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GENERAL
Nickname: Red Raiders
Colors: Scarlet/White
Coach: Tim Morris
League: Middlesex - Freedom
Playoff Division: 4
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 26.5
2020 National Rank: #1520
2020 State Rank: #10
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +0.1
2021 Starting Power Rating: 16.3
2021 National Rank: #1365
2021 State Rank: #9
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 26.7
Dynasty National Rank: #1814
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.4
Dynasty Record: 138-62 (80-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 6-0
2020 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2020 Points For Average: 30.8
2020 Points Against Average: 4.5
2020 Differential: +26.3
2020 Wins: #3946 Stoneham (29-7), #4256 Woburn Memorial (Woburn) (14-0), #4303 Wilmington (21-7), #5792 Burlington (37-6), #7108 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (35-0), #7596 Watertown (49-7)
2020 Losses: none
2020 Opponents W-L: 16-17
Recent State Championships: 2019, 2017
Recent League Championships: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 (tied for 1st), 2015, 2013, 2007 (tied for 1st; Middlesex), 2004 (tied for 1st; Middlesex)
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: 21
Streak List: 11/2/18 North Reading (28-15), 11/9/18 Belmont (27-13), 11/21/18 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (34-13), 9/13/19 Malden (46-6), 9/21/19 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (41-7), 9/27/19 Wilmington (48-14), 10/4/19 Stoneham (28-21), 10/11/19 Woburn Memorial (Woburn) (35-6), 10/18/19 Burlington (49-14), 10/25/19 Watertown (47-0), 11/1/19 Burlington (48-9), 11/8/19 Marblehead (26-14), 11/15/19 Revere (41-7), 11/28/19 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (35-7), 12/7/19 Plymouth South (Plymouth) (28-13), 3/20/21 Woburn Memorial (Woburn) (14-0), 3/27/21 Watertown (49-7), 4/3/21 Wilmington (21-7), 4/9/21 Burlington (37-6), 4/17/21 Wakefield Memorial (Wakefield) (35-0), 4/23/21 Stoneham (29-7)

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 9/10 at Reading Memorial (Reading), 9/17 Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury), 9/24 Malden, 10/1 at Wilmington, 10/8 Stoneham, 10/15 at Woburn Memorial (Woburn), 10/22 Burlington, 10/29 Watertown
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury) (15.5), Reading Memorial (Reading) (5.8), Wilmington (0.8)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Malden (-44.2), Watertown (-19.3), Burlington (-10)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.5
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -6.8
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9.3
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #27
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3711
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1
2021 Projected League Finish: 1st
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 40%



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