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GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Lance Angel
League: 4A-1 Region III District 9 (moving from 3A Region III District 19)
Playoff Division: 4A-1
Playoff Division Rank: #23

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jarrell Owens 6'3" 240 Senior DE 4.66 [Oklahoma State]
Ben Luckett 6'0" 195 Senior RB 4.4 [Louisiana-Monroe]
Brian Thlang 6'2" 295 Senior OL [Louisiana-Monroe]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 28.5
2013 National Rank: #1986
2013 State Rank: #221
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 23.6
2014 National Rank: #2506
2014 State Rank: #289
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 21.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1964
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.9
Dynasty Record: 74-48 (36-17 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 7-4
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 34.3
2013 Points Against Average: 28.3
2013 Differential: +6
2013 Wins: #2188 Kaufman (34-28), #3241 La Vega (Waco) (26-12), #3827 Mexia (32-13), #5845 Pittsburg (32-0), #6350 Jacksonville (56-35), #6571 Groesbeck (56-28), #8675 Rusk (52-0)
2013 Losses: #150 Fairfield (54-0), #548 Chapel Hill (Tyler) (62-27), #1222 Jasper (44-34), #1323 Athens (35-28)
2013 Opponents W-L: 71-60
Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st; 3A Region III District 20), 2006 (3A Region III District 19), 2004 (tied for 1st; 3A Region III District 21)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Van, 9/5 at Jacksonville, 9/12 Fairfield, 9/19 Paris, 9/26 at Kaufman, 10/10 at Kilgore, 10/17 at Chapel Hill (Tyler), 10/24 Henderson, 10/31 at Carthage, 11/7 Brownsboro
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Kilgore (52.5), Carthage (50.3), Fairfield (47.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Brownsboro (-6.3), Jacksonville (6.5), Van (14.2)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.6 (24.1 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.7
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #148
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #908
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 4th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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