| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 28August 28 (Thu) | at Oklahoma State (1-4, 0-2) | L 7-27 | 4.09 | 4.99 | -0.90 | 28.22%
| -1 |
| Sep 6September 6 | at UTEP (1-4, 0-1) | L 17-42 | 4.88 | 8.74 | -3.86 | 2.35%
| 0 |
| Sep 13September 13 | vs #14 Southern Illinois (4-1, 1-0) | L 10-37 | 4.85 | 8.60 | -3.75 | 2.53%
| +1 |
| Sep 20September 20 | at Missouri State (2-3, 0-1) | L 10-42 | 3.88 | 7.24 | -3.36 | 2.74%
| -2 |
| Sep 27September 27 | vs Southeast Missouri State (1-4, 0-1) | W 34-10 | 6.78 | 3.52 | +3.27 | 97.22%
| +2 |
| Oct 4October 4 | at Lindenwood (3-3, 2-0) | L 14-30 | 4.89 | 7.09 | -2.21 | 7.15%
| -1 |
| Oct 11October 11 | vs Western Illinois (1-5, 0-2) | 3:00 PM | | | | | |
| Oct 18October 18 | at Gardner-Webb (3-2, 1-0) | 1:30 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 1November 1 | at Eastern Illinois (3-2, 2-0) | 3:00 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 8November 8 | vs Tennessee State (1-4, 0-2) | | | | | | |
| Nov 15November 15 | vs Charleston Southern (1-5, 0-2) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| Nov 22November 22 | at #7 Tennessee Tech (5-0, 2-0) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 1-5, 1-1 | 4.96 | 6.51 | -1.552 | 1.40-4.60 (-0.40) | -1 |