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Northwestern Football Kickoff Temperatures Since 2006

Since 2006, Northwestern has played 137 home games with a kickoff temperature. The coldest was 20°F on Nov. 30, 2024, against Illinois. The hottest was 87°F, in two games: against UCLA on Sept. 27, 2025, and against Louisiana–Monroe on Oct. 4, 2025. Northwestern is 2-2 at 32°F or colder and has not played a home game at 90°F or hotter.

Northwestern Home Record by Kickoff Temperature Since 2006

Kickoff temperatureoutdoor gamesGamesat homeRecordW-LRankof FBS schools ranked
20–29°F31-2—
30–39°F85-326 of 52
40–49°F2817-1139 of 88
50–59°F3014-1691 of 118
60–69°F2814-1481 of 124
70–79°F3119-1280 of 128
80–89°F96-384 of 125
32°F or colder42-2—

Northwestern 10 Coldest Home Games Since 2006

#Dateweek or gameGamefinal scoreKickofftemperatureStadium
1Nov. 30, 2024Week 14Illinois 38, Northwestern 2820°FStadium location from one sourceWrigley Field
2Nov. 23, 2013Week 13Michigan State 30, Northwestern 623°FRyan Field (through 2023)
3Nov. 24, 2012Week 13Illinois 14, Northwestern 5027°FRyan Field (through 2023)
4Nov. 22, 2008Week 13Illinois 10, Northwestern 2732°FSingle readingRyan Field (through 2023)
5Nov. 23, 2019Week 13Minnesota 38, Northwestern 2235°FRyan Field (through 2023)
6Nov. 11, 2017Week 11Purdue 13, Northwestern 2337°FRyan Field (through 2023)
7Nov. 18, 2017Week 12Minnesota 0, Northwestern 3938°FRyan Field (through 2023)
8Dec. 12, 2020Week 15Illinois 10, Northwestern 2838°FRyan Field (through 2023)
9Nov. 11, 2006Week 11Ohio State 54, Northwestern 1039°FRyan Field (through 2023)
10Nov. 8, 2008Week 11Ohio State 45, Northwestern 1039°FRyan Field (through 2023)

One more game was also 39°F at kickoff.

Northwestern 10 Hottest Home Games Since 2006

#Dateweek or gameGamefinal scoreKickofftemperatureStadium
1Sept. 27, 2025Week 5UCLA 14, Northwestern 1787°FLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
2Oct. 4, 2025Week 6Louisiana–Monroe 7, Northwestern 4287°FLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
3Aug. 30, 2014Week 1California 31, Northwestern 2483°FRyan Field (through 2023)
4Sept. 16, 2017Week 3Bowling Green 7, Northwestern 4983°FSingle readingRyan Field (through 2023)
5Aug. 31, 2024Week 1Miami (OH) 6, Northwestern 1383°FLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
6Oct. 5, 2024Week 6Indiana 41, Northwestern 2482°FSingle readingLanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
7Sept. 17, 2022Week 3Southern Illinois 31, Northwestern 2481°FRyan Field (through 2023)
8Aug. 30, 2008Week 1Syracuse 10, Northwestern 3080°FRyan Field (through 2023)
9Sept. 7, 2013Week 2Syracuse 27, Northwestern 4880°FRyan Field (through 2023)
10Sept. 14, 2019Week 3UNLV 14, Northwestern 3079°FRyan Field (through 2023)

Northwestern Road and Neutral-Site Games by Temperature, 2006–2026

Every Northwestern road and neutral-site game with a kickoff temperature, coldest first. Select a column heading to sort.

