The Game: Johns Hopkins (2-0, 1-0 Centennial) returns to Homewood Field and welcomes Moravian (2-0, 1-0) for a key early-season Centennial Conference showdown against the Greyhounds.

A Look Back: Johns Hopkins went on the road for the first time in 2016 and topped Susquehanna, 41-7, last Saturday.
Moravian played its second consecutive home game to open the 2016 season and the 'Hounds knocked off McDaniel, 55-27 last week.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked 11th in this week's D3football.com Poll. Moravian is not ranked.

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

Game of the Week: This week's Johns Hopkins-Moravian game is the game of the week in the Centennial Conference and one of two games in the league featuring two teams that won their conference opener. In addition, through the first two weeks of the season, there are only 53 teams in the nation that currently stand at 2-0 and this week's Johns Hopkins-Moravian game is one of just four nationally featuring two teams that are 2-0.
Below is a look at the four games this week that feature a pair of teams that are currently 2-0:

Moravian @ Johns Hopkins
St. John Fisher (NY) @ Cortland St. (NY)
Wheaton (IL) @ Carthage (WI)
Berry (GA) @ Rhodes (TN)

Road Openers: With last week's win at Susquehanna, Johns Hopkins is now 17-10 in its first road game of the season under head coach Jim Margraff.

Success in the Two-Hole: Last week's game against Susquehanna was the second game of the year for the Blue Jays. Game number two has usually been a good one for Johns Hopkins, which is now 25-2 under head coach Jim Margraff in its second game of the season.

Sweet September: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game having won 25 straight and 28 of its last 29 games in the month of September. The only team to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 29 games? Randolph-Macon, which posted a 41-37 win over JHU on September 11, 2010.

More September: Johns Hopkins has not lost a home game in the month of September since September 22, 2007, when Moravian escaped Homewood with a 44-41 victory. Since then the Blue Jays have won 16 straight at home in September.

Centennial Openers: Including last week's win at Susquehanna, Johns Hopkins is a league-best 24-10 all-time in Centennial Conference openers. The Blue Jays have currently won nine straight league openers. For reference, no other team in the league has won more than three straight CC openers.

Offense Off to Quick Start: Johns Hopkins rolled up 45 points in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee and added 41 in last week's win at Susquehanna. This marks the second straight year and the third time in the last six years that Hopkins has scored 40 or more points in back-to-back games to open the season (2011, 2015, 2016).
Prior to these three instances of scoring 40+ in back-to-back games to open the season, the Blue Jays hadn't scored 40 or more in two straight to open a season since 1959. Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial Conference and tied for 28th in the nation in scoring offense (43.0 ppg.)

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 34 points in a school-record 14 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Scored 41 or more points in five consecutive regular season games dating back to last season.

A Final Offense: Johns Hopkins rolled up 500 yards in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee and 555 in last week's win at Susquehanna. The Blue Jays are currently tied for 24th in the nation in total offense (527.5 ypg.).
The 500-yard effort vs. W&L marks 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 555-yard effort at Susquehanna was also the 42nd 500-yard game in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 41-1 all-time when totaling 500 or more yards of offense.

Balancing Act: Johns Hopkins rang up 276 yards rushing and 224 yards passing to account for its 500-yard effort against W&L. This marked the 49th time in school history that JHU has topped 200 yards rushing and passing in the same game; 28 of the 49 have come since the start of the 2008 season and the Blue Jays are now 47-2 when going over 200 yards rushing and passing in one game.

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 last week at Susquehanna. The 393-yard passing effort is the seventh-best team total in school history, while the 31 completions are tied for the sixth-best total. There have been just six 400-yard passing games in school history with the last coming at Juniata in 2013 (418).

Cary Honored: Junior running back Ryan Cary enjoyed the finest game of his career against Washington & Lee as he rushed 20 times for 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.
For his efforts, Cary was selected as the Centennial Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

Germano Into Top 10: Senior quarterback Jonathan Germano now ranks in the top 10 in school history in nearly every career passing category. Germano ranks fourth in TD passes (38), seventh in 200-yard passing games (9), ninth in yards (3,497) and 10th in completions (264). He also ranks 13th in attempts (386).

200-100: Senior wide receiviers Bradley Munday and Quinn Donaldson are closing in on 200 and 100 career receptions, respectively, entering this week's game against Moravian.
Munday is tied for fifth in school history in career receptions with 192, while Donaldson is 16th with 94 receptions to his credit. Johns Hopkins has never had two players in the same class reach the 100-reception mark.

Closing on 4K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,350) and Quinn Donaldson (1,508) enter this week's game against Moravian with 3,858 combined receiving yards - a total that leaves them just 142 shy of 4,000.

Seniors Leading Defense: A quick look at the Blue Jay defensive statistics shows four seniors at the top of the tackle chart. Jack Campbell (18 tackles), Garrett Spek (18), Jack Toner (16) and Dan Johnson (16) are the only four players on the team with more than 10 tackles on the year.
The next three players on the list - Michael Munday (9), Keonte Henson (8) and Lance Hammond (8) - are all juniors.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game against Moravian 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 - Needs three tackles to reach 200 in his career
Lance Hammond - Needs 18 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Needs 15 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Dan Johnson - Needs 11 tackles to reach 125 in his career
Garrett Spek - Needs 11 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Jack Toner - Needs one tackle to reach 150 in his career

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 and currently ranks second in the Centennial Confernece in kickoff return average after two games. He did not have a return against Susquehanna.

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: 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.

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

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 191 with last week's win at Susquehanna.
Margraff now sports a career record of 191-84-3 (.692) entering this week's game against Moravian.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 55-1 in its last 56 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 59-6 in its last 65 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 125-34 (.786) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 131-37 (.780) since the start of the 2001 season and 136-42 (.764) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 116-25 (.823) 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 27-4 (.871) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

- Pride and Poise -