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GENERAL
Nickname: Whippets
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Jebb Hatch
League: C1 District 6
Playoff Division: C1
Playoff Division Rank: #34

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
Starting Quarterback Returning: no

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Have Athletic Young Players
Team Weaknesses: Line Size, Lost QB To Graduation

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -15.3
2018 National Rank: #9755
2018 State Rank: #98
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -31.1
2019 National Rank: #9691
2019 State Rank: #99
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 3
Dynasty National Rank: #8244
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 34.1
Dynasty Record: 54-91 (27-48 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 4-5
2018 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (tied for 3rd)
2018 Points For Average: 19.1
2018 Points Against Average: 20
2018 Differential: -0.9
2018 Wins: #6559 Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (16-14), #12774 Fillmore Central (Geneva) (41-7), #13416 Gibbon (27-13), #13487 Southern Valley (Oxford) (41-0)
2018 Losses: #2906 Adams Central (Hastings) (43-0), #6075 Cozad (19-0), #6695 Sidney (28-7), #6852 Broken Bow (27-14), #10864 Holdrege (29-26)
2018 Opponents W-L: 33-51
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010, 2009 (C1 District 8), 2008 (C1 District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: 1
Streak List: 10/19/18 Southern Valley (Oxford) (41-0)

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 Gibbon, 9/6 at Broken Bow, 9/13 Sidney, 9/20 at Fillmore Central (Geneva), 9/27 at Kearney Catholic (Kearney), 10/4 Cozad, 10/11 at Adams Central (Hastings), 10/18 Holdrege, 10/25 Southern Valley (Oxford)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Adams Central (Hastings) (6.6), Kearney Catholic (Kearney) (-9.5), Cozad (-20.7)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Southern Valley (Oxford) (-50), Gibbon (-48.7), Fillmore Central (Geneva) (-44.1)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -27.4
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.5
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #113
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9961
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2019 Projected League Finish: 5th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%