| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | vs Northwestern State (6-6, 3-4) | L 17-23 | 4.59 | 5.00 | -0.41 | 39.61%
| +1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | at Iowa (8-5, 5-3) | L 14-28 | 3.72 | 5.78 | -2.06 | 8.61%
| -1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | at Murray State (6-6, 4-4) | L 38-41 | 5.84 | 6.62 | -0.78 | 30.82%
| 0 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs #13 Central Arkansas (7-5, 4-3) | L 13-17 | 4.07 | 4.57 | -0.50 | 37.52%
| 0 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Illinois State (5-6, 4-4) | W 37-10 | 5.07 | 3.51 | +1.56 | 84.62%
| +3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at South Dakota (4-8, 3-5) | L 14-17 | 3.05 | 4.04 | -0.99 | 26.11%
| -1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at #1 North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 26-41 | 5.00 | 6.52 | -1.52 | 15.97%
| -1 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs #15 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-3) | W 35-21 | 7.71 | 4.45 | +3.26 | 97.21%
| -1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 38-27 | 4.51 | 5.19 | -0.68 | 33.17%
| -1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | vs Indiana State (1-11, 0-8) | W 49-7 | 4.48 | 3.28 | +1.20 | 78.19%
| +2 |
| Nov 9November 9 | at Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | W 37-27 | 6.38 | 5.73 | +0.64 | 66.00%
| 0 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs Northern Iowa (7-5, 3-5) | L 10-17 | 4.32 | 4.20 | +0.12 | 53.07%
| -3 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-7, 5-3 | 4.97 | 4.90 | +0.075 | 5.71-6.29 (-0.71) | -2 |