| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at Iowa State (3-9, 2-7) | W 28-20 | 7.37 | 5.40 | +1.98 | 90.44%
| -2 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Drake (6-5, 5-3) | W 45-14 | 6.26 | 2.61 | +3.65 | 97.39%
| +1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | at Northern Colorado (1-11, 0-8) | W 26-7 | 5.83 | 5.46 | +0.36 | 59.18%
| +2 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs #9 McNeese (10-3, 6-1) | W 41-6 | 7.17 | 4.44 | +2.72 | 96.14%
| +3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at #1 North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 23-24 | 4.93 | 4.54 | +0.39 | 59.79%
| +1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | vs Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | L 17-24 | 4.70 | 5.57 | -0.87 | 28.82%
| +1 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs South Dakota (4-8, 3-5) | L 31-38 | 5.27 | 5.93 | -0.66 | 33.52%
| -2 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at #25 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-3) | L 34-37 | 5.26 | 4.99 | +0.28 | 56.98%
| 0 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Illinois State (5-6, 4-4) | L 3-13 | 2.97 | 2.91 | +0.06 | 51.51%
| -3 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs #9 Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3) | W 22-20 | 5.21 | 5.33 | -0.13 | 46.73%
| 0 |
| Nov 16November 16 | at Missouri State (5-7, 5-3) | W 17-10 | 4.20 | 4.32 | -0.12 | 46.89%
| +3 |
| Nov 23November 23 | vs Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 28-13 | 4.57 | 3.97 | +0.61 | 65.10%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-5, 3-5 | 5.29 | 4.64 | +0.648 | 7.32-4.68 (-0.32) | +5 |