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2010: 27-10 at Iowa State
2009: 28-20 at Wisconsin
2008: 31-27 at Minnesota
2007: 16-3 vs. Iowa at Soldier Field
2006: 35-12 at No. 1 Ohio State
2005: 33-17 at No. 4 Michigan
2004: 23-20 at No. 22 Maryland
2003: A victory over #15 Maryland, 20-13
Source: All-encompassing NIU post. Yeah, dig in. | DailyHerald.com Blogs
Worst Point Spread:
#1 - @ Ohio State (23)
#2 - @ Iowa State (17)
Fewest Points Scored:
#1 - vs. Iowa (3)
#2 - vs. Iowa State (10)
FWIW
Very interesting.
Encouraging, when it's assessed that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by IowaSTATCyclone
Statistically irrelevant, maybe, but who knows?
And ISU probably should've won 31-3.
ISU should have had at least 2 more TD's. NIU also should have had at least 2 more FGs.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclones500
It means nothing, you can't make comparisons like this. Different teams different years.
The score really should have been 44-9.
Come on! We are already out of other things to talk about and can't start talking about Iowa until Sunday. \Quote:
Originally Posted by vortex
What was the temperature during those games?
Yup. Nice to walk out with a good win, but feeling like it should have been worse. Something the coaches can use, especially because we can't make stupid mistakes offensively against next week's defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclonedave25
I can't, and yet I just did. I must be magic!:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by vortex
The reason I bring it up is because NIU fans expected (and based on their experience from the last seven years, not unwisely) a much closer game, and they know their team better than I do.
This demonstrates that the NIU program has consistently competed well (except for the blowout vs. Ohio State, who was #1 at the time) over the past 8 years. Their fans expected to be in this game, and were shocked by the end of the first half. That historically decent football team never quit, and still got thrashed.