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GENERAL
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Dennis Lee
League: Northwest
Playoff Division: VI
Playoff Division Rank: #24

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 15.6
2015 National Rank: #4330
2015 State Rank: #258
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 14.3
2016 National Rank: #4447
2016 State Rank: #266
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 10.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4750
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.6
Dynasty Record: 73-59 (52-48 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 7-3
2015 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 26.2
2015 Points Against Average: 22.6
2015 Differential: +3.6
2015 Wins: #3658 Van Buren (35-14), #5525 Columbus Grove (10-7), #5700 Ada (27-21), #5988 Fort Loramie (23-14), #6538 Crestview (Convoy) (41-28), #11042 Cory-Rawson (Rawson) (54-0), #12043 Paulding (34-10)
2015 Losses: #1541 Jefferson (Delphos) (50-7), #2096 Spencerville (41-7), #4895 Allen East (Harrod) (41-24)
2015 Opponents W-L: 59-50
Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st), 2004
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Cory-Rawson (Rawson), 9/2 at Van Buren, 9/9 Fort Loramie, 9/16 at Paulding, 9/23 Allen East (Harrod), 9/30 at Jefferson (Delphos), 10/7 Spencerville, 10/14 Ada, 10/21 at Crestview (Convoy), 10/28 Columbus Grove
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Jefferson (Delphos) (31.9), Spencerville (27.8), Van Buren (23)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Paulding (-19.7), Cory-Rawson (Rawson) (-11.6), Fort Loramie (5.3)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.9
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.8
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #265
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4462
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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