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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Mike Nesmith
League: Montgomery County 4A - East
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #10

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2014 JV Record: 5-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Cameron Brown 6'5" 210 Senior OLB

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 24.4
2014 National Rank: #2688
2014 State Rank: #44
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 22.9
2015 National Rank: #2804
2015 State Rank: #43
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 15.4
Dynasty National Rank: #3388
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.5
Dynasty Record: 79-49 (43-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 9-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2014 Points For Average: 28.5
2014 Points Against Average: 18.7
2014 Differential: +9.8
2014 Wins: #3107 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (26-22), #3494 Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore) (42-7), #3631 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (39-29), #4327 Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (25-14), #7858 Springbrook (Silver Spring) (20-6), #8315 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (50-0), #8533 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (21-8), #10340 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (35-14), #11893 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (43-7)
2014 Losses: #292 Northwest (Germantown) (49-6), #1043 Howard (Ellicott City) (39-7), #5731 Gaithersburg (29-28)
2014 Opponents W-L: 69-58
Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3
Streak List: 9/4/15 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (46-7), 9/11/15 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (54-20), 9/18/15 Gaithersburg (21-13)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 9/11 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/18 at Gaithersburg, 9/25 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 10/2 at Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring), 10/9 Einstein [Albert] (Kensington), 10/16 at Springbrook (Silver Spring), 10/23 at Sherwood (Sandy Spring), 10/30 Northwood (Silver Spring), 11/6 Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg) (44.2), Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (19.3), Blair [Montgomery] (Silver Spring) (13.6)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-19.3), Einstein [Albert] (Kensington) (-12.9), Northwood (Silver Spring) (-7.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.7 (14.5 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #127
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6777
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2015 Projected League Finish: 1st
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%