| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 2September 2 (Thu) | at Iowa State (5-7, 3-5) | L 10-27 | 3.95 | 5.58 | -1.62 | 14.37%
| 0 |
| Sep 11September 11 | vs North Dakota (3-8, 0-4) | W 23-17 | 6.99 | 5.58 | +1.41 | 82.01%
| +1 |
| Sep 18September 18 | at Illinois (7-6, 4-4) | L 22-28 | 6.88 | 6.05 | +0.84 | 70.41%
| -1 |
| Sep 25September 25 | at Minnesota (3-9, 2-7) | W 34-23 | 8.40 | 6.03 | +2.37 | 94.21%
| 0 |
| Oct 2October 2 | at Akron (1-11, 1-7) | W 50-14 | 7.64 | 5.04 | +2.60 | 95.59%
| +1 |
| Oct 9October 9 | vs Temple (8-4, 5-3) | W 31-17 | 5.61 | 5.35 | +0.26 | 56.60%
| 0 |
| Oct 16October 16 | vs Buffalo (2-10, 1-7) | W 45-14 | 5.87 | 4.24 | +1.63 | 85.76%
| 0 |
| Oct 23October 23 | vs Central Michigan (3-9, 2-6) | W 33-7 | 5.63 | 5.33 | +0.29 | 57.40%
| +5 |
| Oct 30October 30 | at Western Michigan (6-6, 5-3) | W 28-21 | 5.81 | 5.58 | +0.23 | 55.74%
| +1 |
| Nov 9November 9 (Tue) | vs Toledo (8-5, 7-1) | W 65-30 | 8.46 | 6.25 | +2.21 | 92.84%
| +1 |
| Nov 20November 20 | at Ball State (4-8, 3-5) | W 59-21 | 6.91 | 5.16 | +1.74 | 87.42%
| +1 |
| Nov 26November 26 (Fri) | at Eastern Michigan (2-10, 2-6) | W 71-3 | 13.18 | 2.67 | +10.51 | 100.00%
| +2 |
| Dec 3December 3 (Fri) | at Miami (OH) (10-4, 8-1) * | L 21-26 | 6.57 | 6.40 | +0.17 | 54.32%
| -1 |
| Dec 18December 18 | at Fresno State (8-5, 5-3) * | W 40-17 | 9.15 | 5.41 | +3.73 | 97.47%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 11-3, 8-1 | 7.01 | 5.37 | +1.643 | 10.44-3.56 (+0.56) | +11 |