A Look Back: Johns Hopkins jumped out to a 35-7 first-half lead and never trailed in a 48-28 win at Franklin & Marshall last Saturday. JHU clinched no worse than a share of the Centennial Conference title with the win. McDaniel fell behind Susquehanna 24-0 at the half and never recovered in a 37-20 loss to the River Hawks.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week's AFCA Division III Poll, ninth in the D3football.com Poll and second in the official NCAA South Region Rankings.
McDaniel is not ranked in any of the polls.

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.

The Race for the Boot: The race for the Centennial Conference championship and possession of the championship "boot" enters the final week of the season with two teams - Johns Hopkins and Muhlenberg - in contention for at least a share of the title. Below is a look at each team's prospects entering the final game of the season:

Johns Hopkins - The Blue Jays have already clinched no worse than a share of the conference title for the eighth straight year and have locked up the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs.

Muhlenberg - The Mules grab a share of the title with a win at Moravian and a loss by Johns Hopkins to McDaniel. Muhlenberg cannot get an automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs, but a win against the Greyhounds very much keeps the Mules in contention for one of the six at-large bids to the tournament.

Looking Ahead: The bracket for the 2016 NCAA Division III Football Playoffs will be announced on Sunday, November 13 at 6 pm. Fans can watch the selection show at ncaa.com.

Honoring Our Seniors: This week's game against McDaniel will be the final regular season home game in the careers of the seniors on the 2016 Johns Hopkins football team. This year's senior class will go down as one of the most accomplished in program history. Below is a look at some of their collective team achievements since arriving in 2013:

• JHU has won four straight Centennial Conference titles and will make a fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Playoffs.

• The Blue Jays have compiled a record of 41-3 since the current seniors arrived. The 41 wins are tied for the second most in JHU and Centennial Conference history by one class.

• Johns Hopkins has posted a 39-0 regular season record since the start of the 2013 season. No class in Johns Hopkins or Centennial Conference history has ever gone four years without losing a regular season game.

Record-Breaking: The recent 54-14 win against Gettysburg was the 34th consecutive Centennial Conference victory for Johns Hopkins, a mark JHU pushed to 36 straight with last week's 48-28 win at Franklin & Marshall.
The 36 consecutive CC victories breaks the previous league record (33), which was 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:

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

36-Game Run Nation's Second Longest: Johns Hopkins' current 36-game conference winning streak is the second longest active league winning streak in all divisions of the NCAA. In fact, the 36-game run is one of just five current conference winning streaks of 20 or more games. Below is a look at the only five active conference winning streaks of 20 games or longer.

104 - Mount Union (Division III)
36 - Johns Hopkins (Division III
26 - NW Missouri St. (Division II)
22 - Jacksonville St. (FCS)
21 - Thomas More (Division III)

Road Warriors: Including last week's win at Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins has won 20 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.

More Road Warriors: Johns Hopkins has won 10 straight road games dating back to the start of 2015 season. The 10-game road winning streak is tied for the second-longest in school history and is tied for the second-longest active road winning streak in Division III.

November Reign: Entering this week's game against McDaniel, Johns Hopkins is 19-1 in its last 20 regular season games in the month of November dating back to 2008. Including the post-season, the Blue Jays are 25-7 in their last 32 games in November (also dating to 2008).

More November: Johns Hopkins is 15-2 in its last 17 regular season road games in the month of November (dating back to the 2000 season).

A Final November: Johns Hopkins is 17-1 in its last 18 regular season home games in the month of November. Since the start of the 2001 season, JHU's only loss at home in the regular season in November came in 2007, when F&M took a 19-11 decision.

Successful at Home and Away: Since the start of the 2001 season, Johns Hopkins has played exactly 175 games and has posted a remarkable 138-37 record. Even more remarkable? Those 175 games are split almost exactly in half with 88 home games and 87 road games. Still more remarkable? Johns Hopkins is 69-19 (.784) at home and 69-18 (.793) on the road during that time.

Offense Among Nation's, Centennial's Best: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against McDaniel averaging 42.9 points and 523.7 yards per game.
The Blue Jays rank first in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 13th in the nation in scoring offense and eighth in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 21 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 17 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, 512 at Dickinson, 526 vs. Gettysburg, 598 at Ursinus and 581 at Franklin & Marshall.
For the record, the 581-yard effort at Franklin & Marshall was also the 47th 500-yard game in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 46-1 all-time when totaling 500 or more yards of offense.

Quick Starts: Johns Hopkins has had 63 combined possessions in the first half of its nine games thus far. Of those 63, 33 have ended with touchdoawns and seven others with a field goal. In other words, Hopkins has scored on 63.5% of its first-half possessions this season (40-of-63). In the last five games (wins over Juniata, Dickinson, Gettysburg, Ursinus and F&M), JHU has had 37 first-half possesions and has 23 touchdowns and two field goals on those 37 (67.6% scoring).

Balancing Act: Johns Hopkins has totaled more than 200 yards rushing and passing four times this season, including a 273-yard rushing, 308-yard passing effort at Franklin & Marshall. Johns Hopkins has now turned the 200-yard rushing/200-yard passing trick 53 times in school history with 32 of the 53 coming since the start of the 2008 season; the Blue Jays are now 51-2 when going over 200 yards rushing and passing in one game.

More Balance: The 273-yard rushing/308-yard passing effort at Franklin & Marshall marked the second time this season and just the ninth time in school history that Johns Hopkins has rushed for more than 200 yards and passed for more than 300 yards in one game. It was also just the third time JHU has topped 275 yards rushing and 300 yards passing. Eight of the nine 200/300 games have come since the start of the 2010 season and all nine have come under the direction of head coach Jim Margraff.

