| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | at Ball State (10-3, 7-1) | L 28-51 | 5.48 | 5.83 | -0.36 | 40.98%
| -1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | at #9 Eastern Illinois (12-2, 8-0) | L 24-57 | 6.03 | 8.21 | -2.18 | 7.40%
| -3 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs Abilene Christian (6-5) | W 31-17 | 5.23 | 4.97 | +0.26 | 56.64%
| +1 |
| Sep 28September 28 | at Missouri State (5-7, 5-3) | L 10-37 | 3.51 | 5.07 | -1.56 | 15.36%
| -3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 35-21 | 5.37 | 3.98 | +1.39 | 81.74%
| 0 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at #18 Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3) | L 21-59 | 6.02 | 9.81 | -3.80 | 2.46%
| -2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Indiana State (1-11, 0-8) | W 55-14 | 7.92 | 2.72 | +5.20 | 100.00%
| +2 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs South Dakota (4-8, 3-5) | W 28-14 | 4.33 | 4.59 | -0.26 | 43.41%
| 0 |
| Nov 2November 2 | vs Northern Iowa (7-5, 3-5) | W 13-3 | 2.91 | 2.97 | -0.06 | 48.45%
| +3 |
| Nov 9November 9 | at #1 North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 10-28 | 3.32 | 6.68 | -3.36 | 2.75%
| +1 |
| Nov 16November 16 | at Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | L 17-24 | 4.32 | 4.42 | -0.09 | 47.59%
| -1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-6, 4-4 | 4.96 | 5.41 | -0.458 | 4.47-6.53 (+0.53) | -3 |