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GENERAL
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Jeff Wallace
League: Suburban - Red
Playoff Division: 5
Playoff Division Rank: #28

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2013 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Jacob Hess 6'5" 190 Junior QB 4.92
Israel Smith 6'0" 190 Sophomore RB 4.74
Brinden Ewing 6'3" 285 Senior OL/DT 5.33

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Tyree Mayfield 6'4" 220 Senior TE [Wyoming]
Derek Gray 5'11" 190 Senior RB 4.56
Jeb Drost 6'5" 300 Senior OT [Kansas State]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL, Team Speed
Team Weaknesses: Youth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 24.2
2013 National Rank: #2633
2013 State Rank: #54
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 13
2014 National Rank: #4561
2014 State Rank: #83
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 18.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2584
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.3
Dynasty Record: 51-60 (34-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-5
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 25.9
2013 Points Against Average: 19.1
2013 Differential: +6.8
2013 Wins: #1035 Park Hill South (Kansas City) (28-7), #3793 Park Hill (Kansas City) (48-20), #4160 Platte County (Platte City) (15-12), #8469 Oak Park (Kansas City) (47-0), #10955 Ruskin (Kansas City) (41-0), #12025 Truman [Harry S] (Independence) (58-6)
2013 Losses: #11 Blue Springs (41-6), #22 Lee's Summit West (Lee's Summit) (43-0), #903 Staley (Kansas City) (38-6), #1091 Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar) (17-12), #2989 Raytown South (Raytown) (26-24)
2013 Opponents W-L: 57-64
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Kearney, 8/29 at Platte County (Platte City), 9/5 Truman [Harry S] (Independence), 9/12 at Blue Springs, 9/19 Raymore-Peculiar (Peculiar), 9/26 Liberty, 10/3 at Ruskin (Kansas City), 10/10 Park Hill (Kansas City), 10/17 Park Hill South (Riverside)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Blue Springs (70), Liberty (52.4), Kearney (49)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Truman [Harry S] (Independence) (-19.7), Ruskin (Kansas City) (-9.7), Platte County (Platte City) (10.7)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.8 (23.7 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.4
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #15
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #811
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%