Lowell (San Francisco, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Danny Chan
League: Academic
Section: San Francisco
Playoff Division: AAA
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2011 JV Record: 5-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Michael McCarthy 5'9" 175 Senior RB/P
Alvin Norman 6'0" 190 Junior DE/TE
Hiromi Fujita 5'10" 225 Senior OL/LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Deep Senior Class, Experience
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience At RB, Replacing Key Defender

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: -16
2011 National Rank: #11517
2011 State Rank: #844
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2012 Starting Power Rating: -15.5
2012 National Rank: #11396
2012 State Rank: #823
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): -9.2
Dynasty National Rank: #11102
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 6.3
Dynasty Record: 52-43 (40-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 5-5
2011 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2011 Points For Average: 19
2011 Points Against Average: 21.9
2011 Differential: -2.9
2011 Wins: #10837 Bret Harte (Angels Camp) (21-20), #11820 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Francisco) (14-12), #13260 Galileo (San Francisco) (38-20), #13611 Marshall [Thurgood] (San Francisco) (26-20), #14010 Burton [Phillip & Sala] (San Francisco) (45-0)
2011 Losses: #7703 Mission (San Francisco) (42-24), #7703 Mission (San Francisco) (20-0), #9284 Redwood (Larkspur) (48-6), #9485 Washington [George] (San Francisco) (23-8), #11858 Balboa (San Francisco) (14-8)
2011 Opponents W-L: 50-55
Recent Section Championships: 2004
Recent League Championships: 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/24 Terra Linda (San Rafael), 9/7 Tennyson (Hayward), 9/21 at Jefferson (Daly City), 9/27 Mission (San Francisco), 10/5 Marshall [Thurgood] (San Francisco), 10/20 at Balboa (San Francisco), 10/26 vs Washington [George] (San Francisco), 11/2 at Galileo (San Francisco), 11/9 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Francisco)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Jefferson (Daly City) (6.9), Mission (San Francisco) (1), Tennyson (Hayward) (1)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Marshall [Thurgood] (San Francisco) (-31.9), Galileo (San Francisco) (-26.7), Balboa (San Francisco) (-25.5)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19 (-13.6 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.4
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.6
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #833
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10609
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2012 Projected League Finish: 4th
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%