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GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Royal Blue/White/Black
Coach: Ryan Smith
League: C2 District 8
Playoff Division: C2
Playoff Division Rank: #18

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 3-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -2.2
2016 National Rank: #8005
2016 State Rank: #90
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2017 Starting Power Rating: -0.7
2017 National Rank: #7564
2017 State Rank: #86
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -0.8
Dynasty National Rank: #8473
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.1
Dynasty Record: 64-61 (26-34 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 24.2
2016 Points Against Average: 12.1
2016 Differential: +12.1
2016 Wins: #8082 Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan) (28-14), #9869 Centura (Cairo) (18-14), #11969 Bridgeport (35-6), #12286 Gibbon (13-6), #12549 Southern Valley (Oxford) (38-8), #12943 Kimball (25-0), #13267 Bayard (45-28)
2016 Losses: #3908 Valentine (10-7), #5860 St. Paul (15-14), #7279 St. Patrick's (North Platte) (20-19)
2016 Opponents W-L: 46-50
Recent League Championships: 2013 (C2 District 9)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Gibbon, 9/1 at Southern Valley (Oxford), 9/8 Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan), 9/15 at Centura (Cairo), 9/22 at Kimball, 9/29 Valentine, 10/6 at St. Patrick's (North Platte), 10/13 at Bridgeport, 10/20 Bayard
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Valentine (21.1), St. Patrick's (North Platte) (8.5), Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan) (-14.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Southern Valley (Oxford) (-38.4), Kimball (-32.3), Gibbon (-28.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15 (-8.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #142
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12292
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%