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GENERAL
Nickname: Gophers
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Gary Bartel
League: 6A Region I District 8
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #81

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2014 JV Record: 4-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Demarcus Marshall 6'4" 320 Sophomore OL/DL 5.4
Abraham Newsome 5'10" 205 Senior RB/LB 4.5
Roderick Green 6'4" 245 Senior T/DE 4.9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL, RBs, Kicking Game
Team Weaknesses: No Varsity Experience At QB, Depth At LB

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 30
2014 National Rank: #1861
2014 State Rank: #213
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.3
2015 Starting Power Rating: 31.5
2015 National Rank: #1539
2015 State Rank: #183
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 10.8
Dynasty National Rank: #4686
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 20.7
Dynasty Record: 26-94 (12-69 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 5-5
2014 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2014 Points For Average: 21.5
2014 Points Against Average: 31.4
2014 Differential: -9.9
2014 Wins: #1328 Duncanville (31-3), #2059 Midlothian (38-24), #6209 Naaman Forest (Garland) (38-36), #6689 Haltom (Haltom City) (31-14), #6832 Irving (35-31)
2014 Losses: #7 Cedar Hill (42-7), #22 De Soto (53-0), #247 Mansfield (49-13), #332 South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie) (24-0), #1867 Richland (North Richland Hills) (38-22)
2014 Opponents W-L: 48-62
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Haltom (Haltom City), 9/4 Irving, 9/11 at Naaman Forest (Garland), 9/18 Richland (North Richland Hills), 9/25 at De Soto, 10/2 Mansfield, 10/9 at South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie), 10/16 Cedar Hill, 10/23 at Midlothian, 10/30 Duncanville
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: De Soto (71.9), Cedar Hill (71.2), South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie) (53.7)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Haltom (Haltom City) (-7.8), Irving (0), Naaman Forest (Garland) (13.8)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 35.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 32.1
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.5
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #62
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #369
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%