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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Navy/White
Coach: Bill Whittemore
League: Division II-A
Playoff Division: II-A
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Keeling Hunter 6'0" 220 Senior LB/TE
Murphy Chambliss 5'11" 210 Senior OL/DL
Larry Wilhoite 6'2" 200 Junior S/WR

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Off-Season Work Ethic
Team Weaknesses: Physically Undersized

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 7.2
2013 National Rank: #6200
2013 State Rank: #169
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 8.8
2014 National Rank: #5512
2014 State Rank: #152
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 0.4
Dynasty National Rank: #8094
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.7
Dynasty Record: 51-66 (23-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 6-6
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (10th)
2013 Points For Average: 25.4
2013 Points Against Average: 26.3
2013 Differential: -0.9
2013 Wins: #5876 Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (21-14), #8217 Boyd-Buchanan (Chattanooga) (35-21), #10080 Ezell-Harding Christian (Antioch) (55-19), #10584 Davidson Academy (Nashville) (49-3), #11113 Tipton-Rosemark Academy (Millington) (34-21), #13532 Zion Christian Academy (Columbia) (48-17)
2013 Losses: #1075 Pearl-Cohn (Nashville) (42-0), #1201 Evangelical Christian (Cordova) (36-13), #2318 Christian Academy of Knoxville (Knoxville) (35-10), #3003 Donelson Christian Academy (Nashville) (26-23), #3816 Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) (42-7), #3868 Friendship Christian (Lebanon) (40-10)
2013 Opponents W-L: 74-65
Recent League Championships: 2012 (Division II A - East/Middle 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/29/14 Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (21-7)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Christian Academy of Knoxville (Knoxville), 8/29 Goodpasture Christian (Madison), 9/5 Boyd-Buchanan (Chattanooga), 9/12 at Donelson Christian Academy (Nashville), 9/19 Davidson Academy (Nashville), 9/26 Friendship Christian (Lebanon), 10/3 at Zion Christian Academy (Columbia), 10/10 at Ezell-Harding Christian (Antioch), 10/24 at Pearl-Cohn (Nashville), 10/31 Battle Ground Academy (Franklin)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Pearl-Cohn (Nashville) (38), Christian Academy of Knoxville (Knoxville) (27.8), Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) (24.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Zion Christian Academy (Columbia) (-32.5), Davidson Academy (Nashville) (-11.6), Ezell-Harding Christian (Antioch) (-8.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2 (8.3 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #152
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5228
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 8th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%