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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Mike Nesmith
League: Montgomery County 4A - East
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 3-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Jordan Hill 6'0" 205 Junior OLB 4.80
Ryan Stango 6'1" 170 Senior WR 4.70
Jovaun Wheeler 5'9" 170 Junior 4.60

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Defense
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience On Offense, Small Senior Class

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 37.3
2013 National Rank: #989
2013 State Rank: #17
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5
2014 Starting Power Rating: 31.2
2014 National Rank: #1407
2014 State Rank: #20
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 14.6
Dynasty National Rank: #3548
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 19.2
Dynasty Record: 70-46 (38-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 11-2
2013 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 41.8
2013 Points Against Average: 18.6
2013 Differential: +23.2
2013 Wins: #1334 Perry Hall (Baltimore) (51-48), #2478 Gaithersburg (35-34), #4129 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (21-13), #4677 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (55-21), #4677 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (42-7), #7286 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (54-14), #7308 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (35-0), #8091 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (54-7), #8806 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (43-12), #9977 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (42-0), #10503 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (48-0)
2013 Losses: #364 Northwest (Germantown) (55-36), #364 Northwest (Germantown) (31-28)
2013 Opponents W-L: 80-62
Recent League Championships: 2013, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (20-6)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 Springbrook (Silver Spring), 9/12 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/19 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 9/26 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 10/2 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/10 at Northwest (Germantown), 10/17 at Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 10/24 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda), 10/31 at Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 11/7 Gaithersburg
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Northwest (Germantown) (55.2), Gaithersburg (18.3), Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (14)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-12.4), Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (-7.1), Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (-6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.3 (17.7 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.9
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #94
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5399
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%