| 1 | Sat Aug 31 | vs W Illinois | W54-15 | 1-0 | 1.000 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| 2 | Sat Sep 7 | at #5Notre Dame | W16-14 | 2-0 | 1.000 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 4 | Sat Sep 21 | vs Buffalo | L20-23 (OT) | 2-1 | .667 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| 5 | Sat Sep 28 | at NC State | L17-24 | 2-2 | .500 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 6 | Sat Oct 5 | vs UMass | W34-20 | 3-2 | .600 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| 7 | Sat Oct 12 | at Bowling Green | W17-7 | 4-2 | .667 | Doyt L. Perry Stadium · Bowling Green, OH |
| 8 | Sat Oct 19 | vs Toledo | L6-13 | 4-3 | .571 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| 9 | Sat Oct 26 | at Ball State | L23-25 | 4-4 | .500 | Scheumann Stadium · Muncie, IN |
| 11 | Wed Nov 6 | at W Michigan | W42-28 | 5-4 | .556 | Waldo Stadium · Kalamazoo, MI |
| 12 | Wed Nov 13 | vs Akron | W29-16 | 6-4 | .600 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| 13 | Tue Nov 19 | at Miami OH | L9-20 | 6-5 | .545 | Yager Stadium · Oxford, OH |
| 14 | Sat Nov 30 | vs C Michigan | W24-16 | 7-5 | .583 | Huskie Stadium · Dekalb, IL |
| BOWLS | Mon Dec 23 | at Fresno St | W28-20 (2OT) | 8-5 | .615 | Bulldog Stadium (CA) · Fresno, CA |
