| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 1September 1 (Thu) | vs Penn State (11-2, 7-2) | L 31-35 | 5.26 | 5.56 | -0.30 | 42.33%
| 0 |
| Sep 10September 10 | vs Indiana State (2-9, 1-7) | W 56-0 | 6.95 | 2.59 | +4.36 | 100.00%
| +2 |
| Sep 17September 17 | at Syracuse (7-6, 4-4) | L 29-32 | 6.30 | 4.71 | +1.59 | 85.13%
| -1 |
| Sep 24September 24 | vs Florida Atlantic (5-7, 4-4) | W 28-26 | 5.28 | 5.74 | -0.46 | 38.52%
| 0 |
| Oct 1October 1 | at #21 Minnesota (9-4, 5-4) | W 20-10 | 5.36 | 5.15 | +0.21 | 55.20%
| 0 |
| Oct 8October 8 | at Maryland (8-5, 4-5) | W 31-29 | 4.97 | 6.14 | -1.17 | 22.43%
| -2 |
| Oct 15October 15 | vs Nebraska (4-8, 3-6) | W 43-37 | 6.02 | 9.15 | -3.13 | 2.90%
| +1 |
| Oct 22October 22 | at Wisconsin (7-6, 4-5) | L 24-35 | 5.46 | 7.62 | -2.16 | 7.55%
| -2 |
| Nov 5November 5 | vs Iowa (8-5, 5-4) | L 3-24 | 3.45 | 6.48 | -3.04 | 3.03%
| -2 |
| Nov 12November 12 | at #21 Illinois (8-5, 5-4) | W 31-24 | 5.19 | 4.66 | +0.53 | 63.25%
| 0 |
| Nov 19November 19 | vs Northwestern (1-11, 1-8) | W 17-9 | 4.46 | 3.69 | +0.77 | 68.93%
| +3 |
| Nov 26November 26 | at Indiana (4-8, 2-7) | W 30-16 | 7.61 | 4.84 | +2.77 | 96.31%
| +1 |
| Dec 3December 3 | at #2 Michigan (13-1, 10-0) * | L 22-43 | 5.43 | 7.02 | -1.59 | 14.87%
| -1 |
| Jan 2January 2 (Mon) | vs LSU (10-4, 6-3) * | L 7-63 | 3.33 | 8.49 | -5.16 | 0.00%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-6, 6-4 | 5.33 | 5.77 | -0.439 | 6.00-8.00 (+2.00) | -3 |