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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Royal Blue/White/Black
Coach: Ryan Smith
League: C2 District 8
Playoff Division: C2
Playoff Division Rank: #22

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2015 JV Record: 2-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -2.5
2015 National Rank: #8535
2015 State Rank: #101
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 3
2016 National Rank: #7105
2016 State Rank: #85
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -1
Dynasty National Rank: #8565
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4
Dynasty Record: 57-58 (23-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 4-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 19.4
2015 Points Against Average: 16.6
2015 Differential: +2.8
2015 Wins: #10831 Cambridge (21-10), #11324 Bayard (32-0), #12046 Kimball (54-7), #13075 Wood River (42-8)
2015 Losses: #1994 St. Cecilia (Hastings) (43-14), #4040 Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan) (20-0), #5487 St. Patrick's (North Platte) (13-12), #5876 Arcadia/Loup City (Arcadia) (28-0), #6894 Bridgeport (20-0)
2015 Opponents W-L: 47-41
Recent League Championships: 2013 (C2 District 9)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 4
Streak List: 10/16/15 Kimball (54-7), 10/23/15 Cambridge (21-10), 8/26/16 Gibbon (13-6), 9/2/16 Southern Valley (Oxford) (38-8)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Gibbon, 9/2 Southern Valley (Oxford), 9/9 at Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan), 9/16 Centura (Cairo), 9/23 Kimball, 9/30 at Valentine, 10/7 St. Patrick's (North Platte), 10/14 Bridgeport, 10/21 at Bayard
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan) (15.5), Gibbon (12.3), St. Patrick's (North Platte) (7)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kimball (-28.2), Bayard (-26.1), Southern Valley (Oxford) (-20.2)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.7
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.6
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #140
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9740
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%