GENERAL
Nickname: Gaels
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Rich Holzer
League: MIAA A
Playoff Division: MIAA A
Playoff Division Rank: #4
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Anthony Ruffin 6'3" 310 Senior OL
Sam James 5'11" 210 Junior RB
Benjamin Morgan 6'1" 225 Senior OLB
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Manny Patterson 5'10" 170 Senior CB
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Overall Team Speed, LBs, QB/RBs
Team Weaknesses: Young At OL/WR
RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 51
2015 National Rank: #303
2015 State Rank: #10
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4
2016 Starting Power Rating: 49.5
2016 National Rank: #332
2016 State Rank: #8
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 25.2
Dynasty National Rank: #1470
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 24.3
Dynasty Record: 56-74 (21-47 in league)
HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 8-3
2015 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 30.6
2015 Points Against Average: 17.7
2015 Differential: +12.9
2015 Wins: #231 McDonogh (Owings Mills) (36-33), #910 Calvert Hall (Baltimore) (43-30), #924 Loyola Blakefield (Towson) (28-7), #1188 St. Joseph (Hammonton, NJ) (29-0), #1558 Bullis (Potomac) (35-21), #1600 Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH) (53-12), #2862 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) (13-12), #13451 SEED (Baltimore) (56-0)
2015 Losses: #19 Gilman (Baltimore) (30-7), #222 Archbishop Spalding (Severn) (23-15), #848 St. Mary's Ryken (Leonardtown) (27-22)
2015 Opponents W-L: 61-53
Recent League Championships: 2007 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/3 Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney), 9/10 St. Mary's Ryken (Leonardtown), 9/16 at St. Mary's Ryken (Leonardtown), 9/17 Avalon (Gaithersburg), 9/24 Capitol Christian Academy (Landover), 10/1 Gilman (Baltimore), 10/8 Silver Oak Academy (Keymar), 10/14 at Loyola Blakefield (Towson), 10/22 Calvert Hall (Baltimore), 10/28 at McDonogh (Owings Mills), 11/5 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore), 11/11 at Archbishop Spalding (Severn)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Gilman (Baltimore) (65), Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) (64.7), McDonogh (Owings Mills) (61.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Capitol Christian Academy (Landover) (-30.3), Silver Oak Academy (Keymar) (-12.6), St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) (13.1)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 35.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.9
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.3
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #12
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #304
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 4th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%