In short: Hueneme Vikings high school football (Oxnard, CA), 2026 season: 1-8 in the Tri County League. Last game: L 19-21 vs Santa Paula on October 23, 2026. Next: vs Royal, October 30, 2026. Schedule and results, player season stats, stat leaders, unit grades, ScorePirate ranking and the game-by-game log.
The battle on the air could decide Hueneme's next game, against Royal, and the recent returns favor Hueneme. Hueneme averaged 4.2 yards per pass attempt (464 yards on 110 attempts) over its first 4 games (0-4), #341 in CIF-SS in that timeframe. In the 5 games since that slow start (1-4), the Vikings have averaged 6.8 yards per pass attempt (706 yards on 104 attempts), a 61% rise, #232 in CIF-SS in that window. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 5 opponents have averaged 7.5 yards per attempt, a #178 pass defense in CIF-SS on the season, against 9.4 yards per attempt, #314 for the first 4. Measured against those opponents' norms (7.5 yards per attempt), Hueneme threw for 10% less per attempt than those pass defenses usually allow. So the improvement is real, but it still trails what those opponents usually give up. Overall, though, those opponents have been lower-level teams: their average SP Strength Index rating would rank just #253 in CIF-SS. Meanwhile, Royal's pass defense has been middle of the pack in recent weeks. The Highlanders have allowed 7.5 yards per pass attempt (597 yards on 80 attempts) over their last 5 games (4-1), #161 in CIF-SS during that time. Those games came against a middle-of-the-pack set of passing attacks in CIF-SS (7.6 yards per attempt on the season, which would rank #185). Royal offers Hueneme a fair measuring stick for whether the trend is real.
The number to watch when Hueneme meets Royal is Hueneme's giveaways. Hueneme committed 1.4 giveaways per game over its first 5 games (1-4), #215 in CIF-SS through those games. Over the stretch of 4 games that followed (0-4), the Vikings have committed 2.2 giveaways per game, a 61% rise, #348 in CIF-SS through that stretch. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 4 opponents have averaged 1.5 per game, a #149 defense in CIF-SS on the season, against 0.9 per game, #299 for the first 5. Measured against those opponents' norms (1.5 per game), Hueneme turned it over 50% more than those defenses usually force. Meanwhile, Royal's defense has been middle of the pack in recent weeks. The Highlanders have forced 1.0 takeaways per game over their last 4 games (3-1), #233 in CIF-SS over that stretch. Those games came against a middle-of-the-pack set of offenses in CIF-SS (1.1 per game on the season, which would rank #175). Against those norms, Royal forced 12% fewer turnovers than those offenses usually give up. Royal offers Hueneme a fair measuring stick for whether the trend is real.
NOTES
The biggest worry in Hueneme's season has been the direction of its offense. Hueneme averaged 22.8 points per game over its first 5 games (1-4), #238 in CIF-SS within that period. Over the stretch of 4 games that followed (0-4), the Vikings have averaged 9.5 points per game, a 58% drop, #357 in CIF-SS across those games. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 4 opponents have averaged 20.9 points per game, a #163 scoring defense in CIF-SS on the season, against 32.0 points per game, #329 for the first 5. Measured against those opponents' norms (20.9 points per game), Hueneme scored 55% less than those defenses usually allow. Hueneme was held to 14 points or fewer 3 times in those games, including 6 against Fillmore on 10/9. On the season, Hueneme ranks #324 in CIF-SS in scoring. It won't get any easier against Royal, whose defense ranks #60 in CIF-SS (14.6 points per game). Hueneme is 1-3 this season when it scores 15 or more, and 0-5 when it doesn't.
Hueneme's ground game from the opening weeks has gone missing since. The Vikings averaged 8.0 yards per carry (1,036 yards on 129 rushes) over their first 5 games (1-4), #44 in CIF-SS during those games. Over the stretch of 4 games that followed (0-4), Hueneme has averaged 5.1 yards per carry (512 yards on 101 rushes), a 37% drop, #216 in CIF-SS during that period. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 4 opponents have averaged 4.9 yards per carry, a #110 run defense in CIF-SS on the season, against 7.1 yards per carry, #309 for the first 5. On the season, the Vikings rank #96 in CIF-SS in rushing. Royal's run defense sits in the middle of the pack, #249 in CIF-SS (6.2 yards per carry).
Something changed for Hueneme's run defense after its first 3 games. Hueneme allowed 6.1 yards per carry (577 yards on 95 rushes) over its first 3 games (0-3), #261 in CIF-SS during that stretch. In the 6 games since that hot start (1-5), the Vikings have allowed 8.0 yards per carry (1,308 yards on 163 rushes), a 32% rise, #342 in CIF-SS over that period. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 6 opponents have averaged 6.2 yards per carry, a #137 rushing attack in CIF-SS on the season, against 4.0 yards per carry, #326 for the first 3. Measured against those opponents' norms (6.2 yards per carry), Hueneme allowed 29% more per carry than those rushing attacks usually gain. On the season, Hueneme ranks #331 in CIF-SS in run defense. It won't get any easier against Royal, whose ground game ranks #12 in CIF-SS (9.6 yards per carry).
