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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Tim Lugo
League: De Anza
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2013 JV Record: 2-8
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Joey Medeiros 5'8" 180 Senior WR/CB 4.70
Ken Wu 5'8" 160 Senior RB/S 4.70
Will Liddle 5'9" 170 Sophomore QB 4.80

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Balanced Offense, Secondary
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Small Senior Class, Inexperience On Defense

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 0.6
2013 National Rank: #7732
2013 State Rank: #554
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: -2.9
2014 National Rank: #8616
2014 State Rank: #611
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 9.1
Dynasty National Rank: #5169
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12
Dynasty Record: 57-58-1 [59-56-1 on the field] (32-37 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 3-7
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 5th)
2013 Points For Average: 24.9
2013 Points Against Average: 36.9
2013 Differential: -12
2013 Wins: #6715 Willow Glen (San Jose) (40-37), #9931 Santa Clara (42-28), #10384 Fremont (Sunnyvale) (45-22)
2013 Losses: #894 Los Gatos (42-14), #1490 Milpitas (54-14), #1710 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (37-20), #2959 Palo Alto (55-21), #5165 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (40-21), #6121 Salinas (41-25), #10610 Mountain View (13-7)
2013 Opponents W-L: 54-58
Recent League Championships: 2007 (El Camino), 2003 (El Camino)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Hillsdale (San Mateo) (28-27)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/5 Hillsdale (San Mateo), 9/12 Willow Glen (San Jose), 9/19 vs Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco), 10/3 at Santa Clara, 10/10 at Milpitas, 10/17 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara), 10/24 Monta Vista (Cupertino), 10/31 at Los Altos, 11/7 at Los Gatos, 11/14 Palo Alto
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Los Gatos (34), Milpitas (33), Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (22.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Los Altos (-12.6), Hillsdale (San Mateo) (-9.4), Santa Clara (-8.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.1
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #416
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4952
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2014 Projected League Finish: 5th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%