| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Sep 2September 2 (Thu) | at Southeast Missouri State (4-7, 4-4) | W 47-21 | 7.79 | 4.05 | +3.74 | 97.47%
| 0 |
| Sep 11September 11 | at Kansas State (8-5, 4-5) | L 23-31 | 4.06 | 5.43 | -1.37 | 18.61%
| +1 |
| Sep 18September 18 | vs Dayton (6-4, 5-3) | W 55-3 | 9.27 | 3.16 | +6.11 | 100.00%
| 0 |
| Sep 25September 25 | vs Illinois State (4-7, 2-6) | W 35-17 | 5.62 | 4.68 | +0.94 | 72.84%
| -1 |
| Oct 2October 2 | at Western Illinois (2-9, 2-6) | W 31-30 | 3.88 | 5.26 | -1.38 | 18.39%
| 0 |
| Oct 9October 9 | at #3 South Dakota State (11-4, 5-3) | W 42-41 | 6.42 | 9.16 | -2.74 | 3.80%
| +1 |
| Oct 16October 16 | vs #24 North Dakota (5-6, 3-5) | W 31-28 | 6.37 | 5.58 | +0.79 | 69.43%
| -2 |
| Oct 30October 30 | at #17 Northern Iowa (6-6, 4-4) | L 16-23 | 5.99 | 3.99 | +2.00 | 90.72%
| +1 |
| Nov 6November 6 | vs #20 Missouri State (8-4, 6-2) | L 28-38 | 4.26 | 5.99 | -1.73 | 12.74%
| +3 |
| Nov 13November 13 | at Indiana State (5-6, 3-5) | W 47-21 | 6.67 | 4.34 | +2.33 | 93.86%
| +3 |
| Nov 20November 20 | vs Youngstown State (3-7, 2-6) | L 18-35 | 6.14 | 5.28 | +0.86 | 71.04%
| -2 |
| Nov 27November 27 | at #20 South Dakota (7-5, 5-4) | W 22-10 | 5.09 | 5.51 | -0.42 | 39.40%
| +4 |
| Dec 4December 4 | at North Dakota State (14-1, 8-1) | L 7-38 | 4.76 | 6.28 | -1.51 | 16.11%
| +1 |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 8-5, 6-4 | 5.88 | 5.28 | +0.595 | 7.04-5.96 (+0.96) | +9 |