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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Blue/White/Gold
Coach: Doug Hurt
League: Southern Indiana
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jon-Marc Anderson 5'10" 175 Senior WR 4.43
Mitch Gilles 6'2" 205 Senior QB 4.71
Cameron Parus 6'2" 195 Senior WR 4.80

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Off-Season Work Ethic

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 35.4
2011 National Rank: #1097
2011 State Rank: #20
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 36.7
2012 National Rank: #800
2012 State Rank: #18
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 18.8
Dynasty National Rank: #2431
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.1
Dynasty Record: 62-42 (36-27 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 11-1
2011 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2011 Points For Average: 42.3
2011 Points Against Average: 15.8
2011 Differential: +26.5
2011 Wins: #1425 Mater Dei (Evansville) (51-48), #2602 North Vigo (Terre Haute) (44-0), #2679 Reitz [F. J.] (Evansville) (22-13), #3737 Evansville North (Evansville) (35-14), #3737 Evansville North (Evansville) (35-14), #3900 Evansville Central (Evansville) (41-14), #5015 Reitz Memorial (Evansville) (49-21), #7782 Bosse (Evansville) (59-20), #8764 Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville) (49-13), #9273 New Albany (45-0), #9273 New Albany (56-7)
2011 Losses: #1540 Bedford North Lawrence (Bedford) (26-21)
2011 Opponents W-L: 62-74
Recent League Championships: 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/17/12 North Vigo (Terre Haute) (35-24)

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/17 North Vigo (Terre Haute), 8/24 at New Albany, 8/31 at Reitz [F. J.] (Evansville), 9/7 Bosse (Evansville), 9/14 at Evansville Central (Evansville), 9/21 at Evansville North (Evansville), 9/28 Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville), 10/5 Mater Dei (Evansville), 10/12 at Reitz Memorial (Evansville)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: North Vigo (Terre Haute) (35.4), Mater Dei (Evansville) (25.9), Evansville North (Evansville) (21.3)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: New Albany (-3.6), Bosse (Evansville) (5.2), Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville) (8.6)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.3 (13.8 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.4
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #61
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2369
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 1st
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 44%