Lowell (San Francisco, CA)


GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Danny Chan
League: Academic
Section: San Francisco
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #2
CA Bowl Division: North 1
CA Bowl Division Rank: #85

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2008 JV Record: 3-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Claudio Castro 6'3" 260 Senior OL
Jabes Rivera 6'0" 260 Senior OL/DL
Faheem Carter 6'1" 190 Senior DE/TE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Big Senior Class
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2008 Final Power Rating: -1.3
2008 National Rank: #8447
2008 State Rank: #654
Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +0.5
2009 Starting Power Rating: -0.7
2009 National Rank: #8266
2009 State Rank: #640
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2008 Rating): -5.8
Dynasty National Rank: #9501
2009 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.1
Dynasty Record: 42-25 (31-9 in league)

HISTORICAL
2008 Overall Record: 4-6
2008 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2008 Points For Average: 19.8
2008 Points Against Average: 21.5
2008 Differential: -1.7
2008 Wins: #8225 Liberty (Brentwood) (21-15), #11693 Burton (San Francisco) (38-6), #12001 Balboa (San Francisco) (38-28), #13693 Galileo (San Francisco) (33-8)
2008 Losses: #241 Paradise (51-0), #4496 Menlo (Atherton) (18-12), #4518 Lincoln (San Francisco) (20-14), #4518 Lincoln (San Francisco) (27-8), #7109 Washington (San Francisco) (22-20), #7482 Mission (San Francisco) (20-14)
2008 Opponents W-L: 59-50
Recent Section Championships: 2004
Recent League Championships: 2006
Winning Streak Entering 2009 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2009 Schedule: 9/12 Paradise, 9/18 at Liberty (Brentwood), 10/2 at Lincoln (San Francisco), 10/9 vs Washington (San Francisco), 10/16 Galileo (San Francisco), 10/24 vs Marshall (San Francisco), 10/30 at Burton (San Francisco), 11/6 vs Mission (San Francisco), 11/13 Balboa (San Francisco)
Highest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Paradise (44.7), Lincoln (San Francisco) (13.3), Mission (San Francisco) (7.8)
Lowest-Rated 2009 Regular Season Opponents: Marshall (San Francisco) (-34.9), Galileo (San Francisco) (-21.7), Burton (San Francisco) (-21.5)
2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.6 (3.7 overall)
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3
2009 vs. 2008 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.4
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #746
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9419
2009 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2009 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2009 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/12 Paradise [projection: 44-0 loss]