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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Devils
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Rich Boshea
League: Southern Connecticut - Tier 1 (moving from Southern Connecticut - I East)
Playoff Division: LL
Playoff Division Rank: #5

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

TOP PLAYERS
Sheilan Velasquez 6'1" 190 Senior WR/S
Anthony Godfrey 5'9" 190 Senior RB/OLB
Byron Dickens 6'1" 305 Senior OL/DL

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Team Speed

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 26.9
2015 National Rank: #2276
2015 State Rank: #17
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 30.3
2016 National Rank: #1738
2016 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 26.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1245
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.7
Dynasty Record: 95-45-1 (33-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 7-4
2015 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 33.9
2015 Points Against Average: 24.8
2015 Differential: +9.1
2015 Wins: #2871 Xavier (Middletown) (35-27), #3891 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (21-14), #4207 Hillhouse [James] (New Haven) (55-22), #4756 Foran [Joseph A.] (Milford) (39-19), #6105 Cheshire (46-14), #8969 Hamden (43-6), #9198 Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven) (48-8)
2015 Losses: #682 Shelton (48-27), #682 Shelton (40-20), #1227 Notre Dame (West Haven) (40-18), #3123 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (35-21)
2015 Opponents W-L: 73-45
Recent League Championships: 2013 (Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2010 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2006 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2005 (SCC Division I East), 2003 (SCC Quinnipiac)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/9 at Hamden, 9/16 at Xavier (Middletown), 9/23 Creed/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden), 9/30 Cheshire, 10/7 Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 10/21 at Notre Dame (West Haven), 10/28 North Haven, 11/4 at Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 11/11 at Shelton, 11/24 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Shelton (32.9), Notre Dame (West Haven) (29.5), North Haven (29.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Creed/Hill Regional Career Magnet/Whitney RVT (Hamden) (-12.4), Hamden (-8.9), Cheshire (9.1)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.9 (21.5 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.6
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.3
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #21
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3360
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 6%