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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Jerry Buti
League: Western Buckeye
Playoff Division: III
Playoff Division Rank: #68

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 11
2018 National Rank: #4034
2018 State Rank: #287
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -2.6
2019 Starting Power Rating: -6.9
2019 National Rank: #4472
2019 State Rank: #320
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 19.2
Dynasty National Rank: #3487
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 26.1
Dynasty Record: 72-93 (65-79 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 4-6
2018 League Record/Finish: 3-6 (tied for 7th)
2018 Points For Average: 16.7
2018 Points Against Average: 28
2018 Differential: -11.3
2018 Wins: #3058 Celina (28-14), #3207 Napoleon (35-21), #4186 Shawnee (Lima) (17-14), #8768 Bath (Lima) (28-7)
2018 Losses: #230 Memorial (St. Marys) (42-0), #489 Wapakoneta (42-0), #1153 Van Wert (37-0), #1876 Kenton (48-10), #2717 Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa) (9-7), #5638 Elida (46-42)
2018 Opponents W-L: 60-49
Recent League Championships: 2008 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/29 Napoleon, 9/6 Van Wert, 9/13 Shawnee (Lima), 9/20 at Kenton, 9/27 at Elida, 10/4 Bath (Lima), 10/11 at Celina, 10/18 at Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa), 10/25 Wapakoneta, 11/1 at Memorial (St. Marys)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Memorial (St. Marys) (37.7), Wapakoneta (25.5), Van Wert (11.4)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Bath (Lima) (-22.5), Elida (-4.1), Kenton (-0.6)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #104
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1094
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2019 Projected League Finish: 9th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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