Northwestern Wildcats
| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 3September 3 (Sun) | at Rutgers (7-6, 3-6) | L 7-24 | 3.19 | 3.90 | -0.71 | 32.35%
| -1 |
| Sep 9September 9 | vs UTEP (3-9, 2-6) | W 38-7 | 6.63 | 4.91 | +1.72 | 87.08%
| +3 |
| Sep 16September 16 | at #21 Duke (8-5, 4-4) | L 14-38 | 3.81 | 8.12 | -4.30 | 0.31%
| -1 |
| Sep 23September 23 | vs Minnesota (6-7, 3-6) | W 37-34 | 6.15 | 6.51 | -0.36 | 40.94%
| -1 |
| Sep 30September 30 | vs #6 Penn State (10-3, 7-2) | L 13-41 | 2.78 | 4.84 | -2.06 | 8.63%
| 0 |
| Oct 7October 7 | vs Howard (6-6, 4-1) | W 23-20 | 4.88 | 5.02 | -0.14 | 46.42%
| 0 |
| Oct 21October 21 | at Nebraska (5-7, 3-6) | L 9-17 | 4.15 | 4.43 | -0.28 | 42.81%
| +1 |
| Oct 28October 28 | vs Maryland (8-5, 4-5) | W 33-27 | 5.78 | 5.28 | +0.49 | 62.37%
| +2 |
| Nov 4November 4 | vs Iowa (10-4, 7-3) * | L 7-10 | 2.79 | 3.02 | -0.23 | 44.13%
| +1 |
| Nov 11November 11 | at Wisconsin (7-6, 5-4) | W 24-10 | 5.06 | 4.94 | +0.12 | 53.04%
| +1 |
| Nov 18November 18 | vs Purdue (4-8, 3-6) | W 23-15 | 5.89 | 5.93 | -0.04 | 49.02%
| +2 |
| Nov 25November 25 | at Illinois (5-7, 3-6) | W 45-43 | 5.49 | 6.79 | -1.30 | 19.93%
| +2 |
| Dec 23December 23 | vs Utah (8-5, 5-4) * | W 14-7 | 4.14 | 3.25 | +0.90 | 71.78%
| +3 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5, 5-4 | 4.68 | 5.15 | -0.468 | 5.59-7.41 (+2.41) | +12 |