| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 (Fri) | vs Western Michigan (1-11, 1-7) | W 26-13 | 3.76 | 2.72 | +1.04 | 74.87%
| +3 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs South Florida (2-10, 2-6) | W 21-6 | 4.27 | 2.54 | +1.73 | 87.28%
| 0 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs #24 Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3) | W 55-17 | 6.75 | 3.66 | +3.09 | 97.06%
| +1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | at #22 Notre Dame (9-4) | L 13-17 | 3.58 | 3.33 | +0.24 | 56.17%
| -1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at Iowa (8-5, 5-3) | W 26-14 | 5.09 | 4.26 | +0.83 | 70.25%
| +1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | vs Indiana (5-7, 3-5) | W 42-28 | 6.06 | 4.74 | +1.32 | 80.46%
| -1 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Purdue (1-11, 0-8) | W 14-0 | 4.39 | 3.83 | +0.56 | 63.91%
| +2 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Illinois (4-8, 1-7) | W 42-3 | 6.72 | 3.05 | +3.67 | 97.41%
| +1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | vs #21 Michigan (7-6, 3-5) | W 29-6 | 5.47 | 2.85 | +2.62 | 95.71%
| 0 |
| Nov 16November 16 | at Nebraska (9-4, 5-3) | W 41-28 | 4.51 | 6.13 | -1.61 | 14.51%
| +5 |
| Nov 23November 23 | at Northwestern (5-7, 1-7) | W 30-6 | 7.37 | 4.43 | +2.93 | 96.78%
| +3 |
| Nov 30November 30 | vs Minnesota (8-5, 4-4) | W 14-3 | 6.35 | 3.32 | +3.03 | 96.97%
| +1 |
| Dec 7December 7 | vs #2 Ohio State (12-2, 8-1) * | W 34-24 | 6.08 | 5.94 | +0.15 | 53.71%
| -1 |
| Jan 1January 1 (Wed) | vs Stanford (11-3, 8-2) * | W 24-20 | 5.59 | 5.65 | -0.06 | 48.54%
| -1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 13-1, 9-0 | 5.40 | 4.04 | +1.362 | 10.34-3.66 (+2.66) | +13 |