| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 2September 2 | at Iowa State (7-6, 6-3) | L 9-30 | 3.88 | 5.56 | -1.68 | 13.47%
| -2 |
| Sep 9September 9 | vs #9 Weber State (6-5, 4-4) | L 17-34 | 5.19 | 5.91 | -0.72 | 32.18%
| -5 |
| Sep 16September 16 | at Idaho State (3-8, 3-5) | W 41-17 | 6.67 | 5.67 | +1.00 | 74.01%
| +2 |
| Sep 30September 30 | vs #19 Youngstown State (8-5, 5-3) | W 44-41 | 7.65 | 6.15 | +1.50 | 83.68%
| 0 |
| Oct 7October 7 | at Indiana State (1-10, 1-7) | W 27-20 | 6.00 | 5.02 | +0.99 | 73.72%
| +2 |
| Oct 14October 14 | at #1 South Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 6-41 | 5.08 | 7.42 | -2.34 | 6.03%
| -3 |
| Oct 21October 21 | vs #9 North Dakota (7-5, 5-3) | W 27-0 | 6.38 | 3.60 | +2.78 | 96.36%
| +2 |
| Oct 28October 28 | at Illinois State (6-5, 4-4) | W 24-21 | 5.48 | 5.27 | +0.21 | 55.39%
| 0 |
| Nov 4November 4 | vs Western Illinois (0-11, 0-8) | W 50-6 | 7.93 | 2.53 | +5.41 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Nov 11November 11 | at Missouri State (4-7, 3-5) | L 16-35 | 4.75 | 6.62 | -1.87 | 10.85%
| 0 |
| Nov 18November 18 | vs #9 North Dakota State (11-4, 6-3) | L 27-48 | 5.69 | 6.05 | -0.36 | 40.87%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 6-5, 5-3 | 5.86 | 5.47 | +0.383 | 5.87-5.13 (+0.13) | -5 |