Dunbar [Paul Laurence] (Baltimore, MD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Poets
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Lawrence Smith
League: Baltimore City Division 2A (moving from Baltimore City Division I)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Barry Goins 6'0" 295 Senior OL

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 21
2014 National Rank: #3278
2014 State Rank: #53
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 19.9
2015 National Rank: #3338
2015 State Rank: #54
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 28.7
Dynasty National Rank: #971
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.8
Dynasty Record: 139-24 (83-12 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 10-4
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 29.8
2014 Points Against Average: 16.9
2014 Differential: +12.9
2014 Wins: #3611 Kent Island (Stevensville) (24-21), #4555 Eastern Tech (Baltimore) (30-28), #6000 Patterson (Baltimore) (20-15), #7425 Overlea (Baltimore) (35-6), #8449 City College (Baltimore) (42-0), #10445 Poly (Baltimore) (39-26), #11014 National Academy Foundation (Baltimore) (44-7), #11999 Maritime Academy (Baltimore) (43-0), #12375 Lewis [Reginald F.] (Baltimore) (50-8), #13356 Southwestern (Baltimore) (52-0)
2014 Losses: #309 Douglass [Frederick] (Upper Marlboro) (38-0), #1538 Friendship Collegiate Academy (Washington, DC) (45-8), #3494 Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore) (14-8), #4586 Edmondson-Westside (Baltimore) (28-22)
2014 Opponents W-L: 88-64
Recent State Championships: 2012 (1A), 2011 (1A), 2010 (1A), 2008 (1A), 2007 (1A), 2006 (1A), 2004 (1A)
Recent League Championships: 2013 (Baltimore City Division I), 2012 (Baltimore City Division I), 2010 (tied for 1st; Baltimore City Division I), 2009 (tied for 1st; Baltimore City Division I), 2008 (Baltimore City Division I), 2007 (Baltimore City Division I), 2005 (tied for 1st; Baltimore City Division I), 2004 (Baltimore City Division I)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/4/15 Northwestern (Baltimore) (42-0), 9/11/15 Dover (DE) (50-28)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Northwestern (Baltimore), 9/11 Dover (DE), 9/18 Douglass [Frederick] (Baltimore), 9/25 Patterson (Baltimore), 10/2 Digital Harbor (Baltimore), 10/9 City College (Baltimore), 10/16 at Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore), 10/23 at Carver Vo-Tech (Baltimore), 10/30 at Poly (Baltimore), 11/6 at Edmondson-Westside (Baltimore)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Douglass [Frederick] (Baltimore) (31.5), Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore) (22.4), Dover (DE) (21.1)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Northwestern (Baltimore) (-17), Digital Harbor (Baltimore) (-15.7), Poly (Baltimore) (-15)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.9 (8.6 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #102
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6176
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 1st
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%



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