| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 3September 3 | at Purdue (3-9, 1-8) | L 24-45 | 4.90 | 6.17 | -1.27 | 20.47%
| -3 |
| Sep 8September 8 (Thu) | vs Pikeville (0-1) | W 55-14 | 5.38 | 3.67 | +1.70 | 86.86%
| +4 |
| Sep 17September 17 | at Ball State (4-8, 1-7) | L 14-41 | 4.59 | 4.63 | -0.05 | 48.78%
| -1 |
| Oct 1October 1 | at Tennessee Tech (5-6, 5-3) | L 30-33 | | | | | |
| Oct 8October 8 | vs Southeast Missouri State (3-8, 3-5) | W 31-16 | 5.92 | 5.85 | +0.07 | 51.77%
| 0 |
| Oct 15October 15 | at Tennessee State (7-4, 4-3) | L 28-35 | 6.87 | 5.95 | +0.92 | 72.24%
| -4 |
| Oct 22October 22 | vs #2 Jacksonville State (10-2, 7-0) | L 7-24 | 3.94 | 4.56 | -0.62 | 34.58%
| -3 |
| Oct 29October 29 | at UT Martin (7-5, 6-2) | L 3-33 | 3.82 | 6.53 | -2.71 | 3.92%
| +2 |
| Nov 5November 5 | vs Murray State (4-7, 4-4) | L 28-41 | 5.21 | 5.77 | -0.56 | 35.93%
| -3 |
| Nov 12November 12 | at Austin Peay (0-11, 0-8) | W 67-30 | 6.90 | 4.68 | +2.22 | 92.96%
| +3 |
| Nov 19November 19 | vs Eastern Illinois (6-5, 4-4) | L 0-24 | 2.92 | 5.90 | -2.98 | 3.13%
| -3 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 3-8, 2-6 | 5.20 | 5.34 | -0.135 | 4.51-5.49 (-1.51) | -8 |