A Look Back: In a showdown of two of the three unbeaten teams in the Centennial Conference, Johns Hopkins scored the final 13 points to knock off Muhlenberg, 30-24.
Juniata was the third unbeaten team in the Centennial Conference entering last weekend's action, but fell, 45-22, at home to Franklin & Marshall last Saturday.

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

Game of the Week: The Johns Hopkins-Juniata game is the game of the week in the Centennial Conference this week as it's the only game in the league featuring two teams with records of 4-0 or 3-1. The Blue Jays are the lone 4-0 team in the Centennial entering this week's action, while the Eagles are one of four teams that will carry a 3-1 mark into Saturday's games.

Tough Opening: This week's game against 3-1 Juniata will cap a five-game season-opening run for Johns Hopkins against teams that are currently a combined 12-7 (.632). Of those seven losses, four have come against the Blue Jays.

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 29-0 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 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 flips to October for this week's game against Juniata and the second month of the season has been kind to the Blue Jays of late. Johns Hopkins has won 19 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 19-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.

Sweet September: The win last week at Muhlenberg pushed Johns Hopkins' winning streak in September to 27 and the Blue Jays have also won 30 of their last 31 games in the month of September. The only team to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 31 games? Randolph-Macon, which posted a 41-37 win over JHU on September 11, 2010.

Offense Among Centennial's Best: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Juniata averaging 36.2 points and 491.8 yards per game.
The Blue Jays rank second in the Centennial Conference in both categories and 52nd in the nation in scoring offense and 30th in total offense.

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 28 points in a school-record 16 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Totaled 400 or more yards in a school-record 12 consecutive 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 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.

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 last week's 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.

Spek Honored: Senior linebacker Garrett Spek turned in another strong performance for the Blue Jays last week and was honored as the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts. Spek totaled a career-high 16 tackles and added two sacks and one pass breakup in the 30-24 win at Muhlenberg.

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 (42), sixth in 200-yard passing games (11), seventh in yards (4,160), eighth in completions (321) and 10th 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 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).

Cary Among Centennial Leaders: Junior running back Ryan Cary enters this week's game against Juniata ranked third in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards per game (101.0),seventh in all-purpose yards per game (129.6) and tied for second in touchdowns (7) and points per game (10.5).
Cary, who rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown last week 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, ranks fifth in school history in receptions (217) and touchdown receptions (20) and sixth in receiving yards (2,553).
Donaldson ranks 15th in receptions (98), 12th in receiving yards (1,532) and eighth in touchdown receptions (17). Johns Hopkins has never had two players in the same class reach the 100-reception mark.

Topping 4K: Seniors Bradley Munday (2,553) and Quinn Donaldson (1,532) topped 4,000 combined career receiving yards in last week's win at Muhlenberg (4,085). 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 (49), Jack Campbell (45), Dan Johnson (35), Jack Toner (28) and Pat Runger (20) are the only five players on the team with more than 20 tackles on the year.
The next three players on the list - Michael Munday (18), Lance Hammond (16) and Keonte Henson (15) - are all juniors.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game against Juniata 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 one tackle to reach 225 in his career
Lance Hammond - Needs 10 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Needs eight tackles to reach 100 in his career
Dan Johnson - Recorded the 125th tackle of his career at Muhlenberg
Michael Munday - Needs three tackles to reach 50 in his career
Pat Runger - Recorded the 75th tackle of his career at Muhlenberg
Garrett Spek - Needs five tackles 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 and three more in the 30-24 win at Muhlenberg and is now 5-for-6 on the year on FGs and 10-for-11 on extra points. For his career, he is 14-for-18 on FGs and 76-for-79 on extra points. He ranks seventh in school history in career field goals and seventh in career points by a kicker.
Campbell has hit all four of his field goal attempts this seson and is 6-for-6 on extra points as well. In his career, he has hit 21-of-28 field goals and 123-of 127 extra points to rank fourth in school history in career field goals and third in career points by a kicker.

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 is averaging 24.0 yards per return, a mark that would rank him fourth in the Centennial 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 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 193 with last week's win against Muhlenberg. Margraff now sports a career record of 193-84-3 (.695) entering this week's game against Juniata.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 57-1 in its last 58 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 61-6 in its last 67 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 127-34 (.789) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 133-37 (.782) since the start of the 2001 season and 138-42 (.767) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 118-25 (.825) 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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