The Vikings allowed 9.8 yards per pass attempt (831 yards on 85 attempts) over their first 4 games (0-4), #320 in CIF-SS over that timeframe. Few teams started slower in this department, and few have turned it around as sharply since. In the 5 games since that slow start (1-4), Hueneme has allowed 7.2 yards per pass attempt (565 yards on 79 attempts), a 27% drop, #140 in CIF-SS over that span. The schedule doesn't explain it: the opponents in both stretches have averaged about 6.9 yards per attempt on the season. Overall, though, those opponents have been lower-level teams: their average SP Strength Index rating would rank just #253 in CIF-SS. On the season, the Vikings rank #258 in CIF-SS in pass defense. That form gets a real test against Royal, whose passing game ranks #64 in CIF-SS (9.9 yards per attempt).
Hueneme's offense has moved the ball at will as the season has progressed. Hueneme averaged 5.5 yards per play (1,225 yards on 221 snaps) over its first 4 games (0-4), #270 in CIF-SS in that timeframe. In the 5 games since that slow start (1-4), the Vikings have averaged 6.7 yards per play (1,493 yards on 223 snaps), a 21% rise, #178 in CIF-SS in that window. The schedule has a lot to do with it: Hueneme's last 5 opponents have averaged 6.7 yards per play, a #207 defense in CIF-SS on the season, against 7.8 yards per play, #302 for the first 4. Overall, though, those opponents have been lower-level teams: their average SP Strength Index rating would rank just #253 in CIF-SS. On the season, Hueneme ranks #238 in CIF-SS in yards per play. Royal's defense sits in the middle of the pack, #140 in CIF-SS (6.1 yards per play).
TIDBITS (8 found)
• Club Hueneme has lost 4 straight, and a loss would make it 5 in a row. The last time they lost 5 or more in a row was 2025, a run of 11.
• Club Hueneme has gone 11 straight games forcing fewer than 2 turnovers (October 24, 2025 through October 23, 2026), going 1-10 over that stretch, matching the program record of 11 straight on record.
• Club Hueneme is 12-2 all time when averaging 7.0+ yards per play. Hueneme's last loss when averaging 7.0+ yards per play was August 21, 2026 against Rio Mesa (L, 14-51).
• Club Hueneme has gone 5 straight games holding the opponent under 200 passing yards (September 18, 2026 through October 23, 2026), going 1-4 over that stretch, the program's longest such streak since 2025 (7 games).
• Player Kelechi Ofoego has 667 rushing yards over his last 6 games (111.2 a game, September 9, 2026 through October 23, 2026) -- his most in a 6-game stretch on record.
• Player Anthony Castro has 50 tackles over his last 6 games (8.3 a game, August 21, 2026 through October 23, 2026) -- his most in a 6-game stretch on record.
• Player Carlos Flores has gone 2 straight games catching a touchdown pass, the longest such streak of his career.
• Player Kelechi Ofoego has gone 9 straight games without making 10 or more tackles. The last time he made 10 tackles was October 17, 2025 against San Marcos (L, 32-35) — 10 tackles.
SCHEDULE STRENGTH
Hueneme has played a middle-of-the-road schedule in the pool so far (#232 of 405), and what is left is a middle-of-the-road slate (#201 of 383).
Schedule so far · 1 = hardest
#232 of 405
avg opponent rating 1.5 over 9 games · 0 vs top-25 CIF-SS
Schedule ahead · 1 = hardest
#201 of 383
avg opponent rating 4.4 over 1 games · 0 vs top-25
Rio Mesa L 14-51Thousand… L 20-27@Oxnard L 26-28@Saugus L 7-55@Channel … W 47-7Dos Pueb… L 7-35Fillmore L 6-55@San Marc… L 6-44@Santa Pa… L 19-21Royal
Each bar is one opponent, placed by where its rating ranks in this pool (tall and red = top 10; short and green = bottom half). Hatched bars are games still to play; the dashed line is today.
MILESTONE WATCH
Hueneme
Ulises Avila needs 1 tackle for 50 (averaging 5.4 a game)
Alex Bravo needs 64 passing yards for 1,000 (averaging 117.0 a game)
Wesley Hernandez needs 4 tackles for 50 (averaging 5.8 a game)
Win chances are the site's own game projections where one is on file, otherwise the SP Strength Index gap with a small home edge. The realistic range covers 80% of outcomes (10th to 90th percentile).
Every player with a stat on file, listed only where he has one. Open the arrow beside a name for his game-by-game line. Stats through the Oct 23 game; last updated Oct 28; roster and numbers checked Oct 6.
Click a column heading to sort. MIN hides players below that many attempts.
PPG/OPP PPG use every played game on file. YPG/PLAYS-PER-GAME columns only ever come from games with a full box score on file, which can be a smaller sample than GP -- see the coverage note below when that's the case for this team.
