| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 31August 31 | at Illinois (4-8, 1-7) | L 34-42 | 6.08 | 6.93 | -0.85 | 29.21%
| +1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs #14 Eastern Illinois (12-2, 8-0) | L 37-40 | 5.24 | 6.16 | -0.92 | 27.69%
| +1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Charleston (WV) (0-1) | W 31-10 | | | | | |
| Sep 21September 21 | at Southeast Missouri State (3-9, 2-6) * | W 36-19 | 5.76 | 5.39 | +0.37 | 59.26%
| 0 |
| Sep 28September 28 | vs Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3) | L 27-28 | 6.28 | 5.34 | +0.94 | 72.63%
| 0 |
| Oct 5October 5 | at #7 South Dakota State (9-5, 5-3) | W 27-24 | 6.13 | 4.96 | +1.17 | 77.59%
| 0 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at #4 Northern Iowa (7-5, 3-5) | W 24-17 | 5.57 | 4.70 | +0.87 | 71.14%
| -1 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs #1 North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0) | L 10-31 | 3.55 | 7.88 | -4.33 | 0.09%
| +1 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at Western Illinois (4-8, 2-6) | W 34-28 | 4.28 | 5.23 | -0.95 | 27.01%
| 0 |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs Missouri State (5-7, 5-3) | L 27-37 | 5.73 | 6.38 | -0.64 | 33.96%
| 0 |
| Nov 16November 16 | vs Illinois State (5-6, 4-4) | W 24-17 | 4.42 | 4.32 | +0.09 | 52.37%
| +1 |
| Nov 23November 23 | at Indiana State (1-11, 0-8) | W 31-9 | 4.74 | 1.34 | +3.40 | 97.28%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 7-5, 5-3 | 5.25 | 5.53 | -0.274 | 5.48-5.52 (+1.52) | +3 |