Gamefinal score
Nov. 17, 2018Week 12Northwestern 24, Minnesota 14Road25°FHuntington Bank Stadium
Nov. 10, 2018Week 11Northwestern 14, Iowa 10Road26°FKinnick Stadium
Nov. 21, 2015Week 12Northwestern 13, Wisconsin 7Road28°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 12, 2022Week 11Northwestern 3, Minnesota 31Road28°FHuntington Bank Stadium
Nov. 15, 2014Week 12Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40Road29°FNotre Dame Stadium
Nov. 19, 2016Week 12Northwestern 12, Minnesota 29Road29°FHuntington Bank Stadium
Nov. 19, 2022Week 12Northwestern 9, Purdue 17Road31°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Nov. 27, 2010Week 13Northwestern 23, Wisconsin 70Road33°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 29, 2025Week 14Northwestern 13, Illinois 20Road33°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Nov. 1, 2014Week 10Northwestern 7, Iowa 48Road35°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Nov. 13, 2021Week 11Northwestern 7, Wisconsin 35Road35°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 15, 2008Week 12Northwestern 21, Michigan 14Road37°FMichigan Stadium
Nov. 28, 2015Week 13 · neutral siteNorthwestern 24, Illinois 14Neutral site38°FSoldier Field
Dec. 29, 2017Bowl gameKentucky 23, Northwestern 24Neutral site38°FNissan Stadium
Nov. 30, 2019Week 14Northwestern 29, Illinois 10Road39°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Oct. 28, 2006Week 9Northwestern 3, Michigan 17Road40°FMichigan Stadium
Nov. 6, 2010Week 10Northwestern 21, Penn State 35Road40°FBeaver Stadium
Dec. 28, 2016Bowl gamePittsburgh 24, Northwestern 31Neutral site40°FYankee Stadium
Nov. 25, 2023Week 13Northwestern 45, Illinois 43Road41°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Nov. 27, 2021Week 13Northwestern 14, Illinois 47Road43°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Nov. 11, 2023Week 11Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 10Road44°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 23, 2024Week 13Northwestern 6, Michigan 50Road44°FMichigan Stadium
Oct. 17, 2009Week 7Northwestern 14, Michigan State 24Road45°FSpartan Stadium
Oct. 25, 2008Week 9Northwestern 19, Indiana 21Road46°FMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Nov. 12, 2016Week 11Northwestern 45, Purdue 17Road46°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Nov. 2, 2019Week 10Northwestern 3, Indiana 34Road46°FSingle readingMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Nov. 28, 2020Week 13Northwestern 20, Michigan State 29Road46°FSpartan Stadium
Oct. 17, 2026Week 7Northwestern 24, Michigan State 21Road46°FSpartan Stadium
Nov. 4, 2006Week 10Northwestern 21, Iowa 7Road47°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Oct. 26, 2013Week 9Northwestern 10, Iowa 17Road47°FKinnick Stadium
Nov. 14, 2020Week 11Northwestern 27, Purdue 20Road47°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Oct. 11, 2014Week 7Northwestern 17, Minnesota 24Road48°FSingle readingHuntington Bank Stadium
Oct. 2, 2010Week 5Northwestern 29, Minnesota 28Road49°FHuntington Bank Stadium
Oct. 13, 2012Week 7Northwestern 21, Minnesota 13Road49°FHuntington Bank Stadium
Nov. 17, 2012Week 12Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20Road49°FSpartan Stadium
Nov. 22, 2014Week 13Northwestern 38, Purdue 14Road49°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Sept. 30, 2006Week 5Northwestern 7, Penn State 33Road50°FBeaver Stadium
Nov. 30, 2013Week 14Northwestern 37, Illinois 34Road50°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Nov. 17, 2007Week 12Northwestern 22, Illinois 41Road51°FSingle readingMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Oct. 29, 2011Week 9Northwestern 59, Indiana 38Road51°FSingle readingMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Oct. 23, 2021Week 8Northwestern 7, Michigan 33Road51°FMichigan Stadium
Nov. 2, 2024Week 10Northwestern 26, Purdue 20Road51°FSingle readingRoss-Ade Stadium
Oct. 25, 2025Week 9Northwestern 21, Nebraska 28Road51°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Nov. 4, 2017Week 10Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24Road52°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Oct. 1, 2022Week 5Northwestern 7, Penn State 17Road52°FBeaver Stadium
Oct. 27, 2007Week 9Northwestern 17, Purdue 35Road53°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Oct. 3, 2009Week 5Northwestern 27, Purdue 21Road53°FRoss-Ade Stadium
Oct. 30, 2010Week 9Northwestern 20, Indiana 17Road54°FSingle readingMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Oct. 6, 2012Week 6Northwestern 28, Penn State 39Road54°FBeaver Stadium
Nov. 10, 2012Week 11Northwestern 31, Michigan 38Road55°FMichigan Stadium
Oct. 1, 2011Week 5Northwestern 35, Illinois 38Road56°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Oct. 24, 2015Week 8Northwestern 30, Nebraska 28Road56°FSingle readingMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Nov. 25, 2017Week 13Northwestern 42, Illinois 7Road56°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Dec. 31, 2018Bowl gameNorthwestern 31, Utah 20Neutral site56°FSingle readingQualcomm Stadium
Sept. 28, 2019Week 5Northwestern 15, Wisconsin 24Road56°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 2, 2013Week 10Northwestern 24, Nebraska 27Road58°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Oct. 20, 2018Week 8Northwestern 18, Rutgers 15Road58°FSHI Stadium
