| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 30August 30 | at Purdue (3-9, 1-7) | L 34-43 | 6.25 | 5.29 | +0.96 | 73.19%
| -1 |
| Sep 13September 13 | at Idaho (1-10, 1-7) | W 45-33 | 8.20 | 5.84 | +2.37 | 94.16%
| +2 |
| Sep 20September 20 | vs Murray State (3-9, 1-7) | W 45-14 | 7.29 | 5.17 | +2.12 | 92.00%
| -1 |
| Sep 27September 27 | at Virginia Tech (7-6, 3-5) | L 17-35 | 4.05 | 6.15 | -2.10 | 8.20%
| 0 |
| Oct 4October 4 | vs Toledo (9-4, 7-1) | L 19-20 | 6.43 | 7.08 | -0.65 | 33.85%
| +3 |
| Oct 11October 11 | at Ball State (5-7, 4-4) | W 42-38 | 8.44 | 5.68 | +2.77 | 96.30%
| -2 |
| Oct 18October 18 | at Bowling Green (8-6, 5-4) | W 26-14 | 4.88 | 4.28 | +0.60 | 64.86%
| +2 |
| Oct 25October 25 | vs Ohio (6-6, 4-4) | W 42-21 | 7.57 | 5.17 | +2.40 | 94.42%
| -1 |
| Nov 1November 1 | at Miami (OH) (2-10, 2-6) | W 41-10 | 7.13 | 4.07 | +3.06 | 97.01%
| +1 |
| Nov 15November 15 | vs Eastern Michigan (2-10, 1-7) | W 51-7 | 8.02 | 6.27 | +1.74 | 87.45%
| +3 |
| Nov 22November 22 | at Central Michigan (7-6, 5-3) | W 32-20 | 6.24 | 4.75 | +1.50 | 83.56%
| +1 |
| Nov 28November 28 (Fri) | vs Northern Illinois (11-3, 8-1) | L 21-31 | 4.57 | 6.57 | -2.01 | 9.18%
| -4 |
| Dec 20December 20 | at Air Force (10-3, 5-3) * | L 24-38 | 5.88 | 4.88 | +1.00 | 73.96%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5, 6-2 | 6.51 | 5.47 | +1.035 | 9.08-3.92 (-1.08) | +3 |