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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Gary Swenson
League: 4A District 7
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #5

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jake Remsburg 6'6" 305 Senior OT
Beau Lombardi 6'3" 220 Senior QB

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 30.5
2018 National Rank: #1283
2018 State Rank: #10
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -4.7
2019 Starting Power Rating: 9.1
2019 National Rank: #1935
2019 State Rank: #18
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 51.1
Dynasty National Rank: #104
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 42
Dynasty Record: 167-28 (74-6 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 10-1
2018 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2018 Points For Average: 40
2018 Points Against Average: 9.3
2018 Differential: +30.7
2018 Wins: #440 Dowling (West Des Moines) (20-6), #2301 Waukee (28-27), #2380 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (21-7), #3481 Ankeny (24-21), #5535 Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids) (42-0), #5701 Urbandale (49-10), #6657 Ames (45-0), #9608 Jefferson [Thomas] (Council Bluffs) (56-0), #12421 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (77-0), #12977 Des Moines North (Des Moines) (69-0)
2018 Losses: #440 Dowling (West Des Moines) (31-9)
2018 Opponents W-L: 62-53
Recent State Championships: 2011, 2008, 2005, 2003
Recent League Championships: 2018, 2017 (4A District 4), 2016 (4A District 4), 2014 (4A District 3), 2013 (4A Division 1), 2012 (4A Division 1), 2011 (4A Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2008 (Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2007 (Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2006 (Iowa), 2005 (Iowa), 2004 (Iowa), 2003 (Iowa)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill), 9/6 Dowling (West Des Moines), 9/13 at Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids), 9/20 Waukee, 9/27 Jefferson [Thomas] (Council Bluffs), 10/4 at Urbandale, 10/11 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs), 10/18 at Ames, 10/25 Des Moines North (Des Moines)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Dowling (West Des Moines) (21.5), Waukee (10.1), Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (1.9)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Des Moines North (Des Moines) (-51.4), Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (-46.1), Jefferson [Thomas] (Council Bluffs) (-35.1)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.9 (9.9 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -21
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #47
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6262
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 5%



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