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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Jon Pedersen
League: 1A District 7 (moving from A District 8)
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank*: #42

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Cole Pedersen 6'4" 210 Senior OLB

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: -12.2
2019 National Rank: #9279
2019 State Rank: #186
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -0.8
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -2.4
2020 Starting Power Rating*: -26
2020 National Rank*: #9820
2020 State Rank*: #200
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): -6.4
Dynasty National Rank: #10724
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 19.6
Dynasty Record: 80-80 (48-60 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 5-5
2019 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 27.6
2019 Points Against Average: 23.8
2019 Differential: +3.8
2019 Wins: #10767 Wayne (Corydon) (24-8), #10958 Southwest Valley (Corning) (42-22), #11879 Martensdale-St. Mary's (Martensdale) (44-14), #13237 Lynnville-Sully (Sully) (44-14), #13742 North Mahaska (New Sharon) (50-12)
2019 Losses: #3062 Panorama (Panora) (37-22), #4431 Mt. Ayr (49-14), #4830 North Tama (Traer) (16-6), #7314 Interstate # (Truro) (34-6), #10887 Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) (32-24)
2019 Opponents W-L: 48-46
Recent League Championships: 2019 (A District 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/28 Wayne (Corydon), 9/4 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center), 9/11 Pella Christian (Pella), 9/18 at Pleasantville, 9/25 Interstate #35 (Truro), 10/2 at Colfax-Mingo (Colfax), 10/9 Mount Ayr, 10/16 at Interstate #35 (Truro)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Mount Ayr (1.5), Pella Christian (Pella) (-3), Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (-4.2)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Colfax-Mingo (Colfax) (-40.8), Wayne (Corydon) (-33.3), Pleasantville (-23)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15.4 (-12.4 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -16.5
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -1.1
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #197
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #7397
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 2-6
2020 Projected League Finish*: 5th
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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