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GENERAL
Nickname: Patriots
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Richard Henert
League: Southeast
Playoff Division: Medium
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 0
2013 JV Record: 7-0
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Deaundre Campbell 5'9" 185 Senior RB/DB 4.50
Garrett Sommer 5'11" 195 Junior QB 4.85
Shane Hursh 6'5" 205 Senior TE/OLB 4.90

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Lance Wright 6'3" 190 Senior WR [Rice]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, Offensive Backfield
Team Weaknesses: Physically Undersized, Inexperience On Defense

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 15.7
2013 National Rank: #4283
2013 State Rank: #8
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 9.2
2014 National Rank: #5415
2014 State Rank: #13
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 18.3
Dynasty National Rank: #2651
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.8
Dynasty Record: 61-39 (37-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 8-2
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 37.1
2013 Points Against Average: 19.1
2013 Differential: +18
2013 Wins: #4565 Lathrop (Fairbanks) (24-13), #6146 Colony (Palmer) (44-27), #7094 West Valley (Fairbanks) (28-13), #9352 Eagle River (40-8), #10184 Ketchikan (61-6), #10184 Ketchikan (55-6), #11970 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (64-0), #12878 Sitka (2-0)
2013 Losses: #952 Soldotna (63-33), #1923 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (55-20)
2013 Opponents W-L: 38-41
Recent State Championships: 2004 (Large)
Recent League Championships: 2008 (Northern Railbelt), 2004 (Northern Railbelt)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/15 at West Valley (Fairbanks), 8/20 Ketchikan, 8/28 at Palmer, 9/5 Lathrop (Fairbanks), 9/13 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau), 9/19 at Thunder Mountain (Juneau), 9/26 at Wasilla, 10/3 Colony (Palmer)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (25.6), Palmer (22.3), Colony (Palmer) (16.3)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (-19.4), Ketchikan (-12), West Valley (Fairbanks) (6.1)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.4 (4.4 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #15
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5228
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%