13.8
38	Massachusetts	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	6	39	45.0	6.0	39.0
39	Miami (FL)	1961	1968	4	2	2	0	.500	54	52	2	13.5	13.0	0.5
40	Miami (OH)	1963	2024	10	4	6	0	.400	186	195	-9	18.6	19.5	-0.9
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Michigan	1892	2021	76	15	59	2	.211	846	2034	-1188	11.1	26.8	-15.6
42	Michigan State	1959	2021	57	16	41	0	.281	1014	1741	-727	17.8	30.5	-12.8
43	Minnesota	1892	2023	98	37	56	5	.403	1706	2159	-453	17.4	22.0	-4.6
44	Mississippi State	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	20	14	34.0	20.0	14.0
45	Missouri	1915	2008	8	4	4	0	.500	152	146	6	19.0	18.3	0.8
46	Navy	1950	2002	3	3	0	0	1.000	87	47	40	29.0	15.7	13.3
47	Nebraska	1902	2023	17	7	10	0	.412	326	487	-161	19.2	28.6	-9.5
48	Nevada	2006	2017	3	2	1	0	.667	88	82	6	29.3	27.3	2.0
49	Nevada-Las Vegas	1998	2019	3	3	0	0	1.000	108	49	59	36.0	16.3	19.7
50	North Carolina	1976	1977	2	0	2	0	.000	7	53	-46	3.5	26.5	-23.0
51	Northern Illinois	1975	2014	8	6	1	1	.813	207	125	82	25.9	15.6	10.3
52	Notre Dame	1899	2018	47	9	37	1	.202	411	1072	-661	8.7	22.8	-14.1
53	Ohio	1973	2021	5	4	1	0	.800	129	49	80	25.8	9.8	16.0
54	Ohio State	1913	2022	80	14	65	1	.181	782	2261	-1479	9.8	28.3	-18.5
55	Oklahoma	1939	1997	4	3	1	0	.750	88	39	49	22.0	9.8	12.3
56	Oregon	1974	1974	1	1	0	0	1.000	14	10	4	14.0	10.0	4.0
57	Oregon State	1957	1966	4	3	1	0	.750	49	38	11	12.3	9.5	2.8
58	Penn State	1993	2023	21	5	16	0	.238	372	629	-257	17.7	30.0	-12.2
59	Pittsburgh	1949	2016	7	4	3	0	.571	141	141	0	20.1	20.1	0.0
60	Purdue	1895	2023	88	34	53	1	.392	1437	1859	-422	16.3	21.1	-4.8
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Rice	1967	2011	7	3	4	0	.429	142	190	-48	20.3	27.1	-6.9
62	Rutgers	1919	2023	6	2	4	0	.333	91	134	-43	15.2	22.3	-7.2
63	South Carolina	1962	1962	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	20	17	37.0	20.0	17.0
64	Southern California	1952	1995	5	0	5	0	.000	52	156	-104	10.4	31.2	-20.8
65	Southern Methodist	1970	1970	1	0	1	0	.000	20	21	-1	20.0	21.0	-1.0
66	Stanford	1933	2019	8	2	4	2	.375	122	145	-23	15.3	18.1	-2.9
67	Syracuse	1940	2013	11	6	5	0	.545	308	265	43	28.0	24.1	3.9
68	TCU	1999	2004	4	1	3	0	.250	100	144	-44	25.0	36.0	-11.0
69	Tennessee	1996	2015	2	0	2	0	.000	34	93	-59	17.0	46.5	-29.5
70	Texas	1942	1942	1	1	0	0	1.000	3	0	3	3.0	0.0	3.0
71	Texas A&M	2011	2011	1	0	1	0	.000	22	33	-11	22.0	33.0	-11.0
72	Texas Tech	2010	2010	1	0	1	0	.000	38	45	-7	38.0	45.0	-7.0
73	Tulane	1925	1956	4	1	3	0	.250	34	59	-25	8.5	14.8	-6.3
74	UCLA	1931	2005	6	3	3	0	.500	110	124	-14	18.3	20.7	-2.3
75	Utah	1927	2023	4	3	1	0	.750	58	75	-17	14.5	18.8	-4.3
76	UTEP	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	38	7	31	38.0	7.0	31.0
77	Vanderbilt	1947	2012	4	2	1	1	.625	66	57	9	16.5	14.3	2.3
78	Wabash	1905	1905	1	1	0	0	1.000	5	0	5	5.0	0.0	5.0
79	Wake Forest	1991	1997	4	2	2	0	.500	114	83	31	28.5	20.8	7.8
80	Washington	1980	1984	3	0	3	0	.000	7	105	-98	2.3	35.0	-32.7
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Washington (MO)	1903	1903	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	0	23	23.0	0.0	23.0
82	Washington State	1958	1958	1	1	0	0	1.000	29	28	1	29.0	28.0	1.0
83	Western Michigan	2013	2016	2	1	1	0	.500	59	39	20	29.5	19.5	10.0
84	Wisconsin	1892	2023	102	37	61	4	.382	1616	2437	-821	15.8	23.9	-8.0
85	Wyoming	1979	1979	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	22	5	27.0	22.0	5.0

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