| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 28August 28 (Thu) | at Minnesota (6-3, 4-2) | L 10-23 | 3.43 | 5.61 | -2.18 | 7.44%
| 0 |
| Sep 6September 6 | vs St. Francis (PA) (0-8, 0-4) | W 45-6 | 5.92 | 2.47 | +3.45 | 97.30%
| -1 |
| Sep 13September 13 | at Kent State (3-5, 2-2) | W 31-28 | 6.77 | 5.49 | +1.27 | 79.59%
| -1 |
| Sep 20September 20 | vs Troy (6-3, 4-1) | L 17-21 | 4.48 | 4.40 | +0.09 | 52.17%
| +2 |
| Sep 27September 27 | vs UConn (6-3) | L 17-20 | 4.63 | 5.16 | -0.53 | 36.78%
| 0 |
| Oct 4October 4 | vs Eastern Michigan (2-7, 1-4) | W 31-30 | 5.53 | 4.65 | +0.88 | 71.45%
| -1 |
| Oct 18October 18 | at Massachusetts (0-8, 0-4) | W 28-21 | 5.59 | 5.28 | +0.31 | 57.88%
| -1 |
| Oct 25October 25 | vs Akron (3-6, 2-3) | L 16-24 | 5.10 | 4.45 | +0.65 | 66.07%
| -2 |
| Nov 1November 1 | at Bowling Green (3-6, 1-4) | W 28-3 | 5.53 | 3.00 | +2.53 | 95.21%
| +1 |
| Nov 12November 12 (Wed) | at Central Michigan (5-4, 3-2) | 7:00 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 19November 19 (Wed) | vs Miami (OH) (5-3, 4-0) | 7:00 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 28November 28 (Fri) | vs Ohio (5-3, 3-1) | | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-4, 4-1 | 5.32 | 4.56 | +0.759 | 5.64-3.36 (-0.64) | -3 |