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GENERAL
Nickname: Patriots
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Marcellus Harris
League: 4A Conference 18
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #36

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2014 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Casey Vick 6'1" 175 Senior
Elijah Rice 5'8" 160 Senior
Shaun Mason 6'3" 310 Senior

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Position Talent, Explosiveness At RB, Defense Has Experience Playing Together
Team Weaknesses: 3 Inexperienced OL, Must Replace 3 Secondary Starters

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 6
2014 National Rank: #6444
2014 State Rank: #185
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 5.5
2015 National Rank: #6459
2015 State Rank: #183
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 5.6
Dynasty National Rank: #6382
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 42-75 (27-62 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-7
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-2 (tied for 5th)
2014 Points For Average: 21.4
2014 Points Against Average: 29.5
2014 Differential: -8.1
2014 Wins: #9049 Gloucester (27-13), #9245 Warwick (Newport News) (26-7), #9757 Menchville (Newport News) (38-7)
2014 Losses: #1334 Heritage (Newport News) (20-13), #1476 Kecoughtan (Hampton) (42-7), #2317 Phoebus (Hampton) (50-10), #2647 Woodside (Newport News) (50-14), #3026 Hampton (38-26), #4665 Bethel (Hampton) (24-19), #4935 Tabb (Yorktown) (44-34)
2014 Opponents W-L: 59-54
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Gloucester (35-14)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 vs Washington [Booker T.] (Norfolk), 9/3 Hampton, 9/11 Kecoughtan (Hampton), 9/18 at Gloucester, 9/24 at Menchville (Newport News), 10/3 Heritage (Newport News), 10/9 at Warwick (Newport News), 10/17 at Woodside (Newport News), 10/23 Bethel (Hampton), 10/29 Phoebus (Hampton)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Kecoughtan (Hampton) (33), Heritage (Newport News) (29.7), Woodside (Newport News) (27.6)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Menchville (Newport News) (-10.9), Warwick (Newport News) (-4.4), Gloucester (1.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #108
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2940
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2015 Projected League Finish: 5th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%