| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 28August 28 (Thu) | vs Valparaiso (4-8, 2-6) | W 45-6 | 8.85 | 3.90 | +4.95 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Sep 6September 6 | at #18 Wisconsin (11-3, 7-2) | L 3-37 | 3.18 | 6.71 | -3.53 | 2.68%
| -1 |
| Sep 13September 13 | vs Drake (7-4, 6-2) | W 38-13 | 6.82 | 3.53 | +3.29 | 97.23%
| -2 |
| Sep 20September 20 | at Northwestern (5-7, 3-5) | L 7-24 | 4.37 | 4.29 | +0.08 | 52.12%
| -2 |
| Sep 27September 27 | at #16 Southern Illinois (6-6, 3-5) | L 17-34 | 4.05 | 5.57 | -1.53 | 15.89%
| 0 |
| Oct 4October 4 | vs #1 North Dakota State (15-1, 8-1) | L 10-17 | 5.10 | 5.70 | -0.61 | 34.82%
| +1 |
| Oct 11October 11 | at #10 Youngstown State (7-5, 4-4) | W 30-24 | 6.69 | 5.83 | +0.86 | 70.98%
| 0 |
| Oct 18October 18 | vs #9 Illinois State (13-2, 8-1) | L 34-37 | 6.41 | 7.34 | -0.93 | 27.43%
| +1 |
| Oct 25October 25 | vs #23 Northern Iowa (9-5, 6-3) | L 13-27 | 5.18 | 4.95 | +0.23 | 55.74%
| -2 |
| Nov 8November 8 | at South Dakota (2-10, 0-8) | W 44-29 | 7.26 | 5.93 | +1.33 | 80.70%
| +1 |
| Nov 15November 15 | at #19 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-4) | L 24-59 | 6.00 | 7.60 | -1.60 | 14.75%
| -3 |
| Nov 22November 22 | vs #18 Indiana State (8-6, 4-4) | W 34-20 | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-7, 3-5 | 5.79 | 5.51 | +0.289 | 5.52-5.48 (-0.52) | -6 |