Most of the reports from this season have been lost to the archives, but we've salvaged the ones we can from one of the poorest seasons in modern day Dale life.
| Date | Comp | Opponents | Score | report | Scorers | Att. |
| 09.08 | Div 3 | YEOVIL | 1:3 | report | Connor | 4,611 |
| 16.08 | Div 3 | Bristol R | 0:0 | report | 5,757 | |
| 19.08 | Carling | Stoke | 1:2 | report | Townson | 4,687 |
| 23.08 | Div 3 | CAMBRIDGE | 2:2 | report | McEvilly, Connor | 2,204 |
| 25.08 | Div 3 | Torquay | 3:1 | report | McEvilly, Betts 2 | 3,003 |
| 30.08 | Div 3 | DARLINGTON | 4:2 | report | McEvilly 2, Connor, Bertos | 2,518 |
| 06.09 | Div 3 | York City | 2:1 | report | Townson, Bertos | 3,982 |
| 13.09 | Div 3 | Carlisle United | 2:3 | report | Connor, Townson | 4,532 |
| 16.09 | Div 3 | HUDDERSFIELD | 1:1 | report | Connor | 4,626 |
| 20.09 | Div 3 | HULL CITY | 0:2 | report | 4,215 | |
| 27.09 | Div 3 | Lincoln City | 1:1 | report | Antoine-Curier | 4,141 |
| 30.09 | Div 3 | Macclesfield | 1:2 | report | Shuker | 2,153 |
| 04.10 | Div 3 | SCUNTHORPE | 2:0 | report | Bertos, Brannan | 2,838 |
| 11.10 | Div 3 | NORTHAMPTON | 1:1 | report | Townson | 2,810 |
| 14.10 | LDV | Carlisle | 0:2 | report | 1,828 | |
| 18.10 | Div 3 | Cheltenham | 2:0 | report | Townson, Bertos | 3,105 |
| 21.10 | Div 3 | Doncaster | 1:2 | report | Townson | 5,890 |
| 25.10 | Div 3 | SWANSEA | 0:1 | report | 2,646 | |
| 01.11 | Div 3 | Leyton Orient | 1:2 | report | McEvilly | 3,623 |
| 08.11 | FA 1 | Bury | 2:1 | report | Bertos, Townson | 5,464 |
| 15.11 | Div 3 | KIDDERMINSTER | 0:1 | report | 2,498 | |
| 22.11 | Div 3 | Southend Utd | 0:4 | report | 3,169 | |
| 29.11 | Div 3 | OXFORD | 1:2 | report | Jones | 2,282 |
| 06.12 | FA 2 | LUTON | 0:2 | report | 2,807 | |
| 13.12 | Div 3 | Bury | 2:1 | report | Bishop, Townson | 3,646 |
| 20.12 | Div 3 | BOSTON | 1:0 | report | Griffiths | 2,049 |
| 26.12 | Div 3 | Mansfield | 0:1 | report | 6,963 | |
| 28.12 | Div 3 | YORK CITY | 1:2 | report | Townson | 2,764 |
| 03.01 | Div 3 | TORQUAY | 1:0 | report | Townson | 2,559 |
| 10.01 | Div 3 | Yeovil | 0:1 | report | 5,806 | |
| 17.01 | Div 3 | BRISTOL R | 2:2 | report | Townson, McCourt | 2,497 |
| 24.01 | Div 3 | Cambridge | 0:0 | report | 3,221 | |
| 31.01 | Div 3 | Darlington | 0:1 | report | 5,689 | |
| 07.02 | Div 3 | MANSFIELD | 3:0 | report | Jones, Bertos, Holt | 3,157 |
| 14.02 | Div 3 | Northampton | 1:3 | report | Townson | 4,540 |
| 21.02 | Div 3 | CHELTENHAM | 0:0 | report | 2,449 | |
| 06.03 | Div 3 | Boston | 0:2 | report | 2,466 | |
| 09.03 | Div 3 | Swansea | 1:1 | report | Bertos | 5,819 |
| 13.03 | Div 3 | BURY | 0:0 | report | 4,225 | |
| 16.03 | Div 3 | Huddersfield | 1:1 | report | Bertos | 10,884 |
| 20.03 | Div 3 | CARLISLE | 2:0 | report | Jones, Holt | 4,755 |
| 27.03 | Div 3 | Hull City | 0:1 | report | 16,050 | |
| 30.03 | Div 3 | DONCASTER | 1:1 | report | McEvilly | 4,601 |
| 03.04 | Div 3 | LINCOLN | 0:3 | report | 4,224 | |
| 10.04 | Div 3 | Scunthorpe | 2:2 | report | Bertos, Warner | 3,564 |
| 12.04 | Div 3 | MACCLESFIELD | 1:2 | report | Heald | 4,942 |
| 17.04 | Div 3 | LEYTON ORIENT | 3:0 | report | Holt (2), McCourt | 2,417 |
| 24.04 | Div 3 | Kidderminster | 1:0 | report | Bertos | 3,580 |
| 01.05 | Div 3 | SOUTHEND | 1:1 | report | Jones | 3,591 |
| 08.05 | Div 3 | Oxford | 0:2 | report | 5,134 |