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GENERAL
Nickname: Crusaders
Colors: Silver/Green/Gold
Coach: Rick Cox
League: VISAA Tidewater
Playoff Division: VISAA 2
Playoff Division Rank: #1

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jamil Kamara 6'2" 205 Senior WR [Virginia]
Joe Benzing 6'3" 210 Senior LB

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 23.6
2013 National Rank: #2737
2013 State Rank: #79
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 17.7
2014 National Rank: #3565
2014 State Rank: #102
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): -7.8
Dynasty National Rank: #10649
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 27
Dynasty Record: 64-45 (25-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 12-0
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 49.4
2013 Points Against Average: 21.8
2013 Differential: +27.6
2013 Wins: #4934 Potomac School (McLean) (50-44), #5621 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (Suffolk) (42-30), #5696 Norfolk Academy (Norfolk) (42-13), #7995 St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville) (45-23), #7995 St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville) (49-22), #8059 First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC) (62-41), #8946 Trinity Episcopal (Richmond) (42-23), #10476 Isle of Wight Academy (Isle of Wight) (37-0), #11174 Hampton Roads Academy (Newport News) (62-6), #11829 Norfolk Christian (Norfolk) (66-32), #12216 Portsmouth Christian (Portsmouth) (51-10), #13571 Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake) (45-18)
2013 Losses: none
2013 Opponents W-L: 56-65
Recent State Championships: 2013
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2009 (tied for 1st; VISFA Tidewater)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 18
Streak List: 10/12/12 Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake) (34-29), 10/20/12 Alliance Christian Academy (Portsmouth) (63-6), 10/27/12 Hampton Roads Academy (Newport News) (40-0), 11/2/12 Norfolk Academy (Norfolk) (36-26), 8/23/13 Isle of Wight Academy (Isle of Wight) (37-0), 8/30/13 First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC) (62-41), 9/6/13 Portsmouth Christian (Portsmouth) (51-10), 9/13/13 St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville) (49-22), 9/20/13 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (Suffolk) (42-30), 9/27/13 Norfolk Christian (Norfolk) (66-32), 10/5/13 Trinity Episcopal (Richmond) (42-23), 10/11/13 Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake) (45-18), 10/25/13 Hampton Roads Academy (Newport News) (62-6), 11/1/13 Norfolk Academy (Norfolk) (42-13), 11/8/13 St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville) (45-23), 11/16/13 Potomac School (McLean) (50-44), 8/22/14 Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot (Powhatan) (49-3), 8/29/14 First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC) (41-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot (Powhatan), 8/29 at First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC), 9/6 at Benedictine (Richmond), 9/12 St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville), 9/19 Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (Suffolk), 10/3 Trinity Episcopal (Richmond), 10/10 at Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake), 10/17 Hampton Roads Academy (Newport News), 10/24 Atlantic Shores Christian (Chesapeake), 10/31 vs Norfolk Academy (Norfolk)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Benedictine (Richmond) (37.5), St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville) (13.4), Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot (Powhatan) (10.7)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake) (-27), Hampton Roads Academy (Newport News) (-21.8), Trinity Episcopal (Richmond) (-2)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.5 (-3.2 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +12.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #224
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6666
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%



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