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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Eric Trudo
League: 1A District 7
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 40.1
2021 National Rank: #499
2021 State Rank: #6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2
2022 Starting Power Rating: 27.9
2022 National Rank: #490
2022 State Rank: #6
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 12.3
Dynasty National Rank: #4945
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.6
Dynasty Record: 157-52 (92-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 13-0
2021 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2021 Points For Average: 44
2021 Points Against Average: 5.2
2021 Differential: +38.8
2021 Wins: #1214 West Sioux (Hawarden) (17-14), #1409 Beckman (Dyersville) (28-7), #1747 Winterset (28-13), #2131 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (41-7), #2131 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (31-13), #2569 Williamsburg (20-0), #5541 Earlham (42-0), #5662 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (42-0), #6153 Interstate # (Truro) (43-0), #8160 Pleasantville (77-14), #8213 Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) (56-0), #9570 West Central Valley (Stuart) (70-0), #10933 Panorama (Panora) (77-0)
2021 Losses: none
2021 Opponents W-L: 86-49
Recent State Championships: 2021, 2017
Recent League Championships: 2021, 2020 (1A District 8), 2019 (1A District 8), 2018 (1A District 8), 2017 (1A District 6), 2016 (1A District 6), 2015 (1A District 8), 2014 (tied for 1st; 1A District 8), 2013
Winning Streak Entering 2022 Season: 13
Streak List: 8/27/21 Earlham (42-0), 9/3/21 Williamsburg (20-0), 9/10/21 Winterset (28-13), 9/17/21 Panorama (Panora) (77-0), 9/24/21 West Central Valley (Stuart) (70-0), 10/1/21 Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) (56-0), 10/8/21 Interstate #35 (Truro) (43-0), 10/15/21 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (41-7), 10/22/21 Pleasantville (77-14), 10/29/21 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (42-0), 11/5/21 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (31-13), 11/12/21 Beckman (Dyersville) (28-7), 11/18/21 West Sioux (Hawarden) (17-14)

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/26 at Earlham, 9/2 Williamsburg, 9/9 Winterset, 9/16 at Panorama (Panora), 9/23 West Central Valley (Stuart), 9/30 at Nodaway Valley (Greenfield), 10/7 Interstate #35 (Truro), 10/14 Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Williamsburg (10.5), Winterset (9.6), Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center) (7.3)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Panorama (Panora) (-43.2), Nodaway Valley (Greenfield) (-33.9), West Central Valley (Stuart) (-30.6)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3 (7.9 overall)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.7
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -16.7
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #61
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4657
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0
2022 Projected League Finish: 1st
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 86%



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