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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Dragons
Colors: Blue
Coach: Sal Morello
League: Central Connecticut - II East
Playoff Division: L
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 2
Returning Defensive Starters: 2
2018 JV Record: 2-6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Brady Foster 6'0" 190 Senior OL/DL 5.0
Eric Alicea 6'0" 240 Senior OL/DL 5.0
Kyle Despress 5'11" Junior WR/S 4.6

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Depth
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 20.3
2018 National Rank: #2480
2018 State Rank: #24
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -11
2019 Starting Power Rating: -6
2019 National Rank: #4313
2019 State Rank: #49
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 16.2
Dynasty National Rank: #4299
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 22.2
Dynasty Record: 113-59-1 (69-35-1 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 9-2
2018 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 30.4
2018 Points Against Average: 10.9
2018 Differential: +19.5
2018 Wins: #3037 Platt [O. H.] (Meriden) (21-18), #3981 Wethersfield (38-20), #4138 Bristol Central (Bristol) (17-9), #6056 Farmington (49-7), #7193 New London (37-12), #7413 Smith [Edwin O.] (Storrs) (31-13), #7667 Newington (42-0), #9492 Hartford Public (Hartford) (44-7), #10026 Bristol Eastern (Bristol) (41-7)
2018 Losses: #1838 Windsor (7-0), #1902 Maloney [Francis T.] (Meriden) (20-14)
2018 Opponents W-L: 60-57
Recent League Championships: 2017, 2013 (Central Connecticut II West)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 9/13 Bristol Eastern (Bristol), 9/20 at Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 9/27 at RHAM (Hebron), 10/4 Maloney [Francis T.] (Meriden), 10/11 Hartford Public (Hartford), 10/26 at Farmington, 11/1 at Wethersfield, 11/8 Smith [Edwin O.] (Storrs), 11/15 East Hartford, 11/27 at Windsor
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (39.7), Windsor (10.1), Maloney [Francis T.] (Meriden) (4.6)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Bristol Eastern (Bristol) (-34.3), Hartford Public (Hartford) (-30.2), Smith [Edwin O.] (Storrs) (-19.8)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4 (6.2 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.2
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.6
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #32
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3102
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-5
2019 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%