| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | vs Dayton (7-4, 5-3) | W 28-10 | 6.88 | 3.70 | +3.18 | 97.15%
| -2 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Morehead State (3-9, 3-5) | W 67-13 | 9.70 | 4.62 | +5.08 | 100.00%
| +1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | at Michigan State (13-1, 9-0) | L 17-55 | 3.66 | 6.75 | -3.09 | 2.95%
| -1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs Duquesne (7-4, 4-2) | W 59-17 | 7.16 | 6.12 | +1.04 | 74.83%
| +4 |
| Sep 28September 28 | at Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3) | W 28-27 | 5.34 | 6.28 | -0.94 | 27.33%
| 0 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at Indiana State (1-11, 0-8) | W 35-24 | 5.90 | 5.49 | +0.41 | 60.24%
| +2 |
| Oct 12October 12 | vs Illinois State (5-6, 4-4) | W 59-21 | 9.81 | 6.02 | +3.80 | 97.54%
| +2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 24-14 | 5.44 | 4.38 | +1.06 | 75.30%
| +1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at South Dakota (4-8, 3-5) | W 38-34 | 6.63 | 5.71 | +0.92 | 72.35%
| -3 |
| Nov 9November 9 | at Northern Iowa (7-5, 3-5) | L 20-22 | 5.33 | 5.21 | +0.13 | 53.23%
| 0 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs #1 North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 17-35 | 4.87 | 7.55 | -2.68 | 4.06%
| +1 |
| Nov 23November 23 | vs #16 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-3) | L 13-42 | 4.95 | 6.69 | -1.74 | 12.59%
| -1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-4, 5-3 | 6.44 | 5.70 | +0.748 | 6.78-5.22 (+1.22) | +4 |