This is Santa Margarita's 131st varsity game, and 63rd road game. The Eagles are currently 99-30-1 (.765) and will be going for their 100th win as they enter Week 7 of their 11th varsity season.

The Eagles' all-time road record is 44-18 (.710), and they are 17-5 vs. teams from Los Angeles County. They have won five straight vs. LA teams and have not lost since suffering a 25-20 defeat to La Verne Damien in 1993.

Santa Margarita is ranked 6th in the Orange County. Eagle teams have been ranked in the Orange County Top 10 for 37 of the past 41 polls and 46 of the past 51. The Eagles are also ranked 7th in CIF-SS Division I.