Lower Dauphin (Hummelstown, PA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Falcons Colors: Blue/White Coach: Greg Kratzer League: Mid-Penn - Keystone Playoff Division: AAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #9 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2015 JV Record: 4-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Brendan Shaffer 6'0" 180 Junior RB/OLB 4.6 Dan Beaver 6'4" 245 Senior OL/DL 5.0 Justin McIntyre 6'4" 235 Senior TE/DE 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Young But Experienced Defensive Returners, 3 Of 4 Starting DBs Are Back, Return Two Big Targets At TE Team Weaknesses: Graduated Leading Offensive Weapons, Lost Two All-Conference DL RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 38 2015 National Rank: #997 2015 State Rank: #35 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2 2016 Starting Power Rating: 34.5 2016 National Rank: #1272 2016 State Rank: #46 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 22.5 Dynasty National Rank: #1894 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12 Dynasty Record: 88-57 (49-29 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 9-3 2015 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 3rd) 2015 Points For Average: 31.8 2015 Points Against Average: 14.7 2015 Differential: +17.1 2015 Wins: #881 Susquehanna Township (Harrisburg) (49-42), #1489 Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill) (22-12), #3858 Northern York (Dillsburg) (38-7), #4237 Cedar Crest (Lebanon) (35-13), #4356 Middletown (35-21), #5603 Hershey (44-16), #6336 Red Land (Lewisberry) (35-0), #7249 Chambersburg (38-0), #9846 Mechanicsburg (51-0) 2015 Losses: #396 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (21-14), #436 Central Dauphin (Harrisburg) (21-13), #1489 Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill) (23-7) 2015 Opponents W-L: 78-60 Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st), 2005 (Mid-Penn Keystone), 2003 (tied for 1st; Mid-Penn Capital) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/2 Middletown, 9/8 at Central Dauphin East (Harrisburg), 9/16 Cedar Crest (Lebanon), 9/23 at Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill), 9/30 at Red Land (Lewisberry), 10/7 Mechanicsburg, 10/14 Susquehanna Township (Harrisburg), 10/21 Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg), 10/28 at Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg), 11/4 at Hershey Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (51), Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg) (41.1), Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill) (40.3) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mechanicsburg (-7), Cedar Crest (Lebanon) (12.5), Red Land (Lewisberry) (12.7) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.3 (24.8 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #31 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1054 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |