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GENERAL
Nickname: Green Knights
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Tom Marcucci
League: Southern Connecticut Division I - East
Playoff Division: L
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2010 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Amhir Bess 5'8" 165 Senior RB 4.50
Ludovic Richardson 6'1" 275 Senior OL/DL 5.10
Anthony Masucci 5'9" 175 Senior DB/RB 4.60

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Physically Strong
Team Weaknesses: Replacing Skill Position Players

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 26
2010 National Rank: #2181
2010 State Rank: #9
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -7.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 18.2
2011 National Rank: #3225
2011 State Rank: #21
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 21.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2367
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.6
Dynasty Record: 32-20 (10-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 7-3
2010 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (tied for 1st)
2010 Points For Average: 36.3
2010 Points Against Average: 20.5
2010 Differential: +15.8
2010 Wins: #1771 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (38-14), #3198 Cheshire (46-36), #4174 Shelton (31-10), #4516 Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven) (55-42), #6478 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (35-13), #9852 Branford (52-20), #10566 Hamden (47-0)
2010 Losses: #613 Xavier (Middletown) (22-15), #2342 West Haven (28-27), #3258 North Haven (20-17)
2010 Opponents W-L: 60-47
Recent State Championships: 2009
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/16 at Xavier (Middletown), 9/23 at Branford, 9/30 at Shelton, 10/7 West Haven, 10/15 at Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 10/21 North Haven, 10/28 at Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven), 11/4 Cheshire, 11/11 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield), 11/24 at Hamden
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Xavier (Middletown) (43.9), West Haven (30.5), Cheshire (25.7)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Hamden (-10.7), Branford (-7.4), Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (5.7)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.1
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.9
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.2
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #4
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2946
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2011 Projected League Finish: 4th
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%
Opener: 9/16 at Xavier (Middletown) [projection: 41-14 loss]