Averages use only games with that number on file. SACKS ALW comes from the opponent's box score; TO FORCED is takeaways; TO MAR is takeaways minus giveaways, and its bottom cell is the season total. Dashes mean not on file.
UNIT INDEX
Pass Offense: grade 21.4/100 (-75 yds/gm vs average)
Rush Offense: grade 39.1/100 (-34 yds/gm vs average)
Pass Defense: grade 37.5/100 (+13 yds/gm vs average)
Rush Defense: grade 20.2/100 (+64 yds/gm vs average)
Unit grades: 0-100 league percentile, opponent-curved (two-way solve over current + past seasons, recency-weighted). Composite counts yardage, efficiency vs league YPA/YPC (50% tilt), and negative plays at sack=7yd, INT=45yd, TFL=4yd -- adjustable v1 constants.
OPPONENT TRACKER
(full explanation: Appendix, Note 2)
DATE
SITE
OPPONENT
THEIR RECORD
THEIR PPG
2026-10-30
vs
ROYAL
8-1
33.2
LAST YEAR
HUE finished 2025 at 1-9. Missed playoffs. Notable win: 25-0 over CHANNEL ISLANDS (CHANNEL ISLANDS finished 27% that season). Toughest loss: 32-35 to SAN MARCOS (3-point margin).
"N/A" stands in for a box score that does not have stats entered. A total followed by a count in parentheses covers only the games with that stat on file.
TALKING POINTS (15 storylines)
HUE HAS PERFORMED BEST THIS DATA SET WHEN...
• HUE holds its opponents under 6.0 yards per play (.999), and has won 3 straight when doing so
• HUENEME has had a 100-yard rusher in 2 straight games (10/16/26–10/23/26). It has not had a 100-yard rusher in 3 straight since 8/21/26–9/4/26 (2026).
• HUENEME has lost 4 straight (10/2/26–10/23/26). It has not lost 5 straight since 9/11/25–9/9/26 (2026). It has reached 5 straight 3 times in the last 4 years and has lost a high of 11 straight (2026) in that span.
HUE's defense has averaged 0.3 takeaways per game over their last 3 games. Their 28-game average is 1.2 takeaways per game. (-73%)
HUE's defense has averaged 40.0 points allowed per game over their last 3 games. Their 28-game average is 32.3 points allowed per game. (+24%)
HUE's defense has averaged 6.7 YPA over their last 5 games. Their 27-game average is 8.7 YPA. (-23%)
(moved to the Appendix, Data Export 1, to keep this section shorter -- the full spreadsheet-paste table is there unchanged)
APPENDIX
Full-length explanations and full-size data exports for the shortened notes and relocated tables referenced throughout this report, numbered in the order their pointers appear above.
Explanatory Notes
Note 1 -- SEASON OUTLOOK
Every remaining game is projected from schedule-adjusted ratings; already-played games carry their real result. Records are simulated distributions, not a single guess -- MOST LIKELY FINAL is the single most probable record and its own probability, PROJECTED RECORD is the season's expected win total expressed in record form (an average across every simulated outcome, so it can land on a fraction of a game).
Note 2 -- OPPONENT TRACKER -- why some cards have no record shown
Only meaningful for an opponent who is ALSO a tracked team in the library -- an opponent with no games on file here at all shows the date and site alone.
Note 3 -- MOST IMPORTANT NUMBERS -- how a number is scored
Every split this report computes is scored on four weighted criteria and the top 5 per team are listed. In Cooper's own weighting order: (1) the WIN% attached to the condition, counted only when the condition has occurred at least 8 times -- a smaller sample is dropped outright, not discounted; (2) the PPG attached to it, with higher better on offense and lower better on defense, and each side normalized against its own kind so a defensive number competes with defensive numbers rather than against scoring averages; (3) how far the number sits from the OPPONENT's on the same condition, across win%, PPG and how often the condition happens at all; and (4) where it falls among every other team previously run through this workbook and cached. Criteria 1 and 2 measure how strong a number is; 3 and 4 measure how much it distinguishes this team. Weights: win_pct 40%, ppg 27%, matchup 20%, pool 13%. See important_numbers.py.
Full Data Exports
Data Export 1 -- TRENDS — TAB-SEPARATED (10 columns)
Where HUENEME sits among 399 section teams on the two Unit Index composites -- Offense Grade 27.2, Defense Grade 33.5.
PASS YARDS ALLOWED / GAME: HUENEME VS THE SECTION
HUENEME ranks #333 of 356 section teams in passing yards allowed per game (207.8) -- a weakness worth a look.
HUENEME: SP STRENGTH INDEX BY SEASON
The program's index across 5 seasons on file -- -1.7 in 2022 to -9.9 in 2026.
These graphs were chosen by the program from this season's most notable numbers. Build your own -- any stat against any other, for any mix of teams, seasons or players, with a JPEG download -- in the Graph Builder.
