McDowell (Erie, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Mark Soboleski
League: District 10 Region 6 AAA (moving from WPIAL AAAA Northern Seven)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #17

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
James Connor 6'2" 220 Senior DE

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Greg Garmon 6'2" 200 Senior RB 4.4 [Iowa]

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 42.2
2011 National Rank: #575
2011 State Rank: #21
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 39.3
2012 National Rank: #639
2012 State Rank: #26
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 32.7
Dynasty National Rank: #515
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.8
Dynasty Record: 67-32 (28-9 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 8-3
2011 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2011 Points For Average: 31.5
2011 Points Against Average: 18.7
2011 Differential: +12.8
2011 Wins: #805 Seneca Valley (Harmony) (43-29), #1242 Cathedral Prep (Erie) (25-20), #2076 North Hills (Pittsburgh) (23-22), #2416 McKeesport (42-7), #2504 Pine-Richland (Gibsonia) (28-10), #3748 Baldwin (Pittsburgh) (28-0), #5807 Altoona (59-0), #6639 Butler (42-7)
2011 Losses: #71 North Allegheny (Wexford) (49-14), #167 Upper St. Clair (21-14), #1776 Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) (41-28)
2011 Opponents W-L: 70-47
Recent League Championships: 2007 (tied for 1st), 2005 (District 10 Region 6 AAAA), 2004 (District 10 Region 6 AAAA), 2003 (Allegheny)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 at Mentor (OH), 9/7 at General McLane (Edinboro), 9/15 at Lancaster Catholic (Lancaster), 9/21 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH), 9/28 St. Edward (Lakewood, OH), 10/5 at Cathedral Prep (Erie), 10/12 at Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH), 10/19 East (Erie), 10/26 at Strong Vincent (Erie), 11/2 Central Tech (Erie)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH) (63), St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH) (61.7), Mentor (OH) (57.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Central Tech (Erie) (-14.8), East (Erie) (10.8), General McLane (Edinboro) (16.3)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.3 (31 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 36.6
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #84
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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