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GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Blue/White/Gold
Coach: Doug Hurt
League: Southern Indiana
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #12

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Defense, Running Game
Team Weaknesses: Must Improve Size/Speed/Strength, QB Youth

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 15.2
2019 National Rank: #3469
2019 State Rank: #78
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +6.5
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 11
2020 National Rank*: #2344
2020 State Rank*: #57
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 25.6
Dynasty National Rank: #2074
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 14.6
Dynasty Record: 120-75 (72-47 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 6-5
2019 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 4th)
2019 Points For Average: 22.4
2019 Points Against Average: 17.5
2019 Differential: +4.9
2019 Wins: #2554 Bloomington North (Bloomington) (28-21), #2596 Mater Dei (Evansville) (13-0), #5993 Reitz [F. J.] (Evansville) (22-14), #8763 New Albany (43-6), #9874 Bosse (Evansville) (37-0), #11878 Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville) (42-0)
2019 Losses: #651 Reitz Memorial (Evansville) (11-3), #1237 Bloomington South (Bloomington) (32-6), #1237 Bloomington South (Bloomington) (34-10), #1786 Evansville Central (Evansville) (38-7), #4871 Evansville North (Evansville) (36-35)
2019 Opponents W-L: 69-56
Recent League Championships: 2012, 2011
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/21 at Evansville North (Evansville), 8/28 at Mater Dei (Evansville), 9/11 at Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville), 9/18 Lincoln (Vincennes), 9/25 at Reitz [F. J.] (Evansville), 10/2 Jasper, 10/9 Evansville Central (Evansville), 10/16 at Reitz Memorial (Evansville), 10/30 Bloomington South (Bloomington), 11/6 at Bloomington North (Bloomington), 11/13 Jeffersonville, 11/20 Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Cathedral (Indianapolis) (38.8), Reitz Memorial (Evansville) (33.9), Bloomington South (Bloomington) (27.4)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Harrison [William Henry] (Evansville) (-39.3), Jeffersonville (-20.9), Reitz [F. J.] (Evansville) (-6.1)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.1 (14.1 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 6.4
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -1.7
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #35
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #1847
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 7-5
2020 Projected League Finish*: 3rd
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%




*temporary; not finalized until August 6th






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