NSU Challenge

NSU Challenge
Sport Football
First meeting October 6, 1973
Nicholls State 3, Northwestern State 0
Latest meeting October 31, 2015
Nicholls State 21, Northwestern State 37
Next meeting 2016
Trophy NSU Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total 42
All-time series Northwestern State leads, 28–15
Largest victory Nicholls State, 58–0 (2007)
Longest streak Northwestern State, 9 (1980–1988)
Current streak Northwestern State, 2 (2015)
Nicholls State University
Northwestern State University
Locations in Louisiana

The NSU Challenge is an American college football rivalry game played annually between the Nicholls State Colonels football team representing Nicholls State University and Northwestern State Demons football team representing Northwestern State University.[1] Both universities are members of the Southland Conference. The NSU Trophy, which is a wooden trophy enscripted with NSU goes to the winning team.[2]

The first game in the Nicholls StateNorthwestern State series was played in 1973.

Game results

Nicholls State victories
Northwestern State victories
# Date Location Winner Score Series
Nich St NW St
1 October 6, 1973 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State30 Nich St 1–0
2 October 12, 1974 Natchitoches, LA Nicholls State70 Nich St 2–0
3 October 11, 1975 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State2310 Nich St 3–0
4 October 9, 1976 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State820 Nich St 3–1
5 October 8, 1977 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State106 Nich St 4–1
6 October 28, 1978 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1828 Nich St 4–2
7 October 27, 1979 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State2724 Nich St 5–2
8 November 8, 1980 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1421 Nich St 5–3
9 November 7, 1981 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State1731 Nich St 5–4
10 November 6, 1982 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State638 Tied 5–5
11 November 5, 1983 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State2124 NW St 6–5
12 October 11, 1984 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State019 NW St 7–5
13 November 9, 1985 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State1420 NW St 8–5
14 November 8, 1986 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1328 NW St 9–5
15 November 7, 1987 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State2831 NW St 10–5
16 October 15, 1988 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1227 NW St 11–5
17 November 4, 1989 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State2115 NW St 11–6
18 September 15, 1990 Natchitoches, LA Nicholls State197 NW St 11–7
19 November 16, 1991 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State1016 NW St 12–7
20 November 14, 1992 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State644 NW St 13–7
21 October 9, 1993 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State2135 NW St 14–7
22 September 17, 1994 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State335 NW St 15–7
23 October 7, 1995 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1434 NW St 16–7
24 October 12, 1996 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State1917 NW St 16–8
25 September 27, 1997 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State019 NW St 17–8
26 October 24, 1998 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State2628 NW St 18–8
27 October 2, 1999 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1742 NW St 19–8
28 October 14, 2000 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State (Forfeit win)2127 NW St 19–9
29 October 20, 2001 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State1447 NW St 20–9
30 October 24, 2002 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State1421 NW St 21–9
31 October 25, 2003 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State (Forfeit win)4030 NW St 22–9
32 October 21, 2004 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State4014 NW St 22–10
33 November 5, 2005 Natchitoches, LA Nicholls State3124 NW St 22–11
34 October 21, 2006 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State09 NW St 23–11
35 October 6, 2007 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State580 NW St 23–12
36 October 11, 2008 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State2836 NW St 24–12
37 November 14, 2009 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State2821 NW St 24–13
38 November 13, 2010 Natchitoches, LA Nicholls State377 NW St 24–14
39 September 24, 2011 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State034 NW St 25–14
40 October 27, 2012 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State2627 NW St 26–14
41 October 12, 2013 Thibodaux, LA Nicholls State3321 NW St 26–15
42 November 15, 2014 Natchitoches, LA Northwestern State2148 NW St 27–15
43 October 31, 2015 Thibodaux, LA Northwestern State2137 NW St 28–15
Totals 768986 NW St 28–15

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See also

References

  1. "Nicholls prepares to face SLC rival Northwestern State". houmatoday.com. October 27, 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  2. "Demons hoping to get back in the groove for Homecoming". www.nsudemons.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. "Northwestern State (LA) vs Nicholls State - All Time" (PDF). geauxcolonel.com.

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