A Look Back: Johns Hopkins opened the second half of its season with a 45-10 victory at Dickinson last Friday night in its first game after the bye week.
Gettysburg played the first of two straight on the road at Muhlenberg and fell to the Mules, 43-7, last Saturday.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week's AFCA Division III Poll and ninth in the D3football.com Poll Gettysburg 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.

Record-Tying Victory: Last week's 45-10 win at Dickinson was the 33rd consecutive Centennial Conference victory for Johns Hopkins. The 33 consecutive CC victories ties the league record, which was originally set by then Western Maryland (now McDaniel) from 1997-2001.
Ironically, the 33-game run for the Green Terror was snapped with a stunning 21-14 loss to Johns Hopkins in the 2001 season finale. Western Maryland entered that game ranked ninth in the nation and that remains the highest ranked team ever beaten by Johns Hopkins.
There have been three winning streaks of 20 or more games in Centennial Conference games with Johns Hopkins boasting two of the three. Below is a look at the CC winning streaks of 20 or more games:

33 - Johns Hopkins (Current)
33 - McDaniel (1997-2001)
20 - Johns Hopkins (2010-12)

33-Game Run Nation's Second Longest: Johns Hopkins' current 33-game conference winning streak is the second longest active league winning streak in all divisions of the NCAA. In fact, the 33-game run is one of just four current conference winning streaks of 20 or more games. Below is a look at the only four active conference winning streaks of 20 games or longer.

101 - Mount Union (Division III)
33 - Johns Hopkins (Division III)
23 - NW Missouri St. (Division II)
21 - Franklin (Division III)

Tough Opening: Johns Hopkins has compiled its 6-0 record against six teams that are currently a combined 20-16 (.556) on the year. Six of those 16 losses have come to Johns Hopkins and the Blue Jays' first five opponents (Washington & Lee, Susquehanna, Moravian, Muhlenberg, Juniata) are a combined 20-5 against teams other than Johns Hopkins.

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 last week's win at Dickinson, Johns Hopkins has won 18 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' game against Juniata and the second month of the season has been kind to the Blue Jays of late. Including the wins against Juniata and Dickinson, Johns Hopkins has won 21 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 Gettysburg will be the 54th Johns Hopkins has played on Friday night since 1982. Since then, the Blue Jays have compiled a 36-16-1 (.689) record in Friday night games, including a 32-11-1 (.739) mark under head coach Jim Margraff.
This week's game will be the 13th Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg have played on Friday night; Gettysburg has been Johns Hopkins' most common Friday night opponent.

Offense Among Centennial's Best: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Gettysburg averaging 40.3 points and 501.3 yards per game.
The Blue Jays rank first in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 27th in the nation in scoring offense and 19th in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 18 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 14 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, 529 vs. Juniata and 512 at Dickinson.
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 512-yard effort at Dickinson was also the 44th 500-yard game in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 43-1 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 and added 213 yards rushing and 299 yards passing at Dickinson. These marked the 50th and 51st times in school history that JHU has topped 200 yards rushing and passing in the same game; 30 of the 51 have come since the start of the 2008 season and the Blue Jays are now 49-2 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 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, which include a 22-of-33 showing for 249 yards and three TDs last week at Dickinson, Germano now ranks in the top 10 in school history in nearly every career passing category. Germano ranks third in TD passes (47), tied for fourth in 200-yard passing games (12), seventh in yards (4,584), seventh in completions (358) and eighth in attempts (536). 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 intercpetions 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).

Baker Closing on National Record: Sophomore Zack Baker went 7-for-7 in last week's win at Dickinson and is now 25-for-25 on the year and has completed 27 consecutive passes dating back to last season.
The 27 consecutive completions are two shy of the Division III national record (which is also believed to be the overall national record for all divisions of the NCAA). The record of 29 was set over a two-game span by Chris Edwards of Washington & Jefferson in 2005.

Cary Closes on 1,000: Junior running back Ryan Cary rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns on just 14 carries at Dickinson and inched closer to the 1,000-yard mark for his career as he now has 994 yards to his credit. Note that a statistical error in the game at Dickinson originally credited him with 128 rushing yards and it was reported that he had reached the 1,000-yard mark in the win. However, a 17-yard completion was mistakenly credited as a rush and not a reception. With 994 yards, he is just six yards shy of becoming the 26th player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard mark.
Cary enters this week's game against Gettysburg ranked third in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (98.8), fourth in all-purpose yards per game (132.5) and first in overall touchdowns (11) and points per game (11.0).
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 (225), tied for fourth in touchdown receptions (22) and fifth in receiving yards (2,597). Donaldson ranks 12th in receptions (110), 12th in receiving yards (1,729) 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 (2,597) and Quinn Donaldson (1,729) topped 4,000 combined career receiving yards in the win at Muhlenberg and boosted their career combined total to 4,326 at Dickinson. 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.

Toner Now Second in Interceptions: Senior Jack Toner continued his climb on the all-time interceptions list at Johns Hopkins with two more last week at Dickinson. Toner's two picks against the Red Devils boost his career total to 16, which ties him with Matt Campbell (2001-04) for second place on Johns Hopkins' career INT list. In addition, his six interceptions this season match his total from a year ago and are just two shy of the JHU single-season record.

Seniors Leading Defense: A quick look at the Blue Jay defensive statistics shows five seniors at the top of the tackle chart. Garrett Spek (58), Jack Campbell (56), Dan Johnson (46), Jack Toner (35) and Pat Runger (29) are the only five players on the team with more than 26 tackles on the year.
Three of the next four players on the list - Keonte Henson (26), Michael Munday (25), and Lance Hammond (22) - are all juniors, while sophomore Michael Curry (17) and senior Kyle Bonci (16) join the list of 10 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 Gettysburg 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 • Needs 1.5 sacks for 10 in his career
Jack Campbell - Needs 15 tackles for 250 in his career
Lance Hammond - Needs seven tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Recorded the 100th tackle of his career at Dickinson
Dan Johnson - Needs six tackles to reach 150 in his career
Michael Munday - Recorded the 50th tackle of his career vs. Juniata
Pat Runger - Needs 16 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Garrett Spek - Recored the 125th tackle of his career at Dickinson
Jack Toner - Needs seven tackles to reach 175 in his career • Needs four INTs to tie JHU career record (20)

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 each against Juniata and Dickinson and is now 7-for-8 on the year on FGs and 19-for-20 on extra points. For his career, he is 16-for-20 on FGs and 85-for-88 on extra points. He ranks seventh in school history in career field goals and fifth in career points by a kicker (133).
Campbell has hit 4-of-6 field goal attempts this seson and is 10-for-10 on extra points as well. In his career, he has hit 21-of-30 field goals and 127-of-131 extra points to rank fourth in school history in career field goals and third in career points by a kicker (190).

Sudden Impact: Freshman Dane Rogerson is quickly become a difference-maker for the Blue Jays and enjoyed the finest game of his career in the 45-10 win at Dickinson, when he rushed five times for 44 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown to open the scoring, and added three kickoff returns for 92 yards, including a long of 40 yards; his 136 all-purpose yards are a career high.
On the year, Rogerson has rushed 12 times for 95 yards (7.9/rush) and one touchdown and has 10 kickoff returns for 251 yards (25.1/return). He ranks fourth in the Centennial Conference in kickoff return average.

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 195 with last week's win over Dickinson. Margraff now sports a career record of 195-84-3 (.697) entering this week's game against Gettysburg.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 59-1 in its last 60 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 63-6 in its last 69 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 129-34 (.791) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 135-37 (.785) since the start of the 2001 season and 140-42 (.769) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 120-25 (.828) 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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