Howard (Wilmington, DE)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue/White Coach: Dan Ritter League: Blue Hen Flight - B Playoff Division: II Playoff Division Rank: #7 RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 2.8 2018 National Rank: #5750 2018 State Rank: #14 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -4.8 2019 Starting Power Rating: -17.3 2019 National Rank: #6791 2019 State Rank: #15 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 9.5 Dynasty National Rank: #6290 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 26.8 Dynasty Record: 117-55 (82-27 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 8-3 2018 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2018 Points For Average: 25.5 2018 Points Against Average: 13.2 2018 Differential: +12.3 2018 Wins: #6201 St. Mark's (Wilmington) (36-26), #7414 St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (8-0), #10515 Brandywine (Wilmington) (28-7), #10819 Mount Pleasant (Wilmington) (38-0), #11086 Christiana (Newark) (2-0), #11487 McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington) (30-0), #13289 Glasgow (Newark) (50-14), #13877 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (56-0) 2018 Losses: #1317 Woodbridge (Bridgeville) (28-0), #1893 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (43-26), #5702 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (27-6) 2018 Opponents W-L: 61-54 Recent State Championships: 2015 Recent League Championships: 2017, 2009 (tied for 1st), 2008, 2005 (Blue Hen Flight B) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 9/6 Concord (Wilmington), 9/13 at Laurel, 9/20 at Brandywine (Wilmington), 9/26 McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington), 10/5 at Christiana (Newark), 10/12 at Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark), 10/18 at Newark, 10/26 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington), 10/31 Dickinson [John] (Wilmington), 11/7 Glasgow (Newark) Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark) (18.9), DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (-15.2), Laurel (-18.8) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Dickinson [John] (Wilmington) (-64.5), Glasgow (Newark) (-55.8), Newark (-41.6) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.1 (-7.2 overall) 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -31.8 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -25.7 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #32 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11072 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2019 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.