| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 1September 1 (Thu) | vs North Alabama (1-10) | W 17-14 | 4.53 | 1.95 | +2.57 | 95.46%
| -1 |
| Sep 10September 10 | at Purdue (8-6, 6-4) | L 0-56 | 2.59 | 6.95 | -4.36 | 0.00%
| -2 |
| Sep 17September 17 | vs #2 Montana (8-5, 4-4) | L 14-49 | | | | | |
| Oct 1October 1 | at Northern Iowa (6-5, 5-3) | L 14-20 | 4.46 | 5.84 | -1.37 | 18.56%
| 0 |
| Oct 8October 8 | vs #1 North Dakota State (12-2, 7-1) | L 26-31 | 6.18 | 6.96 | -0.78 | 30.85%
| +3 |
| Oct 15October 15 | at Youngstown State (7-4, 5-3) | L 42-48 | 8.89 | 6.70 | +2.19 | 92.71%
| -1 |
| Oct 22October 22 | vs Illinois State (6-5, 4-4) | L 21-27 | 4.72 | 5.57 | -0.85 | 29.31%
| +1 |
| Oct 29October 29 | at #1 South Dakota State (13-1, 8-0) | L 7-49 | | | | | |
| Nov 5November 5 | vs North Dakota (7-5, 5-3) | L 7-42 | 4.57 | 6.31 | -1.74 | 12.64%
| -2 |
| Nov 12November 12 | at Western Illinois (0-11, 0-8) | W 21-0 | 4.67 | 4.14 | +0.53 | 63.16%
| +2 |
| Nov 19November 19 | vs Missouri State (5-6, 3-5) | L 7-24 | 4.88 | 5.52 | -0.64 | 34.05%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 2-9, 1-7 | 5.01 | 5.54 | -0.535 | 3.77-5.23 (-1.77) | 0 |