| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | October 6, 1973 Nicholls State 3, Northwestern State 0 |
| Latest meeting | October 9, 2024 Nicholls 20, Northwestern State 0 |
| Next meeting | 2025 |
| Trophy | NSU Trophy |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 51 |
| All-time series | Northwestern State leads, 29–22 |
| Largest victory | Nicholls State, 58–0 (2007) |
| Longest win streak | Northwestern State, 9 (1980–1988) |
| Current win streak | Nicholls, 1 (2024–present) |
The NSU Challenge is an American college football rivalry game[1] played annually between the Nicholls Colonels football team representing Nicholls State University and Northwestern State Demons football team representing Northwestern State University.[2] Both universities are members of the Southland Conference. The NSU Trophy, which is a wooden trophy enscripted with NSU goes to the winning team.[3][4] Although Nicholls has changed their athletic brand name from Nicholls State to Nicholls in 2018, thus not going by NSU anymore in athletics, the rivalry is still called the NSU Challenge.
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- ^ "Nicholls prepares to face SLC rival Northwestern State". houmatoday.com. October 27, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "Demons hoping to get back in the groove for Homecoming". nsudemons.com. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ^ "Demons handled the elements to put away Colonels". desmoinesregister.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.