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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Jason Luciani
League: Northwest Jersey - Liberty (moving from Northwest Jersey - Independence)
Playoff Division: North I Group 1
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -14
2014 National Rank: #10972
2014 State Rank: #281
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +10.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -3.6
2015 National Rank: #8696
2015 State Rank: #213
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 4.7
Dynasty National Rank: #6672
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.3
Dynasty Record: 71-55 (53-37 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 2-8
2014 League Record/Finish: 1-6 (tied for 9th)
2014 Points For Average: 22.8
2014 Points Against Average: 31.5
2014 Differential: -8.7
2014 Wins: #12259 Morris Catholic (Denville) (27-13), #13158 Emerson (35-21)
2014 Losses: #1786 Mountain Lakes (41-14), #5243 Madison (51-31), #7219 Boonton (27-19), #7641 North Warren Regional (Blairstown) (21-0), #7872 Hopatcong (47-27), #8092 Kinnelon (34-28), #8184 Hanover Park (East Hanover) (34-28), #9217 Morristown-Beard (Morristown) (26-19)
2014 Opponents W-L: 64-40
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st; Northwest Jersey - Independence), 2003 (tied for 1st; Northern Hills- Suburban)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/11 Boonton, 9/18 at Mountain Lakes, 9/25 Madison, 10/2 at Morristown-Beard (Morristown), 10/10 at Morris Catholic (Denville), 10/16 Hopatcong, 10/23 Hanover Park (East Hanover), 10/30 at Kinnelon, 11/5 at North Warren Regional (Blairstown)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mountain Lakes (29.8), Hopatcong (7.9), Madison (4.9)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Morristown-Beard (Morristown) (-13), Morris Catholic (Denville) (-12.1), Kinnelon (-10.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.3
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.4
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #200
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7821
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 4th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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