| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 3September 3 (Thu) | vs Oklahoma State (10-3, 7-2) | L 13-24 | 4.90 | 6.25 | -1.35 | 18.90%
| -1 |
| Sep 12September 12 | vs Monmouth (5-6, 3-3) | W 31-10 | 5.89 | 2.83 | +3.06 | 97.01%
| 0 |
| Sep 19September 19 | at Syracuse (4-8, 2-6) | L 27-30 | 5.71 | 6.94 | -1.22 | 21.40%
| -1 |
| Sep 26September 26 | at #2 Michigan State (12-2, 8-1) | L 10-30 | 5.23 | 5.89 | -0.66 | 33.60%
| -1 |
| Oct 3October 3 | vs Northern Illinois (8-6, 6-3) | W 29-19 | 4.02 | 3.55 | +0.46 | 61.65%
| +3 |
| Oct 10October 10 | at Western Michigan (8-5, 6-2) | L 39-41 | 7.65 | 7.57 | +0.08 | 52.00%
| -1 |
| Oct 17October 17 | vs Buffalo (5-7, 3-5) | W 51-14 | 6.25 | 4.14 | +2.11 | 91.93%
| +3 |
| Oct 24October 24 | at Ball State (3-9, 2-6) | W 23-21 | 6.20 | 4.33 | +1.87 | 89.10%
| -1 |
| Oct 31October 31 | at Akron (8-5, 5-3) | W 14-6 | 4.34 | 4.54 | -0.20 | 44.99%
| 0 |
| Nov 10November 10 (Tue) | vs Toledo (10-2, 6-2) | L 23-28 | 5.59 | 6.55 | -0.97 | 26.69%
| -1 |
| Nov 18November 18 (Wed) | at Kent State (3-9, 2-6) | W 27-14 | 5.67 | 4.79 | +0.87 | 71.27%
| +2 |
| Nov 27November 27 (Fri) | vs Eastern Michigan (1-11, 0-8) | W 35-28 | 7.77 | 4.71 | +3.07 | 97.03%
| 0 |
| Dec 28December 28 (Mon) | at Minnesota (6-7, 2-6) * | L 14-21 | 4.29 | 5.52 | -1.23 | 21.26%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-6, 6-2 | 5.70 | 5.14 | +0.560 | 7.27-5.73 (-0.27) | +2 |