Northwestern vs Wisconsin
Northwestern374 ties103 meetings
62Wisconsin
Wisconsin leads the series.
| Season | Site | Result | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wisconsin win | Neutral | L | 3-23 |
| 2023 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 24-10 |
| 2022 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 7-42 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 7-35 |
| 2020 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 17-7 |
| 2019 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 15-24 |
| 2018 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 31-17 |
| 2017 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 24-33 |
| 2016 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 7-21 |
| 2015 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 13-7 |
| 2014 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 20-14 |
| 2013 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 6-35 |
| 2010 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 23-70 |
| 2009 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 33-31 |
| 2006 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 9-41 |
| 2005 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 51-48 |
| 2004 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 12-24 |
| 2003 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 16-7 |
| 2000 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 47-44 |
| 1999 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 19-35 |
| 1998 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 7-38 |
| 1997 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 25-26 |
| 1996 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 34-30 |
| 1995 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 35-0 |
| 1994 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 14-46 |
| 1993 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 14-53 |
| 1992 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 27-25 |
| 1991 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 14-32 |
| 1990 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 44-34 |
| 1989 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 31-35 |
| 1988 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 35-14 |
| 1987 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 27-24 |
| 1986 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 27-35 |
| 1985 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 17-14 |
| 1984 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 16-31 |
| 1983 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-49 |
| 1982 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 20-54 |
| 1981 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 0-52 |
| 1980 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 19-39 |
| 1979 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 3-28 |
| 1978 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 7-28 |
| 1977 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 7-19 |
| 1976 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 25-28 |
| 1975 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 14-17 |
| 1974 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 7-52 |
| 1973 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 34-36 |
| 1972 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 14-21 |
| 1971 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 24-11 |
| 1970 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 24-14 |
| 1969 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 27-7 |
| 1968 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 13-10 |
| 1967 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 17-13 |
| 1966 | Tie | Evanston | T | 3-3 |
| 1965 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 7-21 |
| 1964 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 17-13 |
| 1963 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 14-17 |
| 1962 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 6-37 |
| 1961 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 10-29 |
| 1960 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 21-0 |
| 1959 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 19-24 |
| 1958 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 13-17 |
| 1957 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 12-41 |
| 1956 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 17-7 |
| 1955 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 14-41 |
| 1954 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 13-34 |
| 1953 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 13-34 |
| 1952 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 20-24 |
| 1951 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-41 |
| 1950 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 13-14 |
| 1949 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 6-14 |
| 1948 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 16-7 |
| 1947 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-29 |
| 1946 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 28-0 |
| 1945 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 28-14 |
| 1944 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 6-7 |
| 1943 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 41-0 |
| 1942 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 19-20 |
| 1941 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 41-14 |
| 1940 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 27-7 |
| 1939 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 13-7 |
| 1938 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 13-20 |
| 1937 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 14-6 |
| 1936 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 26-18 |
| 1935 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 32-13 |
| 1934 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 7-0 |
| 1930 | Northwestern win | Evanston | W | 20-7 |
| 1929 | Northwestern win | Madison | W | 7-0 |
| 1921 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-27 |
| 1920 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 7-27 |
| 1919 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 6-10 |
| 1912 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 0-56 |
| 1911 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 3-28 |
| 1910 | Tie | Evanston | T | 0-0 |
| 1909 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 11-21 |
| 1903 | Tie | Madison | T | 6-6 |
| 1902 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-51 |
| 1899 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 0-38 |
| 1898 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-47 |
| 1897 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 0-22 |
| 1896 | Tie | Madison | T | 6-6 |
| 1895 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 6-12 |
| 1892 | Wisconsin win | Madison | L | 6-20 |
| 1892 | Wisconsin win | Evanston | L | 6-26 |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the all-time record between Northwestern and Wisconsin?
Northwestern is 37-62-4 against Wisconsin across 103 meetings on record since 1892. Wisconsin leads the series.
When did Northwestern last play Wisconsin?
They last met in 2024, a 3-23 loss for Northwestern.