| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at Northwestern (4-6, 2-5) * | L 6-13 | 4.38 | 5.38 | -1.00 | 25.94%
| 0 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Cincinnati (5-5, 3-4) | L 16-27 | 6.48 | 5.90 | +0.58 | 64.39%
| 0 |
| Sep 21September 21 | at #17 Notre Dame (9-1) | L 3-28 | 3.58 | 6.69 | -3.11 | 2.93%
| 0 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Massachusetts (2-8) | W 23-20 | 5.72 | 5.46 | +0.26 | 56.59%
| -1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at Toledo (7-4, 4-3) | L 20-30 | 5.07 | 5.21 | -0.14 | 46.47%
| +1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at Eastern Michigan (5-6, 2-5) | W 38-14 | 9.57 | 4.13 | +5.43 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Ohio (8-3, 6-1) | W 30-20 | 6.60 | 3.83 | +2.77 | 96.32%
| +2 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs Central Michigan (4-7, 2-5) | W 46-7 | 8.22 | 3.17 | +5.05 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Nov 5November 5 (Tue) | at Ball State (3-7, 2-4) | W 27-21 | 5.37 | 5.61 | -0.24 | 43.92%
| +1 |
| Nov 13November 13 (Wed) | vs Kent State (0-11, 0-7) | W 34-7 | 7.85 | 3.00 | +4.85 | 100.00%
| 0 |
| Nov 19November 19 (Tue) | vs Northern Illinois (6-5, 3-4) | W 20-9 | 6.23 | 3.23 | +3.00 | 96.92%
| +1 |
| Nov 29November 29 (Fri) | at Bowling Green (6-4, 5-1) | | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-4, 6-1 | 6.16 | 4.68 | +1.488 | 7.33-3.67 (-0.33) | +6 |