GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Black/Red
Coach: John Kelley
League: Montgomery County 4A - South (moving from Montgomery County 4A - West)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #2
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 10
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2014 JV Record: 3-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Marvin Beander 5'10" 175 Junior RB 4.6
Sean Green 6'0" 255 Senior DL 5.0
Greg Williams 6'1" 255 Senior TE/DL 5.0
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Adam McLean 6'2" 290 Senior DE
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Lines
Team Weaknesses: Secondary, WRs
RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 41.5
2014 National Rank: #739
2014 State Rank: #15
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.9
2015 Starting Power Rating: 44.2
2015 National Rank: #519
2015 State Rank: #10
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 34.8
Dynasty National Rank: #435
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.4
Dynasty Record: 123-24 (65-5 in league)
HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 10-2
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2014 Points For Average: 35.8
2014 Points Against Average: 13.3
2014 Differential: +22.5
2014 Wins: #292 Northwest (Germantown) (52-27), #1996 Clarksburg (21-14), #1996 Clarksburg (22-19), #3107 Sherwood (Sandy Spring) (20-14), #3631 Churchill [Winston] (Potomac) (44-3), #5648 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (42-14), #5731 Gaithersburg (52-8), #6977 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (45-14), #8315 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (51-0), #8481 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (49-0)
2014 Losses: #292 Northwest (Germantown) (28-21), #346 Damascus (19-11)
2014 Opponents W-L: 84-50
Recent State Championships: 2007
Recent League Championships: 2014 (Montgomery County 4A - West), 2013 (tied for 1st; Montgomery County 4A - West), 2012 (Montgomery County 4A - West), 2011 (Montgomery County 4A - West), 2009 (Montgomery County 3A), 2008 (Montgomery County 4A - West), 2007 (Montgomery County 4A - West), 2005 (Montgomery County 4A West), 2004 (Montgomery County 4A West)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/11/15 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (61-11), 9/18/15 Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville) (41-0)
SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 9/4 at Damascus, 9/11 Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 9/18 at Wootton [Thomas S.] (Rockville), 9/24 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 9/25 Clarksburg, 10/2 Gaithersburg, 10/9 at Churchill [Winston] (Potomac), 10/16 Northwest (Germantown), 10/23 at Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda), 10/30 Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda), 11/6 at Paint Branch (Burtonsville)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (47.3), Northwest (Germantown) (46.7), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (33.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda) (-10.2), Whitman [Walt] (Bethesda) (-6.9), Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (-1.5)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.1 (25.2 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.4
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #36
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3039
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 11-1
2015 Projected League Finish: 1st
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 10%