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GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Gary Waters
League: 3A District 3
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #48

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -19.7
2016 National Rank: #11544
2016 State Rank: #215
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: -18.5
2017 National Rank: #11237
2017 State Rank: #201
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -9.3
Dynasty National Rank: #10990
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.2
Dynasty Record: 32-96 (17-77 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 0-9
2016 League Record/Finish: 0-7 (8th)
2016 Points For Average: 3.2
2016 Points Against Average: 39.8
2016 Differential: -36.6
2016 Wins: none
2016 Losses: #577 Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (45-0), #2681 Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) (54-0), #3466 West Delaware (Manchester) (48-0), #3795 Benton (Van Horne) (45-14), #4091 Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah) (35-7), #4851 Clear Creek-Amana/Iowa Mennonite (Tiffin) (26-0), #6841 South Tama County (Tama) (45-8), #7572 Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (39-0), #7976 Charles City (21-0)
2016 Opponents W-L: 53-35
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 vs Dike-New Hartford (Dike), 8/25 at West Delaware (Manchester), 9/1 Clear Creek-Amana (Tiffin), 9/8 at Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly), 9/15 South Tama County (Tama), 9/22 at Charles City, 9/29 Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 10/6 Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton), 10/13 at Benton (Van Horne), 10/20 Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (36.9), Dike-New Hartford (Dike) (25.8), Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) (22.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (-16.1), Charles City (-0.3), South Tama County (Tama) (2.3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.8
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #37
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4230
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-9
2017 Projected League Finish: 8th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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