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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Merrill Pavlovich
League: East Central (moving from Wright County - East)
Playoff Division: 11
Playoff Division Rank: #72

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Joel Koenecke 6'1" 180 Senior HB
Carl Schaefbauer 6'2" 210 Senior LB
Kevin Kneisl 6'2" 245 Senior T

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Many Returners On Both Sides Of Ball, Kicking Game
Team Weaknesses: Overall Depth, Inexperienced Skill Positions

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 9
2014 National Rank: #5777
2014 State Rank: #108
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 14.5
2015 National Rank: #4450
2015 State Rank: #72
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 22.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1891
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.8
Dynasty Record: 84-48 (46-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th)
2014 Points For Average: 18.6
2014 Points Against Average: 28.7
2014 Differential: -10.1
2014 Wins: #6733 Dassel-Cokato (Cokato) (13-12), #7887 Big Lake (22-15), #9018 Litchfield (35-19)
2014 Losses: #399 Becker (40-7), #611 Hutchinson (46-7), #2341 New London-Spicer (New London) (28-21), #2475 Orono (Long Lake) (39-21), #3246 Holy Family Catholic/Southwest Christian (Victoria) (36-29), #4848 Waconia (21-14), #5509 New Prague (31-17)
2014 Opponents W-L: 63-40
Recent League Championships: 2010 (Wright County)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Annandale (27-0)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/22 vs Zimmerman, 8/28 at Dassel-Cokato (Cokato), 9/4 Litchfield, 9/11 at Hutchinson, 9/18 Annandale, 9/25 at Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe), 10/2 Watertown-Mayer (Watertown), 10/8 at Holy Family Catholic (Victoria)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hutchinson (45.9), Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe) (19.1), Zimmerman (13.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Litchfield (-4.2), Annandale (-0.6), Dassel-Cokato (Cokato) (2.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.7 (19.7 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.1
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #92
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4551
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%