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GENERAL
Nickname: Vikings
Colors: Green/White
Coach: Nelson Gifford
League: De Anza
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

D1 PROSPECTS
Jamir Shepard 6'2" 190 Senior WR
Louis Passarello 6'5" 240 Senior TE

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Jackson Chryst 6'2" 205 Senior QB

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 33.8
2018 National Rank: #986
2018 State Rank: #97
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.4
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.7
2019 Starting Power Rating: 12.1
2019 National Rank: #1587
2019 State Rank: #144
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 30.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1364
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.6
Dynasty Record: 130-63-2 (70-27-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 10-2
2018 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 34.4
2018 Points Against Average: 12.8
2018 Differential: +21.6
2018 Wins: #543 McClymonds (Oakland) (29-20), #2696 St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (21-14), #4081 Aragon (San Mateo) (34-7), #4103 Los Gatos (35-10), #4103 Los Gatos (35-21), #4127 Milpitas (41-13), #5397 Half Moon Bay (45-7), #10184 Cupertino (49-0), #11056 Homestead (Cupertino) (49-0), #12997 Fremont (Sunnyvale) (47-10)
2018 Losses: #291 Menlo-Atherton (Atherton) (17-7), #372 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (35-21)
2018 Opponents W-L: 72-67
Recent Section/State Championships: 2010 (Open), 2010 (Bowl I), 2007 (Large), 2006 (Open)
Recent League Championships: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/31 at St. Ignatius (San Francisco), 9/6 Overfelt (San Jose), 9/13 at Pioneer (San Jose), 9/20 Carlmont (Belmont), 9/27 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara), 10/4 at Santa Clara, 10/11 Fremont (Sunnyvale), 10/25 at Los Gatos, 11/1 Mountain View, 11/8 at Milpitas
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (24.8), St. Ignatius (San Francisco) (4.9), Los Gatos (0.6)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Fremont (Sunnyvale) (-58.7), Santa Clara (-39.4), Mountain View (-31.3)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.3 (13.2 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15.2
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -21.5
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #426
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5985
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2019 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 7%



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