Northwestern Wildcats
| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at California (1-11, 0-9) | W 44-30 | 7.26 | 5.55 | +1.71 | 86.97%
| 0 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Syracuse (7-6, 4-4) | W 48-27 | 7.17 | 5.49 | +1.68 | 86.49%
| +4 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Western Michigan (1-11, 1-7) | W 38-17 | 6.12 | 4.79 | +1.33 | 80.55%
| -1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | vs Maine (10-3, 7-2) | W 35-21 | 5.65 | 4.92 | +0.73 | 67.99%
| +1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs #4 Ohio State (12-2, 8-1) | L 30-40 | 5.91 | 6.10 | -0.19 | 45.18%
| +1 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at Wisconsin (9-4, 6-2) | L 6-35 | 3.77 | 6.67 | -2.91 | 3.29%
| +2 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Minnesota (8-5, 4-4) | L 17-20 | 4.56 | 4.75 | -0.19 | 45.15%
| -3 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Iowa (8-5, 5-3) | L 10-17 | 4.99 | 4.49 | +0.50 | 62.51%
| -1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Nebraska (9-4, 5-3) | L 24-27 | 4.79 | 5.13 | -0.34 | 41.48%
| +3 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs Michigan (7-6, 3-5) | L 19-27 | 3.88 | 4.20 | -0.32 | 41.99%
| -1 |
| Nov 23November 23 | vs #13 Michigan State (13-1, 9-0) | L 6-30 | 4.43 | 7.37 | -2.93 | 3.23%
| -3 |
| Nov 30November 30 | at Illinois (4-8, 1-7) | W 37-34 | 5.83 | 6.39 | -0.56 | 36.08%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 5-7, 1-7 | 5.39 | 5.46 | -0.071 | 6.01-5.99 (-1.01) | +3 |