Marshall [Thurgood] (Missouri City, TX)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Buffalos
Colors: Black/Yellow
Coach: James Williams
League: 5A Region III District 23 (moving from 4A Region III District 22)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #35

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2013 JV Record: 6-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kendall Sheffield 6'0" 185 Senior CB/WR 4.40
Sam Awolope 6'6" 265 Senior T 4.70 [Rice]
Davon Crookshank 5'11" 190 Senior RB 4.50 [Wisconsin]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Position Players Are Experienced/Athletic
Team Weaknesses: 4 New Starters On OL

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 22.5
2013 National Rank: #2935
2013 State Rank: #323
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +9.5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5
2014 Starting Power Rating: 35.8
2014 National Rank: #963
2014 State Rank: #131
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 17.1
Dynasty National Rank: #2919
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 18.7
Dynasty Record: 60-45 (42-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 8-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd)
2013 Points For Average: 38.8
2013 Points Against Average: 15.4
2013 Differential: +23.4
2013 Wins: #4909 Tomball Memorial (Tomball) (45-29), #6422 Alief Elsik (Houston) (47-7), #7008 Tomball (47-20), #7244 Chavez [Cesar] (Houston) (46-4), #8548 North Forest (Houston) (27-13), #9237 Willowridge (Houston) (49-6), #12778 Spring Woods (Houston) (55-0), #13439 Northbrook (Houston) (63-0)
2013 Losses: #585 Stratford (Houston) (24-6), #623 George Ranch (Richmond) (42-21), #2400 Ridge Point (Missouri City) (24-21)
2013 Opponents W-L: 62-60
Recent League Championships: 2012 (4A Region III District 22), 2006 (tied for 1st), 2005 (5A Region III District 20)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/29/14 Madison [James] (Houston) (19-16), 9/4/14 Alief Hastings (Houston) (37-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Madison [James] (Houston), 9/4 Alief Hastings (Houston), 9/19 Foster (Richmond), 9/25 at Ridge Point (Missouri City), 10/2 Texas City, 10/9 Bush [George] (Richmond), 10/17 at Santa Fe, 10/24 Elkins [Lawrence E.] (Missouri City), 10/31 at Ball (Galveston), 11/7 Willowridge (Houston)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Texas City (41.9), Elkins [Lawrence E.] (Missouri City) (41.5), Bush [George] (Richmond) (38.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Willowridge (Houston) (-6), Ball (Galveston) (-0.5), Santa Fe (1.1)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.1 (8.9 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +19.8
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #299
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1892
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%