Northwood (Silver Spring, MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Gladiators
Coach: Dennis Harris
League: Montgomery County 2A/3A
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #50

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 0-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Christian Reyes 6'2" 270 Senior DL/K 5.35
Kyon Giles 5'9" 165 Senior WR/CB 4.56
Darrell Wright 5'11" 175 Senior OLB/HB 4.85

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Position Players
Team Weaknesses: Lines

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -20.7
2013 National Rank: #12162
2013 State Rank: #196
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: -24.2
2014 National Rank: #12569
2014 State Rank: #200
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): -13.4
Dynasty National Rank: #12020
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.8
Dynasty Record: 24-56 [23-57 on the field] (8-25 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 2-8
2013 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2013 Points For Average: 9.2
2013 Points Against Average: 36.9
2013 Differential: -27.7
2013 Wins: #12344 Wheaton (Silver Spring) (26-14), #12670 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (14-7)
2013 Losses: #2311 Damascus (42-8), #3479 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (51-0), #6440 Poolesville (43-6), #7308 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (28-6), #7766 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (43-6), #8008 Rockville (51-13), #8091 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (41-0), #8806 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (49-13)
2013 Opponents W-L: 46-55
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 Poolesville, 9/12 at Damascus, 9/20 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 9/26 at Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/2 at Rockville, 10/10 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/17 at Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 10/24 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 10/31 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 11/7 at Wheaton (Silver Spring)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (28.2), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (19.6), Poolesville (8.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-26.7), Wheaton (Silver Spring) (-22), Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-12.4)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.4
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #151
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8072
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2014 Projected League Finish: 7th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%