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GENERAL
Nickname: Mounties
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: John Fiore
League: North Jersey Super - Liberty Blue
Playoff Division: North I Group 5
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Owen Drexel 6'2.5" 270 Senior OC
Cameron Lipton-Martinez 6'4" 225 Senior TE

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 28
2016 National Rank: #1912
2016 State Rank: #60
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 34.4
2017 National Rank: #1164
2017 State Rank: #33
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 25.5
Dynasty National Rank: #1444
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 8.9
Dynasty Record: 109-47 (66-18 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-4
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 34.7
2016 Points Against Average: 15.1
2016 Differential: +19.6
2016 Wins: #1450 Passaic County Tech (Wayne) (42-15), #4305 Bloomfield (30-23), #4305 Bloomfield (40-14), #5823 East Orange Campus (East Orange) (55-10), #7076 Livingston (56-0), #8344 Morristown (47-6), #8986 Columbia (Maplewood) (42-0)
2016 Losses: #587 Ridgewood (31-20), #1364 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (31-24), #2530 Union City (7-0), #3866 West Orange (29-26)
2016 Opponents W-L: 66-49
Recent Section Championships: 2014 (North 1 V), 2013 (North 1 V), 2012 (North 1 V)
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st), 2015 (tied for 1st; Super Essex - American), 2014 (Super Essex - American), 2013 (Super Essex - American), 2012 (Super Essex - American), 2011 (Super Essex - American), 2008 (tied for 1st; NNJIL A), 2007 (tied for 1st; NNJIL A), 2005 (NNJIL B), 2004 (tied for 1st; NNJIL B)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 1
Streak List: 11/24/16 Bloomfield (30-23)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/9 Passaic County Tech (Wayne), 9/15 at Livingston, 9/28 Union City, 10/7 at East Orange Campus (East Orange), 10/14 Morristown, 10/20 at West Orange, 10/28 Seton Hall Prep (West Orange), 11/4 Columbia (Maplewood), 11/22 at Bloomfield
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Seton Hall Prep (West Orange) (37.1), Passaic County Tech (Wayne) (24.9), Union City (17.2)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Columbia (Maplewood) (-0.9), Morristown (0.4), Livingston (1.5)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.7 (19.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #120
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3648
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 34%