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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Brian Sherwood
League: Section 4 C Division 4
Playoff Division: C
Playoff Division Rank: #6

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Shawn Potter 6'0" 230 Senior OL/DL
Nick Schermerhorn 6'0" 205 Senior RB/LB
David Crow 5'9" 185 Junior RB/DB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Return Entire OL
Team Weaknesses: Need To Replace 2-Year Starting QB/Top 2 LBs

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 20.9
2014 National Rank: #3294
2014 State Rank: #71
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2015 Starting Power Rating: 23.4
2015 National Rank: #2724
2015 State Rank: #55
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -5.3
Dynasty National Rank: #9886
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 28.7
Dynasty Record: 51-56 [50-57 on the field] (24-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 36.2
2014 Points Against Average: 15.1
2014 Differential: +21.1
2014 Wins: #5274 Owego Free Academy (Owego) (31-19), #5766 Lansing (17-14), #7600 Greene (40-0), #11858 Whitney Point (61-6), #12055 Sidney (63-0), #12596 Spencer-Van Etten (Spencer) (48-6), #13046 Notre Dame (Elmira) (62-6)
2014 Losses: #540 Chenango Forks (Binghamton) (33-7), #540 Chenango Forks (Binghamton) (42-21), #1936 Tioga (Tioga Center) (25-12)
2014 Opponents W-L: 59-39
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st; Section 4 C Division VI), 2009 (Section 4 C Division VI)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3
Streak List: 9/6/15 Notre Dame (Utica) (32-14), 9/12/15 Spencer-Van Etten (Spencer) (54-8), 9/19/15 Chenango Valley (Binghamton) (35-0)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/6 at Notre Dame (Utica), 9/12 Spencer-Van Etten (Spencer), 9/19 Chenango Valley (Binghamton), 9/25 at Tioga (Tioga Center), 10/3 Greene, 10/10 Chenango Forks (Binghamton), 10/16 at Sidney, 10/24 at Whitney Point
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Chenango Forks (Binghamton) (41.6), Tioga (Tioga Center) (28.1), Notre Dame (Utica) (26.8)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Spencer-Van Etten (Spencer) (-24.4), Sidney (-22), Whitney Point (-19.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.2 (9.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +12.7
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #88
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5748
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%