| Date | Opponent | Result | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | YPP Win Prob | TO Margin |
|---|
| Aug 28August 28 (Thu) | vs McKendree (4-7, 4-4) | W 41-24 | 6.01 | 4.11 | +1.90 | 89.51%
| +1 |
| Sep 6September 6 | vs Eastern Illinois (3-8, 2-6) | W 38-14 | 6.44 | 3.41 | +3.02 | 96.96%
| +1 |
| Sep 12September 12 (Fri) | at #22 Indiana (11-0, 8-0) | L 0-73 | 1.51 | 10.15 | -8.64 | 0.00%
| 0 |
| Sep 20September 20 | at #5 Montana (11-0, 7-0) | L 20-63 | 6.67 | 7.99 | -1.32 | 19.61%
| -2 |
| Oct 4October 4 | at #11 Southern Illinois (6-5, 3-4) | L 27-55 | 5.65 | 9.24 | -3.59 | 2.65%
| +1 |
| Oct 11October 11 | vs South Dakota (8-4, 6-2) | L 14-19 | 5.00 | 4.88 | +0.12 | 52.95%
| 0 |
| Oct 18October 18 | vs #1 North Dakota State (11-0, 8-0) | L 7-38 | 3.62 | 6.17 | -2.54 | 4.71%
| 0 |
| Oct 25October 25 | at #10 North Dakota (7-4, 5-2) | L 17-46 | 3.16 | 6.48 | -3.33 | 2.76%
| -1 |
| Nov 1November 1 | at #5 South Dakota State (7-4, 3-4) | W 24-12 | 5.07 | 4.79 | +0.27 | 56.90%
| +3 |
| Nov 8November 8 | vs #17 Illinois State (8-3, 5-2) | L 20-52 | 5.44 | 6.45 | -1.01 | 25.65%
| -2 |
| Nov 15November 15 | at #19 Youngstown State (7-4, 4-3) | L 29-48 | 8.07 | 6.89 | +1.18 | 77.75%
| -3 |
| Nov 22November 22 | vs Murray State (0-11, 0-7) | 1:00 PM | | | | | |
| | Final Record | YPP Gained | YPP Allowed | YPP Diff | Expected Record | TO Margin |
|---|
| | 3-8, 1-6 | 5.23 | 6.35 | -1.117 | 4.29-6.71 (-1.29) | -2 |