Bellevue East (Bellevue, NE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Chieftains
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Nathan Liess
League: A District 5 (moving from A District 1)
Playoff Division: A
Playoff Division Rank*: #21

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2019 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
T.K. Barnett 5'9" 160 Sophomore QB 4.6
Preston Welch 6'3" 280 Senior OL
Gage Higggs 6'2" 285 Junior OL

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Much Returning Experience
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: -7.8
2019 National Rank: #8346
2019 State Rank: #100
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +8.5
2020 Starting Power Rating*: -9.9
2020 National Rank*: #6374
2020 State Rank*: #80
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 13.7
Dynasty National Rank: #4889
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 23.6
Dynasty Record: 50-109 (25-55 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 2-7
2019 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2019 Points For Average: 12.6
2019 Points Against Average: 41.3
2019 Differential: -28.7
2019 Wins: #10650 Lincoln Northeast (Lincoln) (41-25), #11448 Omaha Northwest (Omaha) (27-0)
2019 Losses: #86 Bellevue West (Bellevue) (63-0), #475 Omaha Westside (Omaha) (35-0), #1333 Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln) (51-7), #3666 Omaha North (Omaha) (61-6), #3734 Lincoln East (Lincoln) (55-3), #3729 Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion) (50-14), #4885 Papillion-LaVista (Papillion) (32-15)
2019 Opponents W-L: 52-42
Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/28 vs Norfolk, 9/4 at Bellevue West (Bellevue), 9/11 vs Fremont, 9/18 vs Lincoln, 9/25 Gretna, 10/2 at Elkhorn South (Omaha), 10/9 Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln), 10/16 at Papillion-LaVista (Papillion), 10/23 at Millard West (Omaha)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Bellevue West (Bellevue) (37.4), Millard West (Omaha) (24.5), Elkhorn South (Omaha) (16.3)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Lincoln (-19.9), Norfolk (-11.7), Fremont (-7)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 15
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 5.7
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -9.3
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #15
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #1944
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 2-7
2020 Projected League Finish*: 5th
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%




*temporary; not finalized until August 6th






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