Bradley Munday and the Blue Jays travel to Susquehanna for the Centennial Conference opener on Saturday.

The Game: Johns Hopkins (1-0, 0-0 Centennial) hits the road for the first time during the 2016 season as the Blue Jays head north to Susquehanna (0-1, 0-0) for the Centennial Conference opener for both teams.

A Look Back: Johns Hopkins opened the 2016 season with a 45-29 victory against Washington & Lee last Thursday night at Homewood Field.
Susquehanna fell at Lycoming, 27-24, last Saturday in its season opener.

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins is ranked 11th in this week's D3football.com Poll. Susquehanna 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.

For Openers: Johns Hopkins improved to 17-9-1 in season-openers under head coach Jim Margraff with last week's win against Washington & Lee and the Blue Jays have now won 14 of their last 18 openers.

Road Openers: Johns Hopkins is 16-10 in its first road game of the season under head coach Jim Margraff.

Success in the Two-Hole: This week's game against Susquehanna is the second game of the year for the Blue Jays. Game number two has usually been a good one for Johns Hopkins, which is 24-2 under head coach Jim Margraff in its second game of the season.

Sweet September: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game having won 24 straight and 27 of its last 28 games in the month of September. The only team to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 27 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: Johns Hopkins is a league-best 23-10 all-time in Centennial Conference openers. The Blue Jays have currently won eight straight league openers. For reference, no other team in the league has won more than two straight CC openers entering this week's action.

Offense Off to Quick Start: Johns Hopkins rolled up 45 points in the season-opening victory against Washington & Lee. Prior to 2010, the Blue Jays hadn't scored more than 34 points in an opener since 1959, but the 45-point effort against W&L made it seven straight years that Hopkins has reached at least 36 points in the opening game of the year. The 45 points the Blue Jays scored last week are the second-most in an opener for JHU in the last 100 years - a mark topped only by last year's 52-point showing at Randolph-Macon (W/52-17).

More Offense: Johns Hopkins has ...
• Scored at least 34 points in a school-record 13 consecutive games dating back to the start of last season.
• Scored 45 or more points in four 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. This 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 500-yard effort was also the 41st in school history - Johns Hopkins is now 40-1 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.

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 jumped into the top 10 in school history in career passing yards against W&L as his 174-yard effort pushed his career total to 3,204, which ranks 10th in school history.
Germano also ranks fourth in TD passes (36), 11th in completions (243) and 14th in attempts (353).

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 at Susquehanna.
Munday ranks seventh in school history in career receptions with 187, while Donaldson is 17th with 90 receptions to his credit. Johns Hopkins has never had two players in the same class reach the 100-reception mark.

Four Post 10+ Tackles vs. W&L: Four players posted 10 or more tackles in the win against W&L, including three who established career highs with their efforts.
Seniors Dan Johnson (14 tackles • 1 TFL), Garrett Spek (13), Jack Toner (11) and Jack Campbell (10) all reached double figures in tackles against the Generals with Johnson, Spek and Toner's totals all ranking as career highs.

Defensive Milestone Watch: The Johns Hopkins defense has several players closing in on milestones entering this week's game at Susquehanna. Below is a quick look at some of the marks on the horizon.

Kyle Bonci - Needs one tackle to reach 50 in his career
Jack Campbell - Needs 11 tackles to reach 200 in his career
Lance Hammond - Needs 19 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Keonte Henson - Needs 16 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Dan Johnson - Needs 13 tackles to reach 125 in his career
Garrett Spek - Needs 16 tackles to reach 100 in his career
Jack Toner - Needs six tackles 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 one game.

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.

On a Roll: Johns Hopkins is 54-1 in its last 55 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 58-6 in its last 64 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 124-34 (.785) record. Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 130-37 (.778) since the start of the 2001 season and 135-42 (.763) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

Seven's Heaven: Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 115-25 (.821) 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 -