| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at Iowa State (11-3, 7-3) | L 3-21 | 4.10 | 7.35 | -3.26 | 2.80%
| -1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs #4 Montana (9-5, 5-3) | W 27-24 | 4.66 | 5.17 | -0.51 | 37.15%
| -1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Idaho State (5-7, 3-5) | W 52-28 | 5.82 | 5.42 | +0.39 | 59.89%
| +3 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs San Diego (8-3, 6-2) | W 41-24 | 7.22 | 4.61 | +2.61 | 95.66%
| +1 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Murray State (1-11, 0-8) | W 72-35 | 9.42 | 5.39 | +4.04 | 98.15%
| +3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at #2 North Dakota State (14-2, 8-1) | L 17-41 | 4.94 | 6.22 | -1.27 | 20.41%
| -2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Northern Iowa (3-9, 1-7) | W 31-7 | 5.15 | 4.86 | +0.28 | 57.14%
| +1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Youngstown State (4-8, 3-5) | L 40-41 | 5.31 | 6.55 | -1.23 | 21.14%
| +2 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Indiana State (4-8, 3-5) | L 31-35 | 5.39 | 6.72 | -1.33 | 19.29%
| -1 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs #3 South Dakota State (12-3, 7-2) | L 7-38 | 4.43 | 7.25 | -2.83 | 3.51%
| -2 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs #5 South Dakota (11-3, 7-1) | L 36-42 | 5.13 | 8.39 | -3.27 | 2.79%
| +1 |
| Nov 23November 23 | at #13 Illinois State (10-4, 6-2) | L 13-35 | 4.67 | 4.83 | -0.16 | 45.90%
| -1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-7, 2-6 | 5.51 | 5.99 | -0.487 | 4.64-7.36 (+0.36) | +3 |