Germano Among Career Leaders: Senior Jonathan Germano enjoyed another strong outing at Franklin & Marshall as he threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 113 yards (on seven carries) with a career-long 79-yard run. One of his completions vs. the Diplomats also covered 79 yards, making him the first player in school history to have a rush and a completion of 75 yards or longer in one game.
On the year, he is now 191-of-301 for 2,494 yards with 23 touchdowns against 11 interceptions. He has also rushed for 378 yards and four touchdowns.
With his recent efforts, Germano now ranks in the top 10 in school history in every career passing category. Germano ranks second in TD passes (58), tied for second in 200-yard passing games (15), fifth in yards (5,524), fifth in completions (417) and seventh in attempts (628). He also ranks second in 300-yard passing games (6).
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.
Most impressively, Germano is now 20-1 (.952) in his career as the Blue Jays' starting quarterback.

Germano, Baker Fuel Fourth-Best Passing Game in School History: Senior Jonathan Germano and sophomore Zack Baker combined to throw for 479 yards in the win at Ursinus. The 479 yards rank as the fourth-best single-game team total in school history. It was also just the seventh time that Johns Hopkins has topped 400 passing yards in one game and the first time since a 418-yard effort at Juniata in 2013. Individually, Germano's 443 yards that day are tied for the fourth-best total in school history, while his six touchdown passes were one shy of the school record.

Baker Sets School Record: Sophomore Zack Baker extended his streak of consecutive completions to a school-record 27 before misfiring on his first two attempts against Gettysburg. Baker, whose streak extended back to last season, is now 39-of-45 (.867) on the year for 346 yards with one touchdown and one interception; he has also rushed 12 times for 54 yards and one touchdown.
The 27 consecutive completions fell two shy of the Division III national record. The record of 29 was set over a two-game span by Chris Edwards of Washington & Jefferson in 2005.

Cary Tops 1,000: Junior running back Ryan Cary recently became the 26th player in school history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards as his 102-yard effort against Gettysburg pushed his career total to 1,096 - a mark he increased to 1,288 at Franklin & Marshall with a 121-yard, two-touchdown rushing effort; it was also Cary's fifth 100-yard game of the season and he added three receptions for 73 yards and another score.
Cary enters this week's game against McDaniel ranked third in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (98.6), fourth in all-purpose yards per game (139.8) and second in overall touchdowns (16) and points per game (10.7).
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 third in school history in receptions (242), fourth in touchdown receptions (23) and fifth in receiving yards (2,735).
Donaldson ranks 12th in receptions (121), 11th in receiving yards (1,958) and tied for fifth in touchdown receptions (22). Munday and Donaldson are the first classmates in school history to top 100 career receptions.

Closing on 5K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,735) and Quinn Donaldson (1,958) topped 4,000 combined career receiving yards in the win at Muhlenberg and boosted their career combined total to 4,693 in the win against F&M. 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 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. Jack Campbell (80), Garrett Spek (74), Dan Johnson (55), Pat Runger (42) and Jack Toner (40) are the only five players on the team with 40 or more tackles on the year.
The next three players on the list - Michael Munday (38), Keonte Henson (38) and Lance Hammond (21) - are all juniors, while senior Kyle Bonci (23) and sophomore Michael Curry (23) join the list of 10 players on the team with 20 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 McDaniel and others who recently reached a milestone. Below is a quick look at some of these marks.

Kyle Bonci - Needs six tackles to reach 75 in his career / Recorded the 10th sack of his career vs. Gettysburg
Jack Campbell - Recorded the 250th tackle of his career at Ursinus
Lance Hammond - Recorded the 100th tackle of his career at Franklin & Marshall
Keonte Henson - Needs 10 tackles to reach 125 in his career
Dan Johnson - Recorded the 150th tackle of his career vs. Gettysburg
Michael Munday - Recorded the 50th tackle of his career vs. Juniata
Pat Runger - Needs three tackles to reach 100 in his career
Garrett Spek - Needs five tackles to reach 150 in his career
Jack Toner - Needs two 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, Dickinson, Gettysburg and F&M and is now 9-for-12 on the year on FGs and 33-for-34 on extra points. For his career, he is 18-for-24 on FGs and 99-for-102 on extra points. He is sixth in school history in career field goals and fifth in career points by a kicker (153).
Campbell has hit 5-of-7 field goal attempts this seson and is 15-for-15 on extra points as well. In his career, he has hit 22-of-31 field goals and 132-of-136 extra points to rank fourth in school history in career field goals and third in career points by a kicker (198).

Sudden Impact: Freshman Dane Rogerson is quickly becoming 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. He followed that with six rushes for 16 yards and one TD and two kickoff returns for 92 yards against Gettysburg; he had a career-long 63-yard KOR against the Bullets.
On the year, Rogerson has rushed 25 times for 143 yards (5.7/rush) and two touchdowns and has 13 kickoff returns for 343 yards (26.4/return). He ranks second 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.

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 198 with last week's win at Franklin & Marshall. Margraff now sports a career record of 198-84-3 (.700) entering this week's game against McDaniel.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 62-1 in its last 63 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 66-6 in its last 72 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 132-34 (.795) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 138-37 (.789) since the start of the 2001 season and 143-42 (.773) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 123-25 (.831) 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 30-4 (.882) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

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