| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 | at Iowa (7-6, 4-4) | L 23-31 | 6.53 | 5.21 | +1.32 | 80.53%
| -1 |
| Sep 13September 13 | at Hawai'i (4-9, 3-5) | L 24-27 | 4.10 | 4.34 | -0.23 | 44.03%
| -1 |
| Sep 20September 20 | vs Northern Colorado (3-8, 2-6) | W 46-7 | 6.86 | 3.83 | +3.03 | 96.96%
| -1 |
| Sep 27September 27 | vs Tennessee Tech (5-7, 4-4) | W 50-7 | 6.95 | 2.19 | +4.76 | 100.00%
| +3 |
| Oct 4October 4 | at Indiana State (8-6, 4-4) | L 19-20 | 4.38 | 5.13 | -0.75 | 31.56%
| +2 |
| Oct 11October 11 | at South Dakota (2-10, 0-8) | W 27-16 | 5.31 | 5.93 | -0.63 | 34.42%
| +2 |
| Oct 18October 18 | vs #16 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-4) | L 28-31 | 5.00 | 4.01 | +0.99 | 73.76%
| 0 |
| Oct 25October 25 | at Western Illinois (5-7, 3-5) | W 27-13 | 4.95 | 5.18 | -0.23 | 44.22%
| +2 |
| Nov 1November 1 | vs #6 Illinois State (13-2, 8-1) | W 42-28 | 3.46 | 4.09 | -0.64 | 34.20%
| +1 |
| Nov 8November 8 | vs #1 North Dakota State (15-1, 8-1) | W 23-3 | 4.86 | 3.30 | +1.56 | 84.59%
| 0 |
| Nov 15November 15 | at #22 Southern Illinois (6-6, 3-5) | W 40-21 | 4.73 | 3.77 | +0.97 | 73.33%
| +3 |
| Nov 22November 22 | vs Missouri State (4-8, 1-7) | W 38-24 | 7.00 | 5.16 | +1.84 | 88.76%
| 0 |
| Nov 29November 29 | vs Stephen F. Austin (8-5, 6-3) | W 44-10 | 7.19 | 3.10 | +4.09 | 98.38%
| +1 |
| Dec 6December 6 | at #7 Illinois State (13-2, 8-1) | L 21-41 | 4.39 | 7.52 | -3.13 | 2.91%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 9-5, 6-3 | 5.38 | 4.55 | +0.832 | 8.88-5.12 (+0.12) | +12 |