The Game: Johns Hopkins (5-0, 4-0 Centennial) opens the second half of the 2016 season as the Blue Jays head to Dickinson (0-5, 0-4 CC) for a Friday night game against the Red Devils.

A Look Back: Johns Hopkins closed out the first half of the season with a 52-17 win over Juniata at Homewood Field on October 1.
Dickinson battled Franklin & Marshall down to the final minutes of the game, but fell to the Diplomats, 20-10, at Biddle Field on the same day.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked eighth in this week's AFCA Division III Poll and ninth in the D3football.com Poll Dickinson is not ranked in either poll.

Oh Captain, My Captain: Johns Hopkins will be led this season by senior co-captains Jack Campbell, Jonathan Germano, Bradley Munday and Jack Toner.

State of Affairs: The 87-man Johns Hopkins football team includes players from 19 different states.

Tough Opening: Johns Hopkins compiled its 5-0 record in the first half of the season against five teams that are currently a combined 16-9 (.640) on the year - that number is 16-4 (.800) if you take out the five losses those teams have against Johns Hopkins thus far.

Playing Through the Bye: Since the Centennial Conference went to the league-wide bye after the fifth game of the season in 2011, Johns Hopkins is 30-0 in games played before the bye. For the record, the bye week will come after the sixth game starting in 2017.

Road Warriors: Including the recent win at Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins has won 17 consecutive regular season road games. The Blue Jays last dropped a game on the road in the regular season on November 3, 2012 at Franklin & Marshall.

Flipping to October: The calendar flipped to October for the Blue Jays' last game against Juniata and the second month of the season has been kind to the Blue Jays of late. Including the win against the Eagles, Johns Hopkins has won 20 consecutive games in the month of October dating back to a 26-17 loss at Ursinus on October 16, 2010.
Ironically, the Blue Jays were just 10-8 in their previous 18 games in the month of October before jump-starting the current 20-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna on October 23, 2010.

More October: Johns Hopkins has not allowed more than 17 points in a game in October since topping Gettysburg, 49-35, on October 19, 2012.

Friday Night Lights: This week's game against Dickinson will be the 53rd Johns Hopkins has played on Friday night since 1982. Since then, the Blue Jays have compiled a 35-16-1 (.683) record in Friday night games, including a 31-11-1 (.733) mark under head coach Jim Margraff.
This week's game will be the eighth Johns Hopkins and Dickinson have played on Friday night with all seven previous games coming since 2004. Johns Hopkins has won five of the six at Homewood and topped the Devils, 42-7, in Carlisle in 2014.

Offense Among Centennial's Best: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Dickinson averaging 39.4 points and 499.2 yards per game.
The Blue Jays rank first in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 33rd in the nation in scoring offense and 23rd in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 17 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 13 consecutive games dating back to last season.

A Final Offense: Johns Hopkins rolled up 500 yards in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee, 555 at Susquehanna and 529 vs. Juniata.
The 500-yard effort vs. W&L marked just the fourth time in school history that JHU has reached the 500-yard mark in a season-opener ... all four instances have come in the last five seasons.
For the record, the 529-yard effort against Juniata was also the 43rd 500-yard game in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 42-1 all-time when totaling 500 or more yards of offense.

Balancing Act: Johns Hopkins rang up 246 yards rushing and 283 yards passing to account for its 529-yard effort against Juniata. This marked the 50th time in school history that JHU has topped 200 yards rushing and passing in the same game; 29 of the 50 have come since the start of the 2008 season and the Blue Jays are now 48-2 when going over 200 yards rushing and passing in one game.

It's Been a While: Johns Hopkins produced a 300-yard passer (Jonathan Germano - 332), a 100-yard rusher (Ryan Cary - 100) and two 100-yard receivers (Brett Caggiano - 155, Bradley Munday - 103) in the recent win at Muhlenberg. This marked the first time since October 4, 2008 that Johns Hopkins had turned this trick. That day, in a 28-23 loss to then fifth-ranked Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays got 387 yards passing from Hewitt Tomlin, 128 yards rushing from Andrew Kase and both Sam Wernick (205) and Tucker Michels (108) went over 100 yards receiving.

Germano, Munday Honored: Senior quarterback Jonathan Germano and senior wide receiver/return specialist Bradley Munday were honored as the Centennial Conference Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively, for their efforts in the win over Juniata.
Germano was 15-of-22 for 175 yards and two touchdowns through the air and rushed eight times for 78 yards and two more scores in the victory. Munday returned three kickoffs for 125 yards and took one back 86 yards for touchdown; the 86-yard touchdown return is the longest of his career, the sixth-longest in school history and the first return for a touchdown by a Johns Hopkins player since Richard Hill returned one 90 yards for a score at McDaniel in 2007.

Germano Nets Career High, Again: One week after throwing for a career-high 331 yards in a 29-21 win over Moravian, senior quarterback Jonathan Germano did himself one better, literally, as he threw for 332 yards and two touchdowns in the 30-24 win at Muhlenberg. The back-to-back 300-yard games are the first for a JHU quarterback since Hewitt Tomlin did it in 2011.
With his recent efforts, Germano now ranks in the top 10 in school history in nearly every career passing category. Germano ranks fourth in TD passes (44), sixth in 200-yard passing games (11), seventh in yards (4,335), eighth in completions (336) and ninth in attempts (481). He also ranks second in 300-yard passing games (5).
Germano tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record for attempts (53) in the win over Moravian, while his 34 completions that day rank third in school history.

Germano, Baker Fuel Seventh-Best Passing Game in School History: Senior Jonathan Germano and sophomore Zack Baker combined to go 31-of-43 for 393 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in the win at Susquehanna. The 393-yard passing effort is the seventh-best team total in school history, while the 31 completions are tied for the seventh-best total. There have been just six 400-yard passing games in school history with the last coming at Juniata in 2013 (418).

