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GENERAL
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Matt Kiesle
League: Mount Hamilton
Section: Central Coast
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2018 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Alex Murrell 6'3" 180 Senior WR/OLB 4.6
Nate Tillak 6'1" 170 Senior ATH/S 4.7
Matthew Nguyen 5'9" 170 Senior QB/FS 4.8

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Speed, WRs/QB, Line Depth
Team Weaknesses: RB/LB/DB Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: -4.3
2018 National Rank: #7472
2018 State Rank: #537
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2019 Starting Power Rating: -21.1
2019 National Rank: #7629
2019 State Rank: #547
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 12.6
Dynasty National Rank: #5379
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 33.7
Dynasty Record: 93-86 (59-53 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 4-7
2018 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (5th)
2018 Points For Average: 32.5
2018 Points Against Average: 39.2
2018 Differential: -6.7
2018 Wins: #4061 Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (48-41), #8600 Pioneer (San Jose) (49-41), #10395 Santa Teresa (San Jose) (46-22), #12895 Westmont (Campbell) (53-14)
2018 Losses: #372 Wilcox [Adrian] (Santa Clara) (60-6), #2062 Terra Nova (Pacifica) (59-25), #3848 Independence (San Jose) (35-33), #4777 Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose) (48-21), #5361 Overfelt (San Jose) (28-27), #5672 Oak Grove (San Jose) (41-14), #6565 Leland (San Jose) (42-35)
2018 Opponents W-L: 77-47
Recent Section Championships: 2010 (I)
Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Overfelt (San Jose), 9/13 Saratoga, 9/20 Terra Nova (Pacifica), 9/27 at Lincoln [Abraham] (San Jose), 10/4 at Santa Teresa (San Jose), 10/11 Oak Grove (San Jose), 10/18 at Live Oak (Morgan Hill), 10/25 Independence (San Jose), 11/1 at Pioneer (San Jose), 11/8 Leland (San Jose)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Terra Nova (Pacifica) (-1.6), Live Oak (Morgan Hill) (-2.9), Oak Grove (San Jose) (-4.7)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Santa Teresa (San Jose) (-41.6), Pioneer (San Jose) (-28.4), Saratoga (-28.1)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.8 (7.7 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.5
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -22.3
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #457
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6390
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2019 Projected League Finish: 6th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%