| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 (Thu) | vs Northwestern (9-5, 8-2) | L 27-31 | 6.65 | 5.08 | +1.57 | 84.83%
| -3 |
| Sep 8September 8 | vs Eastern Michigan (7-6, 5-3) | L 19-20 | 7.21 | 6.40 | +0.81 | 69.89%
| -1 |
| Sep 15September 15 | vs Missouri (8-5, 4-4) | L 37-40 | 8.65 | 6.83 | +1.82 | 88.44%
| 0 |
| Sep 22September 22 | vs #23 Boston College (7-5, 4-4) | W 30-13 | 5.39 | 3.64 | +1.76 | 87.61%
| +2 |
| Sep 29September 29 | at Nebraska (4-8, 3-6) | W 42-28 | 6.53 | 7.19 | -0.65 | 33.76%
| +1 |
| Oct 13October 13 | at Illinois (4-8, 2-7) | W 46-7 | 7.73 | 4.17 | +3.57 | 97.34%
| 0 |
| Oct 20October 20 | vs #2 Ohio State (13-1, 9-1) | W 49-20 | 7.49 | 5.61 | +1.88 | 89.24%
| +1 |
| Oct 27October 27 | at Michigan State (7-6, 5-4) | L 13-23 | 5.47 | 4.95 | +0.51 | 62.86%
| -2 |
| Nov 3November 3 | vs #16 Iowa (9-4, 5-4) | W 38-36 | 6.89 | 5.70 | +1.19 | 78.01%
| -2 |
| Nov 10November 10 | at Minnesota (7-6, 3-6) | L 10-41 | 3.76 | 6.80 | -3.05 | 3.02%
| 0 |
| Nov 17November 17 | vs Wisconsin (8-5, 5-4) | L 44-47 | 5.85 | 7.88 | -2.03 | 8.91%
| 0 |
| Nov 24November 24 | at Indiana (5-7, 2-7) | W 28-21 | 6.38 | 6.01 | +0.36 | 59.18%
| 0 |
| Dec 28December 28 (Fri) | at Auburn (8-5, 3-5) * | L 14-63 | 4.05 | 7.81 | -3.77 | 2.50%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 6-7, 5-4 | 6.36 | 6.04 | +0.320 | 7.66-5.34 (-1.66) | -6 |