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GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Purple/Gold
Coach: Scott Tillman
League: AA District 10
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jackson Mitchell 6'5" 255 Senior DE/TE
Will Temple 5'11" 175 Senior WB/CB
Sy Taylor 6'3" 215 Senior QB/P

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Size On Lines, Experience At QB
Team Weaknesses: Experience

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 20.5
2013 National Rank: #3320
2013 State Rank: #93
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 17.7
2014 National Rank: #3565
2014 State Rank: #95
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 28
Dynasty National Rank: #1016
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9
Dynasty Record: 113-32 (56-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 8-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 33.5
2013 Points Against Average: 23.9
2013 Differential: +9.6
2013 Wins: #3138 White House (31-6), #3855 Maplewood (Nashville) (34-18), #5343 Greenbrier (27-15), #5653 Page (Franklin) (60-42), #5876 Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (31-14), #7614 Stratford (Nashville) (42-22), #7749 Sycamore (Pleasant View) (38-20), #11793 Whites Creek (49-21)
2013 Losses: #1075 Pearl-Cohn (Nashville) (48-21), #2442 East Nashville (Nashville) (22-21), #2442 East Nashville (Nashville) (35-14)
2013 Opponents W-L: 63-61
Recent State Championships: 2007
Recent League Championships: 2008 (3A Region 5), 2007 (3A Region 5), 2006 (3A Region 5), 2005 (3A Region 5), 2004 (2A Region 4), 2003 (2A Region 4)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/29/14 Greenbrier (31-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Page (Franklin), 8/29 Greenbrier, 9/5 at Maplewood (Nashville), 9/12 at White House, 9/19 Pearl-Cohn (Nashville), 9/26 at Goodpasture Christian (Madison), 10/3 Stratford (Nashville), 10/17 at Whites Creek, 10/24 Sycamore (Pleasant View), 10/31 East Nashville (Nashville)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Pearl-Cohn (Nashville) (38), East Nashville (Nashville) (27.4), White House (24.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Whites Creek (-18.3), Sycamore (Pleasant View) (1.1), Stratford (Nashville) (1.1)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.2 (13.9 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.3
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #121
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4149
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2014 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%