A Look Back: Johns Hopkins jumped out to a 29-6 lead and held off a late rally by Moravian for a 29-21 victory last Saturday at Homewood Field.
Muhlenberg went on the road and topped McDaniel, 42-13, to remain unbeaten.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked ninth in this week's AFCA Division III Poll and 11th in the D3football.com Poll.
The Mules are ranked 24th in the AFCA Poll and are receiving votes in the D3football.com 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.

Game of the Week - Part I: One week after tangling with Moravian in one of just four games nationally featuring a pair of 2-0 teams, the Blue Jays are back at it again this week as the Johns Hopkins-Muhlenberg game is one of just three games in the nation pitting a pair of 3-0 teams against each other. Below is a look at the three games this week that feature a pair of teams that are currently 3-0:

Johns Hopkins @ Muhlenberg
St. Thomas (MN) @ St. John's (MN)
Lake Forest (IL) @ Monmouth (IL)

Game of the Week - Part II: The Johns Hopkins-Muhlenberg game is one of just three games featuring two teams ranked in the AFCA Top 25. Below is a look at the three games this week featuring nationally-ranked teams:

#9 Johns Hopkins @ #24 Muhlenberg
#4 St. Thomas (MN) @ #8 St. John's (MN)
#10 Wabash (IN) @ #20 Wittenberg (OH)

Road Warriors: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Muhlenberg having 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.

Sweet September: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game having won 26 straight and 29 of its last 30 games in the month of September. The only team to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 30 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 17 straight at home in September.

Offense Off to Quick Start: Despite being "held" to 29 points and 428 yards in last week's win agianst Moravian, the Blue Jays are still averaging 38.3 points and 494.3 yards per game. Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 41st in the nation in scoring offense and 32nd in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
? Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 15 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
? Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 11 consecutive games dating back to early last season.

A Final Offense: Johns Hopkins rolled up 500 yards in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee and 555 at Susquehanna.
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 in the recent 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).

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 (40), tied for sixth in 200-yard passing games (10), eighth in yards (3,928), eighth in completions (298) and 10th in attempts (439). Germano tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record for attempts (53) in last week's win over Moravian, while his 34 completions rank third in school history.

Cary Among Centennial Leaders: Junior running back Ryan Cary enters this week's game at Muhlenberg ranked fourth in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (101.3), third in all-purpose yards per game (133.7) and tied for second in touchdowns (6) and points per game (12.0).
Cary enjoyed the finest game of his career against Washington & Lee 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 top all-time leading receivers in school history in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions.
Munday, who set a school record with 16 receptions last week against Moravian, ranks fifth in school history in receptions (208) and touchdown receptions (20) and sixth in receiving yards (2,450).
Donaldson ranks 16th in receptions (96), 12th in receiving yards (1,525) and eighth in touchdown receptions. Johns Hopkins has never had two players in the same class reach the 100-reception mark.

Closing on 4K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,450) and Quinn Donaldson (1,525) enter this week's game against Moravian with 3,975 combined receiving yards - a total that leaves them just 25 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. Garrett Spek (33), Jack Campbell (31 tackles), Jack Toner (23) and Dan Johnson (23) are the only four players on the team with more than 20 tackles on the year.
The next three players on the list - Michael Munday (14), Lance Hammond (13) and Keonte Henson (11) - are all juniors.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game at Muhlenberg 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 200th tackle of his career against Moravian
Lance Hammond - Needs 13 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Needs 12 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Dan Johnson - Needs four tackles to reach 125 in his career
Garrett Spek - Recorded the 100th tackle of his career against Moravian
Jack Toner - Recorded the 150th tackle of his career against Moravian

Sullivan Good From 50: 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.

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 would currently ranks second in the Centennial Confernece in kickoff return average if he had two more returns to his credit.

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 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 192 with last week's win against Moravian. Margraff now sports a career record of 192-84-3 (.694) entering this week's game at Muhlenberg.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 56-1 in its last 57 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 60-6 in its last 66 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 126-34 (.788) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 132-37 (.781) since the start of the 2001 season and 137-42 (.765) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 117-25 (.824) 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 28-4 (.875) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

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