Oct. 10, 2006
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Johns Hopkins Depth Chart vs. Gettysburg
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The Game: Johns Hopkins closes out a season-opening stretch of four road games in the first six weeks of the season with a key Centennial Conference matchup at Gettysburg. The Blue Jays (2-3, 1-1 Centennial) snapped a two-game losing streak with a 14-7 win at Franklin & Marshall, while the Bullets (2-3, 0-1) dropped a tough, 17-14, decision at McDaniel.
A Quick Refresher: Johns Hopkins posted an 8-3 record, won its fourth straight Centennial Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA Playoffs for the first time in school history last season. Gettysburg won its first game of the 2005 season, but then dropped five of its next six and finished the season with a record of 4-6. A pair of narrow late-season losses (@ Ursinus, 16-13 / @ Franklin & Marshall, 13-7) kept the Bullets from their first winning season since 1995 (5-4-1).
Title Time: From 1969-2001 the Johns Hopkins football team did not win a title of any kind. In the last four years the Blue Jays have grabbed four straight Centennial Conference titles and won three ECAC Championships (ECAC Southwest-2002, ECAC South Atlantic-2003, ECAC Southeast-2004).
About the Coaches: Jim Margraff is now in his 17th season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins and carries a 104-61-3 (.628) record into this week's game against Gettysburg. The all-time winningest coach in school history, Margraff has guided the Blue Jays to four Centennial Conference Championships, three ECAC titles and one appearance in the NCAA Playoffs. In addition to his overall totals, he also ranks among the all-time winningest coaches in the history of the Centennial Conference as he sports a 67-40-2 (.624) record in league play.
Barry Streeter took over as the head coach at Gettysburg in 1978 and is now in his 28th season as the top man at the Battlefield. Streeter fashions an all-time record of 138-135-5 (.505) and owns three Centennial Conference Championships (1983, 1984, 1985). The all-time winningest coach in Gettysburg history, he guided the Bullets to an 11-1-1 record and a trip to the NCAA Semifinals in 1985. That remains the furthest a Centennial Conference team has ever advanced in the NCAA Playoffs.
Series History: Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg are metings for the 34th time in a series that dates to a 5-3 Gettysburg win in 1911 and has seen both teams take turns dominating the head-to-head matchup. The Bullets lead the all-time series, 18-13-2, but it has been all Hopkins of late as the Blue Jays have won 11 straight games against Gettysburg, including five straight at the Battlefield. Prior to Hopkins' current run the Bullets had run up a 17-1-1 mark against the Blue Jays from 1916 through 1994.
The Blue Jays used a pair of big plays to fuel a 14-0 win over Gettysburg in last season's meeting. Anthony Triplin's career-best 80-yard touchdown reception gave the Blue Jays a 7-0 lead and Matt Hagel returned a blocked punt six yards for another score as the Blue Jays picked up their first-ever shutout against The Bullets.
Oktoberfest: Johns Hopkins posted a 4-1 record in the month of October last season and has won seven of its last eight road games in October after last week's 14-7 win at Franklin & Marshall. The Blue Jays will play three of their four October games on the road this season.
Homecoming: Despite winning four straight Centennial Conference Championships entering this season, Johns Hopkins is the guest of honor for Homecoming at each of its three road games this month as Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg and Ursinus will all welcome the alumni with the Blue Jays in town.
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season Johns Hopkins is 39-13 (.750) at home and has twice enjoyed 10-game winning streaks at Homewood Field during that time. Currently, the Blue Jays have won 16 of their last 21 and 22 of their last 29 at home.
Road Warriors: The Blue Jays posted a 5-2 record away from home last season, when they played a school-record seven road games. Hopkins has currently won 12 of its last 15 and 17 of its last 21 road games since late in the 2002 season.
Streaking: The last four years have been the most successful in the history of the Johns Hopkins football program. Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 38-11 (.776) record. Taking it back further the Blue Jays are 44-14 (.759) since the start of the 2001 season and 49-19 (.721) since the begininng of the 2000 season.
Comeback Kids: The 21-14 win at Randolph-Macon was the latest in a long line of comebacks for the Blue Jays. JHU has nine come-from-behind wins to its credit since the start of the 2004 season. The Blue Jays posted an amazing six come-from-behind wins in 2004 and two more last year. Randolph-Macon's 14-0 lead was the largest overcome by the Blue Jays since JHU came back from a 14-0 deficit to knock off Ursinus, 20-14, on October 30, 2004.
Seven's Heaven: For all the different numbers and statistics that can be applied to the Johns Hopkins football team, there has been one simple way to measure the success of the Blue Jays recently. Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 29-5 when scoring more than seven points and 0-4 when they have been held to seven points or less.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 62-4 (.939) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...currently, the Blue Jays have won 49 of their last 51 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 75-10-2 (.874) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less since Margraff arrived for the 1990 season...the Blue Jays have won 42 of their last 44 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
Shutouts: Johns Hopkins has posted 14 shutouts in 16 seasons under head coach Jim Margraff and the two last season mark the fourth time in the Margraff era that JHU has posted two or more shutouts in one year (1992 (2), 1996 (2), 2003 (3), 2005 (2)). The Blue Jays posted 11 shutouts in the 20 seasons prior to Margraff's arrival in 1990.
Starting Streaks: Seniors Anthony Triplin and Phil Dixon continue to close in on the school record for consecutive games started. Matt Campbell (2001-04) started a school-record 40 consecutive games to close his career (the only two he didn't start were the first two of his career). Triplin enters this week's game against Gettysburg having started all 38 games in his career, while Dixon has started the last 35 games for the Blue Jays. Triplin suffered an injury to the middle finger on his right hand last week and is not expected to play against Gettysburg. Senior Matt Hagel's streak of 27 consecutive starts is the next longest active streak.
It's All Academic: Senior DL Brian Nickel returns after earning First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors last season. The Johns Hopkins football team produced six players who earned Academic All-District honors a year ago, the most of any school in the district for the third consecutive year. In addition, the Blue Jays have earned 19 Academic All-District selections since 2003, the most of any team in the nation at any level over that period.
Star Quality: Johns Hopkins placed a league-high 14 players on the 2005 All-Centennial Football Team. The Blue Jays fashioned a school-record nine first team selections and five second team honoress. The 14 overall selections were one shy of the school record of 15 (set in 2004) and the nine first team picks were three more than JHU had ever accumulated in one season (six in 1991, 1995, 2003).
In addition to the All-Centennial selections, JHU also produced the 2005 Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year as junior wide receiver Anthony Triplin became the first JHU player to grab the award since the formation of the league in 1983.
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