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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Coach: Dave Murray
League: Montgomery County 2A/3A
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #25

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2015 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Colin Fisher 5'9" 165 Senior WR/DB 4.7
Michael McDonald 5'10" 175 Senior RB/LB 4.9
Dakota Grimsby 5'10" 180 Senior OL/LB 5.0

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Many Returners With Experience Coming Back On Both Sides Of Ball, Good Group Of Leaders, Disciplined
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Small Program

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 3.9
2015 National Rank: #6949
2015 State Rank: #111
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 6.4
2016 National Rank: #6286
2016 State Rank: #107
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -4.3
Dynasty National Rank: #9576
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.7
Dynasty Record: 71-65 (5-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 5-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (6th)
2015 Points For Average: 13.9
2015 Points Against Average: 21.6
2015 Differential: -7.7
2015 Wins: #7256 Wheaton (Silver Spring) (7-6), #8358 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (21-14), #8581 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (24-21), #8871 Rockville (23-7), #12517 Winters Mill (Westminster) (24-13)
2015 Losses: #132 Damascus (49-0), #878 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (41-13), #3592 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (24-20), #7282 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (13-7), #7298 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (28-0)
2015 Opponents W-L: 57-54
Recent League Championships: 2011 (Montgomery County 2A/1A)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/2 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 9/9 Wheaton (Silver Spring), 9/16 at Winters Mill (Westminster), 9/23 at Damascus, 9/30 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 10/7 at Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda), 10/14 at Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville), 10/21 Rockville, 10/28 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 11/4 at Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (50.8), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (33.1), Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (23.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Winters Mill (Westminster) (-23.6), Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (-3.6), Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (-2.7)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.5
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #80
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5229
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 7th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%