| Date |
Opposition |
Res. |
Score |
H/A |
Att. |
Ipswich Scorers |
| 5 August | Crystal Palace | L | 1-2 | H | 25,413 | Forster |
| 8 August | Wolverhampton Wanderers | L | 0-1 | A | 19,199 | | |
| 12 August | Leicester City | L | 1-3 | A | 18,820 | Richards |
| 19 August | Hull City | D | 0-0 | H | 19,790 | |
| 25 August | QPR | W | 3-1 | A | 10,918 | Walton, De Vos, Bowditch |
| 9 September | Southampton | W | 2-1 | H | 21,422 | Walton (pen), Clarke |
| 12 September | Coventry City | W | 2-1 | H | 19,465 | Noble, Clarke |
| 16 September | Birmingham City | D | 2-2 | A | 20,841 | Lee, Walton |
| 23 September | Sunderland | W | 3-1 | H | 23,311 | Currie, Lee (2) |
| 29 September | Colchester United | L | 0-1 | A | 6,065 | |
| 14 October | West Bromwich Albion | L | 1-5 | H | 22,581 | Perry (o.g.) |
| 17 October | Preston North End | L | 2-3 | H | 19,337 | Macken (pen), Lee |
| 21 October | Southend United | W | 3-1 | A | 11,415 | Clarke, Legwinski, Lee |
| 29 October | Luton Town | W | 5-0 | H | 20,975 | Legwinski, Peters, Lee (3, 1 pen.) |
| 31 October | Plymouth Argyle | D | 1-1 | A | 12,210 | Legwinski |
| 4 November | Burnley | L | 0-1 | A | 11,709 | |
| 11 November | Sheffield Wednesday | L | 0-2 | H | 21,830 | |
| 19 November | Norwich City | W | 3-1 | H | 27,276 | Legwinski, Haynes x 2 |
| 25 November | Barnsley | L | 0-1 | A | 10,556 | |
| 29 November | Derby County | L | 1-2 | A | 22,606 | Roberts |
| 2 December | Burnley | D | 1-1 | H | 20,254 | Lee |
| 9 December | Cardiff City | D | 2-2 | A | 16,015 | Macken (2) |
| 16 December | Leeds United | W | 1-0 | H | 23,661 | Williams |
| 23 December | Stoke City | L | 0-1 | H | 20,369 | |
| 26 December | Coventry City | W | 2-1 | A | 22,154 | Macken, Lee |
| 30 December | West Bromwich Albion | L | 0-2 | A | 20,328 | |
| 1 January | Birmingham City | W | 1-0 | H | 22,436 | Williams |
| 13 January | Sunderland | L | 0-1 | A | 27,604 | |
| 20 January | Colchester United | W | 3-2 | H | 28,355 | Lee (pen), Legwinski, Haynes |
| 30 January | Stoke City | D | 0-0 | A | 11,812 | |
| 3 February | Crystal Palace | L | 0-2 | A | 17,090 |
| 10 February | Leicester City | L | 0-2 | H | 21,221 |
| 20 February | Wolverhampton Wanderers | L | 0-1 | H | 20,602 |
| 24 February | Southampton | L | 0-1 | A | 27,974 |
| 3 March | QPR | W | 2-1 | H | 21,412 | Lee, Walters |
| 6 March | Hull City | W | 5-2 | A | 18,056 | Jeffers, Peters, Lee, De Vos, Haynes |
| 10 March | Southend United | L | 0-2 | H | 24,051 |
| 13 March | Preston North End | L | 0-1 | A | 13,100 |
| 17 March | Luton Town | W | 2-0 | A | 8,880 | Lee, Richards |
| 31 March | Plymouth Argyle | W | 3-0 | H | 21,078 | Garvan, Lee, Haynes |
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