2021 — Season 2021

Record 3-9
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.0 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Mich St 21-38 W vs Indi Sta 24-6 L @ Duke 23-30 W vs Ohio 35-6 L @ Nebraska 7-56 W vs Rutgers 21-7 L @ Michigan 7-33 L vs Minnes 14-41 L vs Iowa 12-17 L @ Wiscon 7-35 L vs Purdue 14-32 L @ Illinois 14-47
What It Meant

2021 is a losing-side chapter. The record (3-9) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.