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Santa Fe (TX) GENERAL Nickname: Indians Colors: Green/Gold Coach: Brent Southworth League: 4A Region III District 24 (moving from 4A Region III District 23) Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #169 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2007 JV Record: 0-9-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: no RATINGS 2007 Final Power Rating: -4.6 2007 National Rank: #9140 2007 State Rank: #736 Off-Season Rating Adjustment: +1.5 2008 Starting Power Rating: -3 2008 National Rank: #8729 2008 State Rank: #698 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2007 Rating): 0.4 Dynasty National Rank: #7404 2008 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.4 Dynasty Record: 14-36 (5-22 in league) HISTORICAL 2007 Overall Record: 1-9 2007 League Record/Finish: 0-6 (7th) 2007 Points For Average: 9.4 2007 Points Against Average: 28.8 2007 Differential: -19.4 2007 Wins: #11755 Hargrave (Huffman) (14-3) 2007 Losses: #1191 La Marque (35-14), #1311 Texas City (44-2), #1742 Friendswood (56-6), #2396 Dickinson (24-9), #3440 Needville (14-0), #3744 Brazosport (Freeport) (31-6), #4594 Angleton (33-20), #7170 Sweeny (28-7), #8490 St. Thomas Catholic (Houston) (20-16) 2007 Opponents W-L: 59-47 Winning Streak Entering 2008 Season: none SCHEDULE 2008 Schedule: 9/4 at Rayburn (Pasadena), 9/12 Hargrave (Huffman), 9/19 at St. Thomas Catholic (Houston), 9/26 Brazosport (Freeport), 10/3 at Texas City, 10/10 Friendswood, 10/17 Manvel, 10/24 at La Marque, 10/31 Angleton, 11/7 at Dawson (Pearland) Highest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: La Marque (29.7), Friendswood (25.3), Texas City (21.5) Lowest-Rated 2008 Regular Season Opponents: Hargrave (Huffman) (-13.9), Rayburn (Pasadena) (-12.3), St. Thomas Catholic (Houston) (-1.8) 2007 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.6 2008 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.8 2008 vs. 2007 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.8 2008 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2008 Projected League Finish: 6th 2008 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% Opener: 9/4 at Rayburn (Pasadena) [projection: 22-20 win] Outlook: Junior Justin Sumrall is back at Quarterback for his second year as a starter, and he is a pretty good indication of what the Indians look like this year. He is a pretty good player, with a little experience but not a lot, plenty of potential, but he is not a Senior. Leadership from Seniors is missing, and a rather small Senior class is apparent, but 12 starters are back including Sumrall and WRs Jake Cody Platt and Domingo Morales. At RB, it will be Daniel Perez who played last year as both a tailback and a WR; he will be spelled by Brittain Moya and Joseph Watson. Coach Brent Southworth is taking the longterm approach. "We are trying to build the program with our young players (last years 8th - 10th grade classes)," he said. "Santa Fe has a 29.6 winning percentage for their 66-year history of playing football, and they only had two playoff teams with no playoff victories. So not only are we trying to build the kids physically, but we also want to change the way they think and feel in their approach to football. We play in such a tough league, and Santa Fe will always be behind our opponents on talent. We will win with the program, if given enough time to change the mind set and the entire program. We must build from the junior high program to build a championship varsity program. We will be better than the year before with each year that goes by. Next year could be a challenge until our kids get older."