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GENERAL
Nickname: Falcons
Coach: Dave Murray
League: Montgomery County 2A/3A
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #28

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2016 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Connell Oberman 5'10" 180 Senior RB 4.6
Ryan Kasten 6'0" 190 Senior FB/DE 4.8
Zack Zeranski 6'1" 240 Senior OL/DL 5.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Disciplined, Tough, Fundamentally-Sound
Team Weaknesses: Depth, Roster Size, Only Have 30 Players

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -3.5
2016 National Rank: #8317
2016 State Rank: #132
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: -4
2017 National Rank: #8338
2017 State Rank: #125
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -4
Dynasty National Rank: #9457
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: even
Dynasty Record: 75-71 (8-14 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 4-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (tied for 4th)
2016 Points For Average: 16.4
2016 Points Against Average: 22.9
2016 Differential: -6.5
2016 Wins: #6553 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (25-22), #8237 Rockville (27-20), #9665 Winters Mill (Westminster) (19-13), #12355 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (41-6)
2016 Losses: #248 Damascus (49-0), #3016 Montgomery [Richard] (Rockville) (35-0), #3296 Seneca Valley (Germantown) (42-20), #8511 Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (8-7), #9214 Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Bethesda) (20-12), #9730 Wheaton (Silver Spring) (14-13)
2016 Opponents W-L: 54-54
Recent League Championships: 2011 (Montgomery County 2A/1A)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 3
Streak List: 10/21/16 Rockville (27-20), 10/28/16 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (41-6), 11/4/16 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring) (25-22)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 at Johnson [Walter] (Bethesda), 9/8 Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring), 9/15 at Winters Mill (Westminster), 9/22 Blake [James Hubert] (Silver Spring), 9/29 at Damascus, 10/6 Rockville, 10/13 Seneca Valley (Germantown), 10/20 at Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg), 10/27 Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville), 11/3 at Manchester Valley (Manchester)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Damascus (52.9), Seneca Valley (Germantown) (15.6), Watkins Mill (Gaithersburg) (5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Kennedy [John F.] (Silver Spring) (-28.9), Magruder [Colonel Zadok] (Rockville) (-19.3), Rockville (-16.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.9
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.1
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #134
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7735
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%