St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: John Wilson
League: Freelance
Playoff Division: I
Playoff Division Rank: #4

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2013 JV Record: 2-4-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Rhet Schweizer 5'10" 175 Junior WR/DB 4.40
Markquise Normand 5'10" 210 Junior FB/LB 4.50
Matt Williams 6'3" 170 Junior QB/DB 4.80

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On OL
Team Weaknesses: Replacing Key Starters On Defense, Offensive Backfield

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 32.8
2013 National Rank: #1451
2013 State Rank: #5
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 30
2014 National Rank: #1560
2014 State Rank: #5
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 25
Dynasty National Rank: #1435
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.3
Dynasty Record: 85-38

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 7-4
2013 League Record/Finish:  
2013 Points For Average: 23.2
2013 Points Against Average: 14.7
2013 Differential: +8.5
2013 Wins: #1460 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (19-17), #3788 Penn [William] (New Castle) (28-0), #4466 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (33-13), #4602 Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (41-0), #5485 Oxford (PA) (30-7), #7980 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (31-0), #11477 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (31-0)
2013 Losses: #48 Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ) (56-6), #252 Salesianum (Wilmington) (21-0), #1080 Dover (20-12), #1080 Dover (28-24)
2013 Opponents W-L: 78-42
Recent State Championships: 2010
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 9/6 at Penn [William] (New Castle), 9/12 Sussex Tech (Georgetown), 9/19 at Sussex Central (Georgetown), 9/26 at Dover, 10/4 at Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 10/10 Montclair (NJ), 10/17 at Salesianum (Wilmington), 10/24 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden), 10/31 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington), 11/7 at Archbishop Spalding (Severn, MD)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Salesianum (Wilmington) (48.6), Montclair (NJ) (46.8), Dover (38.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (-13.9), Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (-2.9), Sussex Central (Georgetown) (14.9)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.2 (25.1 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1307
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%