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GENERAL
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Dan Rolfe
League: Shenandoah
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #27

RATINGS
2022 Final Power Rating: -16.5
2022 National Rank: #9019
2022 State Rank: #224
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.6
2023 Starting Power Rating: -32.1
2023 National Rank: #8081
2023 State Rank: #202
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): -14
Dynasty National Rank: #9200
2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 18.3
Dynasty Record: 15-31 (7-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2022 Overall Record: 3-7
2022 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2022 Points For Average: 19.8
2022 Points Against Average: 24.7
2022 Differential: -4.9
2022 Wins: #9892 Broadway (19-7), #10757 Liberty (Bedford) (24-14), #11041 Waynesboro (30-21)
2022 Losses: #2028 Riverheads (Staunton) (49-14), #5413 Stuarts Draft (10-7), #5671 Ashby [Turner] (Bridgewater) (30-16), #5732 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville) (42-28), #6342 Staunton (14-12), #6748 Buffalo Gap (Swoope) (31-22), #9433 Rockbridge County (Lexington) (29-26)
2022 Opponents W-L: 58-53
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; AA Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2023 Schedule: 8/25 Ashby [Turner] (Bridgewater), 9/1 at Alleghany (Covington), 9/8 at Riverheads (Staunton), 9/15 at Broadway, 9/22 Madison County (Madison), 9/29 Waynesboro, 10/6 at Stuarts Draft, 10/13 Wilson Memorial (Fishersville), 10/27 Staunton, 11/3 at Buffalo Gap (Swoope)
Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Riverheads (Staunton) (0.8), Stuarts Draft (-16.8), Ashby [Turner] (Bridgewater) (-19.3)
Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Waynesboro (-63.1), Broadway (-35.4), Madison County (Madison) (-28.4)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.1
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -25.6
2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -17.5
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #195
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7059
2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2023 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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