GENERAL
Nickname: Yellowjackets
Colors: Black/Gold
Coach: Butch Simpson
League: Blue Hen Flight - A
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #2
D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
David Grinnage 6'5" 240 Senior TE 4.90 [North Carolina State]
Xavier Griffin 6'2" 185 Senior WR 4.50 [North Carolina State]
Taylor Reynolds 6'1" 185 Senior QB [James Madison]
RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 40
2011 National Rank: #733
2011 State Rank: #4
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 34.1
2012 National Rank: #1042
2012 State Rank: #2
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 18.8
Dynasty National Rank: #2431
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 16.5
Dynasty Record: 67-36 [66-37 on the field] (47-21 in league)
HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 11-1
2011 League Record/Finish: 8-0 (1st)
2011 Points For Average: 38.7
2011 Points Against Average: 16.8
2011 Differential: +21.9
2011 Wins: #567 Middletown (27-14), #1298 Salesianum (Wilmington) (43-35), #1914 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (39-27), #3360 Penn [William] (New Castle) (35-28), #3768 Concord (Wilmington) (49-24), #4825 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (37-14), #5138 Appoquinimink (West Middletown) (27-0), #5726 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (37-7), #7568 Glasgow (Newark) (56-12), #9041 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (46-6), #11102 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (45-7)
2011 Losses: #567 Middletown (27-23)
2011 Opponents W-L: 64-63
Recent State Championships: 2004, 2003
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2004 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A), 2003 (tied for 1st; Blue Hen Flight A)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 9/7 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 9/15 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/21 Wilmington Charter (Wilmington), 9/28 Appoquinimink (West Middletown), 10/5 at DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington), 10/12 St. Mark's (Wilmington), 10/19 Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington), 10/27 at Concord (Wilmington), 11/2 at Glasgow (Newark), 11/9 at Middletown
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Middletown (43.7), St. Mark's (Wilmington) (25.8), Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (22.4)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (-13.8), Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) (-1.9), Glasgow (Newark) (1.9)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.4 (20.7 overall)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.7
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #12
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3138
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2012 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 9%
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