| Notre Dame (West Haven, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Green Knights Colors: Green/Gold Coach: Joe DeCaprio League: Southern Connecticut - Tier 1 Playoff Division: L Playoff Division Rank: #3 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 1 2016 JV Record: 4-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Chris Elias 6'2" 190 Senior QB 4.6 Isaiah Kane 6'2" 190 Senior OLB 4.7 Frank Paine 6'1" 230 Senior T/DT 5.1 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: QB Position, Hard-Working, Solid Size/Speed Returning Team Weaknesses: Youth, Inexperience, Lost 19 Multi-Year Starters To Graduation RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 41.2 2016 National Rank: #655 2016 State Rank: #6 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4 2017 Starting Power Rating: 29.3 2017 National Rank: #1708 2017 State Rank: #12 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 24.8 Dynasty National Rank: #1541 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.9 Dynasty Record: 93-59 (35-25 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 8-4 2016 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (tied for 2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 31.1 2016 Points Against Average: 17.5 2016 Differential: +13.6 2016 Wins: #829 Xavier (Middletown) (20-0), #1429 Cheshire (27-21), #1620 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (34-7), #2229 North Haven (49-34), #2303 New London (44-7), #3430 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (23-6), #7602 Hamden (55-6), #8839 Guilford (49-14) 2016 Losses: #222 New Canaan (20-17), #307 Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, RI) (26-21), #467 West Haven (36-13), #656 Shelton (33-21) 2016 Opponents W-L: 80-48 Recent State Championships: 2009 Recent League Championships: 2015 (Southern Connecticut - I East), 2014 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2010 (tied for 1st; Southern Connecticut Division I - East), 2009 (Southern Connecticut Division I - East) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/8 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield), 9/15 at Fitch (Groton), 9/22 at West Haven, 9/29 Branford, 10/6 at Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 10/20 Xavier (Middletown), 10/27 Cheshire, 11/3 Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven), 11/10 at Shelton, 11/23 at Hamden Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cheshire (40.7), Xavier (Middletown) (40), West Haven (38.4) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Branford (-16.4), Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (5.9), Hamden (9.6) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26 (32.7 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.6 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.4 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1657 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |