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GENERAL
Nickname: Patriots
Colors: Red/White/Blue
Coach: Gary Buer
League: III Section VII (moving from III Section I)
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #53

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: -11.1
2014 National Rank: #10403
2014 State Rank: #141
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -21
2015 National Rank: #12073
2015 State Rank: #165
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -0.9
Dynasty National Rank: #8543
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 20.1
Dynasty Record: 48-79 (27-43 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 2-8
2014 League Record/Finish: 0-6 (7th)
2014 Points For Average: 22.1
2014 Points Against Average: 45.3
2014 Differential: -23.2
2014 Wins: #9478 Washington (Phoenix) (25-14), #12394 Youngker (Buckeye) (21-7)
2014 Losses: #3200 Cactus (Glendale) (69-13), #3421 Moon Valley (Phoenix) (49-25), #3453 Sunrise Mountain (Peoria) (76-13), #4092 Arcadia (Phoenix) (62-21), #4202 Peoria (43-14), #7409 Goldwater [Barry] (Phoenix) (39-35), #8151 Dysart (El Mirage) (52-20), #9095 Greenway (Phoenix) (42-34)
2014 Opponents W-L: 58-48
Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st; 4A Western Sky), 2006 (tied for 1st; 4A Wells Fargo 1), 2004 (4A Desert Sky)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Maryvale (Phoenix), 9/4 Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale), 9/11 at Ironwood (Glendale), 9/18 Sierra Linda (Phoenix), 9/25 at Desert Edge (Goodyear), 10/2 Moon Valley (Phoenix), 10/9 Thunderbird (Phoenix), 10/16 at Washington (Phoenix), 10/23 at Greenway (Phoenix), 10/30 Sunnyslope (Phoenix)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Desert Edge (Goodyear) (42.1), Sunnyslope (Phoenix) (22.8), Ironwood (Glendale) (17.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Maryvale (Phoenix) (-16.7), Washington (Phoenix) (-13.1), Kellis [Raymond S.] (Glendale) (-12.4)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.4
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #75
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6108
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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