| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 29August 29 (Thu) | at #11 Missouri (7-2, 3-2) | L 0-51 | 1.70 | 6.27 | -4.57 | 0.00%
| -1 |
| Sep 7September 7 | vs Butler (8-2, 4-2) | L 17-19 | 5.83 | 5.13 | +0.70 | 67.30%
| -1 |
| Sep 14September 14 | vs Mississippi Valley State (0-10, 0-6) | W 59-8 | 6.38 | 2.86 | +3.52 | 97.32%
| +3 |
| Sep 28September 28 | at #8 North Dakota (5-5, 2-4) | L 35-72 | 5.39 | 9.42 | -4.04 | 1.85%
| -3 |
| Oct 5October 5 | vs #4 South Dakota (7-2, 5-1) | L 0-59 | 3.94 | 8.97 | -5.02 | 0.00%
| -3 |
| Oct 12October 12 | at Indiana State (4-6, 3-3) | L 27-31 | 5.29 | 5.64 | -0.35 | 41.16%
| 0 |
| Oct 19October 19 | vs #23 Illinois State (7-3, 4-2) | L 32-40 | 6.55 | 7.72 | -1.17 | 22.51%
| +1 |
| Oct 26October 26 | vs #1 North Dakota State (9-1, 6-0) | L 6-59 | 4.05 | 7.53 | -3.47 | 2.70%
| -5 |
| Nov 2November 2 | at #3 South Dakota State (8-2, 5-1) | L 6-52 | | | | | |
| Nov 9November 9 | vs #15 Missouri State (8-2, 6-0) | L 31-59 | 6.17 | 9.19 | -3.02 | 3.06%
| -1 |
| Nov 16November 16 | at Kentucky (3-6, 1-6) | 1:30 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 23November 23 | at Southern Illinois (3-7, 1-5) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 1-9, 0-7 | 5.11 | 6.80 | -1.689 | 2.36-6.64 (-1.36) | -10 |