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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Tim Lugo
League: De Anza
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kian Ghelichkhani 5'11" 195 Senior 4.8
Will Liddle 5'11" 185 Senior 4.8
Nolan Chao 6'0" 175 Senior 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Passing Game, Experienced OL, DBs
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Small Roster Size

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 3.8
2015 National Rank: #6971
2015 State Rank: #494
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 7.3
2016 National Rank: #6049
2016 State Rank: #429
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 7.9
Dynasty National Rank: #5625
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.6
Dynasty Record: 66-70-1 [68-68-1 on the field] (37-44 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 4-6
2015 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2015 Points For Average: 26.4
2015 Points Against Average: 30.8
2015 Differential: -4.4
2015 Wins: #3803 Hillsdale (San Mateo) (22-7), #9292 Homestead (Cupertino) (35-28), #10638 Fremont (Sunnyvale) (63-20), #12360 Los Altos (40-10)
2015 Losses: #1326 Milpitas (54-7), #1844 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (49-22), #2497 Los Gatos (41-20), #4373 Palo Alto (42-35), #5991 Silver Creek (San Jose) (23-6), #7548 Piedmont Hills (San Jose) (34-14)
2015 Opponents W-L: 65-50
Recent League Championships: 2007 (El Camino), 2003 (El Camino)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/2/16 Silver Creek (San Jose) (28-13)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 Half Moon Bay, 9/2 at Silver Creek (San Jose), 9/9 Piedmont Hills (San Jose), 9/16 at Leigh (San Jose), 9/23 Milpitas, 9/30 Palo Alto, 10/7 at Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara), 10/14 Mountain View, 10/28 at Santa Clara, 11/4 at Los Gatos
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Milpitas (33.7), Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (25.7), Leigh (San Jose) (25.4)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Santa Clara (-5.2), Mountain View (-4.3), Silver Creek (San Jose) (-0.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.6
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.4
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #267
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3645
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2016 Projected League Finish: 5th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%