This is Santa Margarita's 127th varsity game, and 66th home game. The Eagles are currently 95-30-1 (.758) as they enter Week 3 of their 11th varsity season. 1999 is the Eagles first season competing in CIF-SS Division I.

The Eagles' all-time home record is 52-12-1 (.808), and they are 47-10-1 (.819) at Saddleback College.

Santa Margarita is currently ranked 4th in Orange County. Eagle teams have been ranked in the Orange County Top 10 for 36 of the past 37 polls, and 45 of the past 47. They are also ranked 8th in CIF Division I.

The Eagles loss to Carlsbad was only the second time that they have lost their second game of the season. They are 9-1 in Week 3 games with their only loss at home to Servite in 1996 (38-27).

The Eagles are averaging 22.0 points per game in 1999, slightly behind last year's 23.9 average, but far behind their all-time average of 28.7 and season average of 46.5 points per game set in 1997. That year the Eagles set a team record with 88 touchdowns and established an Orange County record with 651 points.

Santa Margarita has converted all eight kicks this year and have made an amazing 215 of their past 241 kicks (.892) since the start of the 1996 season. In 1998, they were 35 of 37 in PATs, and 11 of 18 in field goals. In the past 33 games, they have blocked 19 kicks, and allowed only 39 of 51 PAT kicks (.765).

In their last 17 games the Eagles have allowed only 106 pass completions, an average of 6.2 per game. In the past 34 games, opponents have completed only 39.8% of their passes (256 of 644) for 3,431 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Since 1996, the average halftime score has been 21 to 7.