| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 1September 1 (Thu) | at Cincinnati (4-8, 1-7) | L 7-28 | 4.31 | 5.88 | -1.58 | 15.09%
| 0 |
| Sep 10September 10 | at Hawai'i (7-7, 4-4) | L 36-41 | 6.06 | 6.63 | -0.57 | 35.66%
| -1 |
| Sep 17September 17 | vs Bacone College (0-1) | W 84-6 | 8.26 | 3.07 | +5.19 | 100.00%
| +2 |
| Sep 24September 24 | vs Tennessee Tech (5-6, 5-3) | W 44-23 | 5.72 | 5.48 | +0.24 | 56.07%
| 0 |
| Oct 1October 1 | at Tennessee State (7-4, 4-3) | L 30-34 | 5.61 | 5.97 | -0.36 | 40.87%
| -5 |
| Oct 8October 8 | vs Austin Peay (0-11, 0-8) | W 45-31 | 7.89 | 5.38 | +2.51 | 95.11%
| 0 |
| Oct 15October 15 | at Murray State (4-7, 4-4) | W 38-31 | 5.58 | 5.20 | +0.38 | 59.51%
| 0 |
| Oct 22October 22 | at Georgia State (3-9, 2-6) | L 6-31 | 4.51 | 5.18 | -0.67 | 33.26%
| -2 |
| Oct 29October 29 | vs Eastern Kentucky (3-8, 2-6) | W 33-3 | 6.53 | 3.82 | +2.71 | 96.08%
| -2 |
| Nov 5November 5 | at #24 Eastern Illinois (6-5, 4-4) | W 33-17 | 3.83 | 4.43 | -0.60 | 35.04%
| +5 |
| Nov 12November 12 | vs Southeast Missouri State (3-8, 3-5) | W 24-10 | 5.49 | 4.60 | +0.89 | 71.59%
| +2 |
| Nov 19November 19 | at #2 Jacksonville State (10-2, 7-0) | L 7-33 | 4.03 | 5.10 | -1.07 | 24.36%
| -2 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-5, 6-2 | 5.56 | 5.08 | +0.475 | 6.63-5.37 (+0.37) | -3 |