Sport | Football |
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First meeting | October 6, 1973 Nicholls State 3, Northwestern State 0 |
Latest meeting | October 29, 2016 Nicholls State 31, Northwestern State 14 |
Next meeting | 2017 |
Trophy | NSU Trophy |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 44 |
All-time series | Northwestern State leads, 28–16 |
Largest victory | Nicholls State, 58–0 (2007) |
Longest win streak | Northwestern State, 9 (1980–1988) |
Current win streak | Nicholls State, 1 (2016) |
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. Both universities are members of the Southland Conference. The NSU Trophy, which is a wooden trophy enscripted with NSU goes to the winning team.
The first game in the Nicholls State–Northwestern State series was played in 1973.