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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Matt Biehler
League: Central Plains
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #11

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

TOP PLAYERS
Alec Stanley 6'0" 165 Senior RB/LB
Dakota Finstad 6'0" 175 Senior RB/DB
Travis Wood 6'3" 175 Junior TE/LB

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Tanner Wood 6'5" 240 Senior DE 4.7 [Kansas State]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Line Experience/Depth
Team Weaknesses: Holes At Skill Positions, Must Be Aggressive

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 22.3
2012 National Rank: #2940
2012 State Rank: #47
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.8
2013 Starting Power Rating: 17.8
2013 National Rank: #3553
2013 State Rank: #56
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 34.6
Dynasty National Rank: #734
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 14
Dynasty Record: 57-7 (38-4 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 9-2
2012 League Record/Finish: 7-1 (2nd)
2012 Points For Average: 48.2
2012 Points Against Average: 24.3
2012 Differential: +23.9
2012 Wins: #4629 Caney Valley (Caney) (33-8), #5645 Cheney (27-14), #7237 Trinity Academy (Wichita) (45-14), #8013 Independent (Wichita) (48-20), #8013 Independent (Wichita) (69-38), #9813 Anthony-Harper-Chaparral (Anthony) (84-56), #12223 Belle Plaine (53-13), #12287 Douglass (48-24), #14154 Bluestem (Leon) (74-6)
2012 Losses: #1767 Garden Plain (41-21), #1767 Garden Plain (33-28)
2012 Opponents W-L: 62-49
Recent State Championships: 2011, 2008, 2004, 2003
Recent League Championships: 2010, 2009, 2004, 2003
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/6 at Bluestem (Leon), 9/13 Caney Valley (Caney), 9/20 Independent (Wichita), 9/27 at Cheney, 10/4 at Trinity Academy (Wichita), 10/11 Garden Plain, 10/18 at Belle Plaine, 10/25 Anthony-Harper-Chaparral (Anthony), 10/31 Douglass
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Garden Plain (30.1), Caney Valley (Caney) (14), Trinity Academy (Wichita) (8.3)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Bluestem (Leon) (-39.5), Belle Plaine (-21.2), Douglass (-21.1)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.8 (2.5 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.5
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #165
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10048
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2013 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 10%