La Salle (Wyndmoor, PA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Explorers
Colors: Gold/Blue
Coach: Drew Gordon
League: Philadelphia Catholic - Red (moving from Philadelphia Catholic AAAA)
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #5

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Chris Ferguson 6'4" 220 Senior QB

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 55.6
2015 National Rank: #177
2015 State Rank: #4
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2016 Starting Power Rating: 55.5
2016 National Rank: #185
2016 State Rank: #8
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 44
Dynasty National Rank: #127
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.5
Dynasty Record: 118-48 (45-24 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 8-4
2015 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 26.7
2015 Points Against Average: 18.9
2015 Differential: +7.8
2015 Wins: #212 St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) (29-28), #455 North Penn (Lansdale) (24-12), #489 Malvern Prep (Malvern) (21-14), #796 Pennsbury (Fairless Hills) (14-0), #1295 Gratz [Simon] (Philadelphia) (42-15), #1434 Father Judge (Philadelphia) (27-6), #1434 Father Judge (Philadelphia) (41-14), #4410 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia) (49-14)
2015 Losses: #5 DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD) (32-12), #75 Parkland (Allentown) (16-13), #212 St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) (49-24), #241 Archbishop Wood (Warminster) (27-24)
2015 Opponents W-L: 102-41
Recent State Championships: 2009 (AAAA), 2006 (Catholic Red)
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Philadelphia Catholic AAAA), 2011 (Philadelphia Catholic AAAA), 2010 (Philadelphia Catholic AAAA), 2008 (Philadelphia Catholic AAAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/2/16 Pennsbury (Fairless Hills) (28-0)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 at North Penn (Lansdale), 9/2 at Pennsbury (Fairless Hills), 9/9 at Malvern Prep (Malvern), 9/16 at Archbishop Carroll [John] (Radnor), 9/24 at Archbishop Ryan (Philadelphia), 10/1 at Father Judge (Philadelphia), 10/15 Roman Catholic (Philadelphia), 10/22 St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 10/29 Archbishop Wood (Warminster)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) (71.6), Archbishop Wood (Warminster) (57.8), Malvern Prep (Malvern) (49.4)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Archbishop Carroll [John] (Radnor) (10), Roman Catholic (Philadelphia) (14.8), Archbishop Ryan (Philadelphia) (22)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 40.5 (46 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 35.8
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -4.7
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #4
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #233
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%



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