# Team 4973: Gator Gears

San Francisco, California, USA. Rookie year 2014. District CA.

## Who backs them

- School: Gateway Charter High School
- Sponsors: FIRST NorCal, Gateway Public Schools, Google, Haas Automation Foundation, Morris Dev
- Website: http://GatorGearRobotics.weebly.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team_4973
- GitHub: https://github.com/team4973

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **7.22**, rank 3511 of 3708 (5.3th percentile)
- Record: 8-16-0 over 24 matches (33% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 1.9, teleop 5.3, endgame 0.0
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 12%, RP2 4%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA District San Francisco Event | 2026casnf | 2 | 25 | 5-7-0 | 19 |  | 8.7 | 11 |  |
| CA District East Bay Event | 2026caetb | 5 | 35 | 3-9-0 | 16 |  | 7.2 | 7 |  |

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2015 – now: Gator Gears
- 2014: Gateway Gators

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 0
- Awards: 1, over 1 season

| Award | Won | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rookie Inspiration (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Creativity, Engineering Inspiration, Excellence in Engineering, Finalist, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Innovation in Control, Judges', Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Winner, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | CA District East Bay Event |  | Not picked |
| 2026 | CA District San Francisco Event |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | East Bay Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2025 | San Francisco Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | East Bay Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | San Francisco Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2022 | San Francisco Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | San Francisco Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | Silicon Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2018 | San Francisco Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2017 | San Francisco Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Sacramento Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2015 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | Central Valley Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 7.2 | 3511 / 3708 | 5.3 | 8-16-0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 14.3 | 3095 / 3687 | 16.1 | 4-16-0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11.3 | 2138 / 3475 | 38.5 | 5-14-0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20.7 | 2109 / 3284 | 35.8 | 4-5-0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 2279 / 3053 | 25.4 | 10-13-1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 13.1 | 2683 / 3763 | 28.7 | 10-8-2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 58.3 | 2988 / 3617 | 17.4 | 10-9-0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 34.1 | 3180 / 3331 | 4.5 | 4-6-0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 15.6 | 2724 / 3114 | 12.5 | 4-13-1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 12.7 | 2032 / 2873 | 29.3 | Not applicable (qual average) | 2 |
| 2014 | 17.3 | 1996 / 2697 | 26.0 | 6-5-0 | 1 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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