| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 28August 28 (Thu) | vs Taylor (0-2) | W 45-0 | 9.10 | 2.20 | +6.90 | 100.00%
| -2 |
| Sep 6September 6 | at #14 Eastern Illinois (5-7, 5-3) | W 38-21 | 5.57 | 5.64 | -0.06 | 48.35%
| +1 |
| Sep 13September 13 | vs Southeast Missouri State (5-7, 3-5) | W 50-23 | 7.15 | 5.10 | +2.05 | 91.32%
| +3 |
| Sep 20September 20 | at Purdue (3-9, 1-7) | L 13-35 | 4.46 | 5.44 | -0.98 | 26.29%
| -1 |
| Sep 27September 27 | vs Western Illinois (5-7, 3-5) | W 34-17 | 5.57 | 4.05 | +1.53 | 84.09%
| 0 |
| Oct 4October 4 | vs South Dakota (2-10, 0-8) | W 41-10 | 6.66 | 4.76 | +1.90 | 89.47%
| 0 |
| Oct 11October 11 | at #1 North Dakota State (15-1, 8-1) | L 10-38 | 4.17 | 6.98 | -2.81 | 3.56%
| 0 |
| Oct 18October 18 | at #19 Youngstown State (7-5, 4-4) | L 14-26 | 4.39 | 6.28 | -1.89 | 10.57%
| 0 |
| Oct 25October 25 | vs #24 Indiana State (8-6, 4-4) | L 26-41 | 4.18 | 7.19 | -3.01 | 3.08%
| -3 |
| Nov 8November 8 | at Missouri State (4-8, 1-7) | W 32-22 | 5.08 | 4.24 | +0.84 | 70.52%
| -1 |
| Nov 15November 15 | vs #12 Northern Iowa (9-5, 6-3) | L 21-40 | 3.77 | 4.73 | -0.97 | 26.64%
| -3 |
| Nov 22November 22 | at #7 Illinois State (13-2, 8-1) | L 29-44 | 5.43 | 8.51 | -3.08 | 2.97%
| 0 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 6-6, 3-5 | 5.39 | 5.44 | -0.056 | 5.57-6.43 (+0.43) | -6 |