Oct. 7, 2006Week 6Northwestern 9, Wisconsin 41Road59°FCamp Randall Stadium
Nov. 5, 2011Week 10Northwestern 28, Nebraska 25Road60°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Sept. 30, 2017Week 5Northwestern 24, Wisconsin 33Road60°FSingle readingCamp Randall Stadium
Oct. 26, 2024Week 9Northwestern 14, Iowa 40Road60°FKinnick Stadium
Sept. 17, 2011Week 3Northwestern 14, Army 21Road61°FMichie Stadium
Sept. 22, 2006Week 4Northwestern 21, Nevada 31Road62°FMackay Stadium
Nov. 14, 2009Week 11Northwestern 21, Illinois 16Road62°FMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Oct. 1, 2016Week 5Northwestern 38, Iowa 31Road62°FKinnick Stadium
Oct. 15, 2011Week 7Northwestern 31, Iowa 41Road63°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Aug. 31, 2013Week 1Northwestern 44, California 30Road63°FCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Sept. 25, 2026Week 4Northwestern 23, Indiana 29Road63°FMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Oct. 29, 2022Week 9Northwestern 13, Iowa 33Road64°FKinnick Stadium
Oct. 11, 2024Week 7Northwestern 37, Maryland 10Road64°FSECU Stadium
Oct. 11, 2025Week 7Northwestern 22, Penn State 21Road64°FBeaver Stadium
Nov. 7, 2009Week 10Northwestern 17, Iowa 10Road65°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Jan. 1, 2010Bowl gameNorthwestern 35, Auburn 38Neutral site65°FRaymond James Stadium
Oct. 10, 2015Week 6Northwestern 0, Michigan 38Road65°FMichigan Stadium
Oct. 31, 2020Week 9Northwestern 21, Iowa 20Road65°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Oct. 2, 2021Week 5Northwestern 7, Nebraska 56Road65°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Sept. 27, 2014Week 5Northwestern 29, Penn State 6Road66°FSingle readingBeaver Stadium
Aug. 27, 2022Week 1 · neutral siteNebraska 28, Northwestern 31Neutral site66°FAviva Stadium
Oct. 5, 2019Week 6Northwestern 10, Nebraska 13Road67°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Nov. 7, 2025Week 11Northwestern 17, USC 38Road67°FLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Oct. 12, 2013Week 7Northwestern 6, Wisconsin 35Road68°FCamp Randall Stadium
Oct. 6, 2018Week 6Northwestern 29, Michigan State 19Road68°FSpartan Stadium
Oct. 15, 2016Week 7Northwestern 54, Michigan State 40Road69°FSpartan Stadium
Oct. 14, 2017Week 7Northwestern 37, Maryland 21Road69°FSECU Stadium
Oct. 22, 2022Week 8Northwestern 24, Maryland 31Road70°FSECU Stadium
Aug. 30, 2018Week 1Northwestern 31, Purdue 27Road71°FSingle readingRoss-Ade Stadium
Sept. 21, 2024Week 4Northwestern 5, Washington 24Road71°FHusky Stadium
Sept. 9, 2017Week 2Northwestern 17, Duke 41Road72°FWallace Wade Stadium
Sept. 27, 2008Week 5Northwestern 22, Iowa 17Road73°FSingle readingKinnick Stadium
Oct. 21, 2023Week 8Northwestern 9, Nebraska 17Road73°FMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
Sept. 4, 2010Week 1Northwestern 23, Vanderbilt 21Road74°FFirstBank Stadium
Aug. 31, 2006Week 1Northwestern 21, Miami (OH) 3Road75°FYager Stadium
Sept. 18, 2010Week 3Northwestern 30, Rice 13Road77°FRice Stadium
Oct. 29, 2016Week 9Northwestern 20, Ohio State 24Road77°FOhio Stadium
Jan. 1, 2016Bowl gameNorthwestern 6, Tennessee 45Neutral site78°FRaymond James Stadium
Sept. 3, 2011Week 1Northwestern 24, Boston College 17Road79°FAlumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Oct. 6, 2007Week 6Northwestern 48, Michigan State 41Road80°FSpartan Stadium
Sept. 22, 2007Week 4Northwestern 7, Ohio State 58Road82°FOhio Stadium
Sept. 19, 2015Week 3Northwestern 19, Duke 10Road83°FWallace Wade Stadium
Jan. 1, 2021Bowl gameAuburn 19, Northwestern 35Neutral site83°FCamping World Stadium
Sept. 6, 2008Week 2Northwestern 24, Duke 20Road84°FSingle readingWallace Wade Stadium
Sept. 3, 2023Week 1Northwestern 7, Rutgers 24Road84°FSHI Stadium
Sept. 16, 2023Week 3Northwestern 14, Duke 38Road84°FWallace Wade Stadium
Sept. 18, 2021Week 3Northwestern 23, Duke 30Road85°FWallace Wade Stadium

Northwestern has played seven games at dome and retractable-roof stadiums since 2006; they are in the full game list and not counted here.

Northwestern Kickoff Temperatures Since 2006: Three Questions

What was the coldest Northwestern home game since 2006?
Nov. 30, 2024: Illinois 38, Northwestern 28, at Wrigley Field, at 20°F.
What was the hottest Northwestern home game since 2006?
A tie at 87°F, in two games: UCLA 14, Northwestern 17 at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium on Sept. 27, 2025, and Louisiana–Monroe 7, Northwestern 42 at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium on Oct. 4, 2025.
What is the Northwestern home record at 32°F or colder since 2006?
2-2 in four games.

Kickoff temperatures come from NOAA airport weather records (GHCNh): the reading nearest kickoff, within an hour, at one fixed airport for each stadium. Game data provided by CollegeFootballData.com. Games at dome and retractable-roof stadiums are shown but left out of every record and list, whatever the roof position. A temperature with no second reading within 2°F to check it is marked “Single reading”, and a game whose stadium no official source confirms is marked and left out of the lists. Home records count every home game with a kickoff temperature, including games that cannot appear in the lists. When games tie at the end of a list, the line under it counts the rest.

Updated: October 25, 2026