| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | vs Miami (OH) (6-4, 5-1) * | W 13-6 | 5.38 | 4.38 | +1.00 | 74.03%
| 0 |
| Sep 6September 6 (Fri) | vs Duke (7-3, 3-3) * | L 20-26 | 3.95 | 4.89 | -0.94 | 27.22%
| 0 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Eastern Illinois (2-8, 1-5) * | W 31-7 | 6.72 | 4.06 | +2.66 | 95.86%
| +1 |
| Sep 21September 21 | at Washington (5-5, 3-4) | L 5-24 | 2.11 | 5.67 | -3.55 | 2.67%
| -1 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs #23 Indiana (10-0, 7-0) * | L 24-41 | 5.60 | 7.78 | -2.18 | 7.41%
| 0 |
| Oct 11October 11 (Fri) | at Maryland (4-5, 1-5) | W 37-10 | 5.44 | 4.18 | +1.27 | 79.43%
| +4 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs Wisconsin (5-4, 3-3) * | L 3-23 | 3.80 | 5.36 | -1.56 | 15.38%
| +1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | at Iowa (6-4, 4-3) | L 14-40 | 3.20 | 5.38 | -2.18 | 7.38%
| -2 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Purdue (1-8, 0-6) | W 26-20 | 6.27 | 5.27 | +1.00 | 74.01%
| -1 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs #2 Ohio State (8-1, 5-1) * | | | | | | |
| Nov 23November 23 | at Michigan (5-5, 3-4) | | | | | | |
| Nov 30November 30 | vs Illinois (6-3, 3-3) * | | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 4-5, 2-4 | 4.81 | 5.23 | -0.422 | 3.83-5.17 (+0.17) | +2 |