2021 — Season 2021

Record 4-7
Final Result Non-bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -8.5 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Butler 49-7 L @ West Mic 0-28 W @ East Ill 31-24 L @ Sout Ill 17-35 L vs Miss Sta 20-41 L vs Nort Sta 0-20 W @ Sout Dak 20-14 L @ West Ill 31-38 W vs Nort Iow 17-10 L @ Nort Dak 7-14 L vs Indi Sta 10-15
What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.