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GENERAL
Nickname: Cowboys
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Joe McBride
League: 5A Region I District 5 (moving from 5A Region I District 7)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #64

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2011 JV Record: 10-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Soloman Thomas 6'4" 255 DE
William Udeh 6'2" 235 DE
Jacob Logan 5'10" 175 WR/DB

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Nick Jordan 6'0" 165 Senior K [Texas]
Sam Rice 6'4" 285 Senior OL [SMU]
David Busby 5'11" 175 Senior DB 4.50 [North Texas]
Jake Larson 6'4" 200 Senior QB 4.67 [UTEP]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defensive Front, JV Talent Moving Up
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At QB

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 39.2
2011 National Rank: #807
2011 State Rank: #99
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 34.9
2012 National Rank: #964
2012 State Rank: #132
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 39.9
Dynasty National Rank: #169
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5
Dynasty Record: 71-31 (37-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 6-4
2011 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (tied for 5th)
2011 Points For Average: 21.6
2011 Points Against Average: 19.7
2011 Differential: +1.9
2011 Wins: #941 Horn [Dr. John] (Mesquite) (20-7), #1049 Fossil Ridge (Keller) (22-19), #1070 Arlington (38-24), #1171 Dallas Jesuit (Dallas) (35-28), #2601 Keller (35-17), #5326 Saginaw (35-6)
2011 Losses: #14 Carroll (Southlake) (27-10), #369 Guyer [John H.] (Denton) (31-7), #439 Keller Central (Keller) (28-7), #2371 Northwest (Justin) (10-7)
2011 Opponents W-L: 63-50
Recent League Championships: 2010 (5A Region I District 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/1 vs Longview, 9/7 Boyd (McKinney), 9/14 at Rockwall, 9/21 Garland, 9/28 Allen, 10/12 at Hebron (Carrollton), 10/19 at Flower Mound, 10/26 Marcus (Flower Mound), 11/1 at Ryan [Billy] (Denton), 11/9 Lewisville
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Longview (60.2), Marcus (Flower Mound) (43.2), Allen (43)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Rockwall (11.4), Lewisville (13.1), Flower Mound (30.6)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 36.1
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 34.5
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.6
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #24
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #124
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2012 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%