Cary Among Centennial Leaders: Junior running back Ryan Cary enters this week's game against Dickinson ranked third in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (96.4), tied for fifth in all-purpose yards per game (129.0) and first in touchdowns (9) and points per game (10.8).
Cary, who rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown in the big win at Muhlenberg, enjoyed the finest game of his career against Washington & Lee in the season opener as he rushed 20 times for a career-high 158 yards and three touchdowns and added three receptions for 69 yards and another score to roll up a personal-best 227 yards of total offense.
Cary's four overall touchdowns tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record, while his 158 yards are the second most in a season opener in school history.

200-100: Senior wide receiviers Bradley Munday and Quinn Donaldson rank among the all-time leading receivers in school history in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions.
Munday, who set a school record with 16 receptions against Moravian in September, ranks fifth in school history in receptions (220), touchdown receptions (20) and receiving yards (2,584).
Donaldson ranks 13th in receptions (105), 12th in receiving yards (1,641) and tied for sixth in touchdown receptions (19). Munday and Donaldson are the first classmates in school history to top 100 career receptions.

Topping 4K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,584) and Quinn Donaldson (1,641) topped 4,000 combined career receiving yards in the win at Muhlenberg and boosted their career combined total to 4,225 with 140 yards agianst Juniata. The Johns Hopkins record for most combined receiving yards by two players in the same class is 4,797, a total that College Football Hall of Famer Bill Stromberg (3,776) and Jack Potthast (1,021) combined for from 1978-81.

Seniors Leading Defense: A quick look at the Blue Jay defensive statistics shows five seniors at the top of the tackle chart. Garrett Spek (53), Jack Campbell (50), Dan Johnson (40), Jack Toner (30) and Pat Runger (24) are the only five players on the team with more than 23 tackles on the year.
Three of the next four players on the list - Michael Munday (22), Keonte Henson (18) and Lance Hammond (16) - are all juniors, while sophomore Michael Curry (16) joins the list of nine players on the team with 15 or more tackles on the year.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game against Dickinson and others who recently reached a milestone. Below is a quick look at some of these marks.

Kyle Bonci - Recorded the 50th tackle of his career at Susquehanna
Jack Campbell - Recorded the 225th tackle of his career vs. Juniata
Lance Hammond - Needs 10 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Needs five tackles to reach 100 in his career
Dan Johnson - Recorded the 125th tackle of his career at Muhlenberg
Michael Munday - Recorded the 50th tackle of his career vs. Juniata
Pat Runger - Recorded the 75th tackle of his career at Muhlenberg
Garrett Spek - Needs one tackle to reach 125 in his career
Jack Toner - Recorded the 150th tackle of his career against Moravian • Needs one INT to become fourth player in school history with 15+

Sullivan Good From 50, Sharing PK Job With Campbell: Junior Jamie Sullivan hit a 50-yard field goal in the 29-21 win against Moravian. The kick is the third longest in school history and one of just six field goals of 50+ yards in Centennial Conference history.
Sullivan and senior Nick Campbell are sharing the place-kicking job and give the Blue Jays two experienced options here.
Sullivan hit two field goals against Moravian, three more in the 30-24 win at Muhlenberg and one against Juniata and is now 6-for-7 on the year on FGs and 15-for-16 on extra points. For his career, he is 15-for-19 on FGs and 81-for-84 on extra points. He ranks seventh in school history in career field goals and sixth in career points by a kicker (126).
Campbell has hit 4-of-5 field goal attempts this seson and is 8-for-8 on extra points as well. In his career, he has hit 21-of-29 field goals and 125-of 129 extra points to rank fourth in school history in career field goals and third in career points by a kicker (188).

Sudden Impact: Freshman Dane Rogerson made a strong first impression in the win against W&L as he stepped in as the Blue Jays' primary kickoff return specialist. Rogerson averaged 25.2 yards on four kickoff returns against the Generals.
He added two more kickoff returns against Muhlenberg and one against Juniata and is averaging 22.7 yards per return, a mark that ranks seventh in the Centennial Conference.

JHU Ties Victory Record: Johns Hopkins tied the school record for wins in a season with its 11 last season. The Blue Jays first won 11 games in a season in 2014 after winning 10 in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Centennial Conference Champions: Johns Hopkins claimed its record 11th Centennial Conference title last season with all 11 championships coming since 2002. JHU's 11 CC titles are two more than Dickinson and Muhlenberg have accumulated. Even more impressive? Hopkins was the last team in the league to win its first title (2002), but the first to get to 10 championships.

One of Four: Including this week's poll, Johns Hopkins is one of just four teams in the nation to be ranked in the top 20 by the AFCA every week since the start of the 2012 season. The others are Mount Union, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Linfield.

Margraff Holds State Record: Johns Hopkins head coach Jim Margraff became the winningest college football coach in Maryland state history with a 42-14 win at Ursinus late in the 2014 season as that gave him 175 career victories, a mark he upped to 194 with the recent win over Juniata. Margraff now sports a career record of 194-84-3 (.696) entering this week's game against Dickinson.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 58-1 in its last 59 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season. The only team to top the Blue Jays duirng that run? Franklin & Marshall, which topped the Blue Jays, 14-12, in 2012.

On A Roll, Part II: Johns Hopkins is 62-6 in its last 68 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 128-34 (.790) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 134-37 (.784) since the start of the 2001 season and 139-42 (.768) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 119-25 (.826) when scoring more than seven points and 0-7 when they have been held to seven points or less.

At Home at Homewood: Johns Hopkins has parlayed its home field advantage into victories in recent years. In fact, the Blue Jays are 29-4 (.879) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

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