| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 3September 3 (Fri) | at Kansas (2-10, 1-8) | L 14-17 | 4.18 | 3.66 | +0.52 | 62.95%
| 0 |
| Sep 11September 11 | vs Northern Arizona (5-6, 4-4) | W 34-7 | 5.76 | 4.80 | +0.96 | 73.24%
| +2 |
| Sep 18September 18 | at Cal Poly (2-9, 1-7) | W 48-14 | 6.83 | 4.96 | +1.87 | 89.20%
| 0 |
| Sep 25September 25 | at #18 Missouri State (8-4, 6-2) | L 23-31 | 5.82 | 5.85 | -0.03 | 49.20%
| +1 |
| Oct 2October 2 | vs Indiana State (5-6, 3-5) | W 38-10 | 5.71 | 3.94 | +1.77 | 87.80%
| +2 |
| Oct 9October 9 | vs #15 North Dakota (5-6, 3-5) | W 20-13 | 5.33 | 4.61 | +0.73 | 67.91%
| 0 |
| Oct 16October 16 | at #17 Northern Iowa (6-6, 4-4) | W 34-21 | 4.36 | 6.66 | -2.30 | 6.36%
| +2 |
| Oct 23October 23 | vs Illinois State (4-7, 2-6) | L 14-20 | | | | | |
| Nov 6November 6 | at Western Illinois (2-9, 2-6) | W 42-21 | 7.15 | 5.69 | +1.46 | 83.00%
| +1 |
| Nov 13November 13 | vs #7 South Dakota State (11-4, 5-3) | W 23-20 | 6.39 | 5.52 | +0.87 | 71.19%
| +1 |
| Nov 20November 20 | at #4 North Dakota State (14-1, 8-1) | L 24-52 | 5.43 | 7.46 | -2.03 | 8.92%
| -1 |
| Nov 27November 27 | vs #23 Southern Illinois (8-5, 6-4) | L 10-22 | 5.51 | 5.09 | +0.42 | 60.56%
| -4 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-5, 5-4 | 5.72 | 5.34 | +0.377 | 6.60-4.40 (+0.40) | +4 |