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GENERAL
Nickname: Chargers
Colors: Navy/Columbia/White
Coach: Jim Buboltz
League: Southwest - East (moving from A Section 2)
Playoff Division: A
Playoff Division Rank*: #46

RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: -27.8
2019 National Rank: #11912
2019 State Rank: #255
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -1.9
2020 Starting Power Rating*: -40.3
2020 National Rank*: #12130
2020 State Rank*: #261
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): -0.3
Dynasty National Rank: #9047
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 40
Dynasty Record: 85-82 (62-53 in league)

HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 2-7
2019 League Record/Finish: 0-1 (7th)
2019 Points For Average: 14.6
2019 Points Against Average: 26.2
2019 Differential: -11.6
2019 Wins: #9997 Adrian/Ellsworth (Adrian) (30-13), #12844 Sleepy Eye (28-24)
2019 Losses: #2835 Springfield/Comfrey (Springfield) (36-0), #7720 Wabasso (24-14), #8249 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (Waterville) (34-8), #8972 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (Tracy) (44-21), #9665 Murray County Central (Slayton) (33-14), #10363 Lakeview (Cottonwood) (20-16), #11291 New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm) (8-0)
2019 Opponents W-L: 43-43
Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st; Gopher Valley AA), 2003 (Gopher Valley AA)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 10/9 at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (Tracy), 10/15 Wabasso, 10/23 at Adrian/Ellsworth (Adrian), 10/30 Springfield/Comfrey (Springfield), 11/6 vs St. James/Butterfield-Odin (St. James), 11/12 Sleepy Eye, 11/17 at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (Alden), 11/20 at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Springfield/Comfrey (Springfield) (-3.2), Wabasso (-12.9), Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop) (-13.7)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (Alden) (-52.9), Sleepy Eye (-45.6), St. James/Butterfield-Odin (St. James) (-44.9)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.9 (-12 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -27.2
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -16.3
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #168
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #9831
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 3-5
2020 Projected League Finish*: 7th
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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