| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | at Illinois (7-3, 4-3) | L 0-45 | 3.63 | 6.85 | -3.22 | 2.83%
| -4 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Indiana State (4-7, 3-4) | W 27-20 | 5.71 | 4.84 | +0.87 | 71.17%
| +3 |
| Sep 14September 14 | at Northwestern (4-6, 2-5) * | L 7-31 | 4.06 | 6.72 | -2.66 | 4.14%
| -1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | at #15 Illinois State (8-3, 5-2) | L 7-31 | 3.92 | 6.48 | -2.56 | 4.64%
| -1 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Lindenwood (5-6, 4-3) | L 25-28 | 5.80 | 7.68 | -1.88 | 10.71%
| +1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs #13 Southeast Missouri State (9-2, 6-1) | L 27-38 | 6.11 | 5.82 | +0.29 | 57.30%
| +1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at Tennessee State (8-3, 5-2) | L 17-41 | 5.37 | 5.92 | -0.55 | 36.29%
| -1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at UT Martin (7-4, 5-2) | L 17-52 | 5.28 | 8.68 | -3.40 | 2.73%
| -3 |
| Nov 2November 2 | vs Western Illinois (3-8, 2-5) | W 45-38 | 8.75 | 5.56 | +3.19 | 97.16%
| -1 |
| Nov 9November 9 | at Gardner-Webb (4-7, 3-4) | L 28-31 | 7.15 | 6.73 | +0.43 | 60.78%
| -1 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs Charleston Southern (1-10, 0-8) | W 16-13 | 3.49 | 3.56 | -0.07 | 48.11%
| -3 |
| Nov 23November 23 | at Tennessee Tech (6-5, 5-2) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 3-8, 2-5 | 5.45 | 6.22 | -0.779 | 3.96-7.04 (-0.96) | -10 |