| Wk 1 | Fri 3 Sep | W | at Northwestern | 38- | 21 |
(1-0) | |
| Wk 2 | Sat 11 Sep | W | Youngstown St | 42- | 14 |
(2-0) | |
| Wk 3 | Sat 18 Sep | W | at Miami-FL | 38- | 17 |
(3-0) | |
| Wk 4 | Sat 25 Sep | W | Nebraska | 23- | 20 | (OT) |
(4-0) |
| Wk 5 | Sat 2 Oct | W | Western Kentucky | 48- | 31 |
(5-0) | |
| Wk 6 | Sat 9 Oct | W | at Rutgers | 31- | 13 |
(6-0) | |
| Wk 7 | Sat 16 Oct | W | at Indiana | 20- | 15 |
(7-0) | |
| Wk 9 | Sat 30 Oct | W | Michigan | 37- | 33 |
(8-0) | |
| Wk 10 | Sat 6 Nov | L | at Purdue | 29- | 40 |
(8-1) | |
| Wk 11 | Sat 13 Nov | W | Maryland | 40- | 21 |
(9-1) | |
| Wk 12 | Sat 20 Nov | L | at Ohio St | 7- | 56 |
(9-2) | |
| Wk 13 | Sat 27 Nov | W | Penn St | 30- | 27 |
(10-2) | |
| Peach | Thu 30 Dec | W | vs Pittsburgh | 31- | 21 |
(11-2) |