| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | vs Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | W 44-26 | 7.15 | 5.69 | +1.46 | 82.92%
| 0 |
| Sep 7September 7 | at #19 Montana State (11-4, 6-1) | L 17-38 | 3.71 | 6.33 | -2.62 | 4.31%
| 0 |
| Sep 14September 14 | at Missouri (6-6, 3-5) | L 0-50 | 1.47 | 7.71 | -6.24 | 0.00%
| 0 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs West Virginia State (0-1) | W 56-10 | 9.99 | 4.06 | +5.93 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs Tennessee Tech (6-6, 3-5) | W 43-37 | 5.38 | 4.53 | +0.86 | 70.89%
| 0 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at Austin Peay (11-4, 7-1) | L 24-28 | 5.75 | 5.75 | +0.00 | 50.07%
| -2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | at #14 Jacksonville State (6-6, 3-5) | W 24-21 | 4.31 | 5.41 | -1.11 | 23.71%
| +4 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs UT Martin (7-5, 6-2) | W 17-10 | 4.78 | 4.86 | -0.07 | 48.11%
| +3 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Tennessee State (3-9, 2-6) | W 32-13 | 7.09 | 5.56 | +1.53 | 84.14%
| +2 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs Eastern Kentucky (7-5, 5-3) | W 38-31 | 6.85 | 4.67 | +2.19 | 92.65%
| -3 |
| Nov 16November 16 | at Eastern Illinois (1-11, 1-7) | W 26-12 | 4.37 | 3.84 | +0.53 | 63.33%
| 0 |
| Nov 23November 23 | vs Murray State (4-8, 2-6) | W 31-24 | 4.71 | 5.56 | -0.84 | 29.42%
| 0 |
| Nov 30November 30 | vs #14 Illinois State (10-5, 5-4) | L 6-24 | 5.71 | 5.94 | -0.23 | 44.14%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 9-4, 7-1 | 5.52 | 5.34 | +0.174 | 6.94-6.06 (+2.06) | +3 |