| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | at Minnesota (11-2, 7-2) | L 21-28 | 6.12 | 5.13 | +0.98 | 73.68%
| -1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Long Island University (0-10, 0-7) | W 38-3 | 6.23 | 2.37 | +3.87 | 97.66%
| +1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Drake (6-5, 6-2) | W 38-10 | 8.90 | 4.59 | +4.31 | 99.77%
| 0 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs Southern Utah (3-9, 2-5) | W 43-7 | 7.73 | 4.29 | +3.44 | 97.30%
| -1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | W 28-10 | 6.90 | 3.41 | +3.48 | 97.31%
| 0 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at #17 Youngstown State (6-6, 2-6) | W 38-28 | 6.41 | 5.72 | +0.69 | 66.99%
| +3 |
| Oct 19October 19 | at Indiana State (5-7, 3-5) | W 42-23 | 7.18 | 4.51 | +2.67 | 95.91%
| +3 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs #1 North Dakota State (16-0, 9-0) | L 16-23 | 5.50 | 6.68 | -1.18 | 22.26%
| -1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Missouri State (1-10, 1-7) | W 35-14 | 8.09 | 4.08 | +4.01 | 98.05%
| +1 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs #12 Illinois State (10-5, 5-4) | L 18-27 | 4.48 | 4.87 | -0.39 | 40.19%
| -3 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs #5 Northern Iowa (10-5, 7-2) | W 38-7 | 6.36 | 4.12 | +2.24 | 93.11%
| +4 |
| Nov 23November 23 | at South Dakota (5-7, 4-4) | L 21-24 | 7.01 | 5.06 | +1.96 | 90.25%
| -3 |
| Dec 7December 7 | vs Northern Iowa (10-5, 7-2) | L 10-13 | 4.40 | 3.72 | +0.68 | 66.86%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5, 5-4 | 6.61 | 4.53 | +2.080 | 10.39-2.61 (-2.39) | +1 |