| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 1September 1 (Fri) | at Kansas (9-4, 5-4) | L 17-48 | 4.52 | 7.89 | -3.37 | 2.74%
| -1 |
| Sep 9September 9 | at UT Martin (8-3, 5-1) | L 31-38 | 6.11 | 6.92 | -0.81 | 30.09%
| -2 |
| Sep 23September 23 | vs Utah Tech (2-9, 1-5) | W 59-14 | 10.84 | 4.35 | +6.49 | 100.00%
| +2 |
| Sep 30September 30 | at #10 Southern Illinois (8-5, 4-4) | L 20-33 | 5.25 | 6.57 | -1.31 | 19.63%
| -1 |
| Oct 7October 7 | vs #8 North Dakota State (11-4, 6-3) | L 10-38 | 5.48 | 8.34 | -2.86 | 3.41%
| -4 |
| Oct 14October 14 | at Western Illinois (0-11, 0-8) | W 48-7 | 7.64 | 4.25 | +3.38 | 97.28%
| +4 |
| Oct 21October 21 | vs Murray State (2-9, 1-7) | W 28-24 | 5.74 | 4.51 | +1.22 | 78.59%
| -1 |
| Oct 28October 28 | at Youngstown State (8-5, 5-3) | L 28-44 | 6.51 | 7.89 | -1.39 | 18.31%
| -1 |
| Nov 4November 4 | vs Illinois State (6-5, 4-4) | L 35-36 | 6.11 | 5.64 | +0.46 | 61.66%
| -2 |
| Nov 11November 11 | vs #20 Northern Iowa (6-5, 5-3) | W 35-16 | 6.62 | 4.75 | +1.87 | 89.13%
| 0 |
| Nov 18November 18 | at #1 South Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 17-35 | 5.47 | 12.91 | -7.44 | 0.00%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 4-7, 3-5 | 6.48 | 6.19 | +0.286 | 5.01-5.99 (-1.01) | -6 |