The Game: Johns Hopkins (1-1, 0-1 Centennial) hits the road for the second consecutive week as the Blue Jays make the trip to Bethlehem, PA to take on Moravian (2-0, 1-0 CC).

A Look Back:  Johns Hopkins fell to Susquehanna, 37-35, last Saturday in Selinsgrove to slip to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial Conference.

Poll Position:  Johns Hopkins is listed as receiving votes in this week's D3football.com Poll.  The Blue Jays had debuted at #19 in the D3football.com Preseason Poll and were ranked 18th in last week's poll before the narrow loss at Susquehanna.  JHU was also ranked 12th by Lindy's and 18th by Street & Smith's entering the season.

Number 300:  The season-opening game against Randolph-Macon was the 300th for Jim Margraff as the head coach at Johns Hopkins.  Margraff boasts a record of 210-88-3 (.703) since taking over in 1990 and his 210 victories are tied for third among active Division III coaches.

Oh Captain, My Captain:  Johns Hopkins will be led this season by co-captains Michael Curry, Mike Kalanik, Luke McFadden and Addison Quinones.

Centennial Openers:  Since the formation of the Centennial Conference in football in 1983, Johns Hopkins is 25-11 in league openers, including last week's loss at Susquehana. The 25 wins in CC openers are the most of any team in the league.

Centennial Conference Champions:  Johns Hopkins claimed its record 13th Centennial Conference title last season with all 13 championships coming since 2002.  JHU's 13 CC titles are four more than Dickinson and Muhlenberg have accumulated.

Sweet September: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Moravian having won 34 of its last 37 games in the month of September dating back to 2009. The only teams to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 37 games? Randolph-Macon in 2010 (41-37), Ursinus in 2017 (21-17) and Susquehanna last week (37-35).

State of Affairs:  The 96-man Johns Hopkins football team includes players from 22 different states.

98 in 2:  Johns Hopkins has scored 98 points through two games.  Only twice since 1998 have the Blue Jays scored more than 98 points in the first two games of a season.  In 2015, JHU scored 111 points in its first to games, while the 2011 team scored 101 points through two games.

Chart Toppers:  Johns Hopkins leads the Centennial Confernece in scoring offense (49.0 ppg), total offense (528.5 ypg.) and passing yards per game (341.0 ypg.).

That's a Record:  The 63 points the Blue Jays scored in the season-opening win against Randolph-Macon are the most points Johns Hopkins has ever scored in a season-opener.  The previous JHU record for points scored in an opener was 52 in a 52-17 win at Randolph-Macon in 2015.

Almost Another Record:  Johns Hopkins rolled up 606 yards of total offense in the season-opening victory against Randolph-Macon.  The 606 yards are the second-most ever in a season-opener for the Blue Jays.  JHU rolled up 621 yards at Randolph-Macon in the 2015 season opener.

More From the Win vs. Randolph-Macon:  Johns Hopkins scored 42 points in the second half of the season-opening win against Randolph-Macon; that's tied for the third-highest total in one half in school history.  All six instances in which JHU has scored 41+ points in a half have come since 2011.

In addition, the Blue Jays rolled up 387 yards after halftime - that's tied for the fifth-most yards in a half in school history.

Block Party:  Freshman Robert Fletcher needed exactly three minutes to impact the first game of his career as he blocked a Randolph-Macon punt that was returned 32 yards for a touchdown by senior Tyler Messinger.  The blocked punt return for a touchdown was the first for Johns Hopkins since Adam Schweyer took one back 36 yards for a score against Juniata on October 30, 2010.

Pick Six:  Sophomore Macauley Kilbane scored the second of four, fourth-quarter touchdowns for the Blue Jays in the season-opener against Randolph-Macon as he returned an interception 34 yards for a score with 13:20 remaining.

The interception return for a score was the first for the Blue Jays since Dan Johnson's 23-yard return for a touchdown against F&M on November 7, 2013.

Because You'll Ask:  For the record, the last time Johns Hopkins scored a touchdown on offense, defense and special teams - prior to turning the trick in the season-opener against Randolph-Macon - was on November 10, 2007, when Richard Hill returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, Adam Winter returned an interception 12 yards for a score and the Blue Jay offense scored a pair of touchdowns in a 31-3 win at McDaniel.

One of Four:  Johns Hopkins is one of just four teams in the nation to be ranked in the top 25 by the AFCA every week since the start of the 2012 season.  The others are Mount Union, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Linfield.  The first AFCA Poll of the 2018 season will be released on September 17.

Number Four:  Johns Hopkins boasts a 53-7 record since the start of the 2013 season.  The Blue Jays' .883 winning percentage over that time ranks fourth among Division III teams.  In order, the top five teams in the nation in winning percentage since the start of the 2013 season (with records included):

1. Mount Union (71-4) .947
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor (65-5) .929
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater (63-6) .913
4. Johns Hopkins (53-7) .883
5. Wheaton (IL) (50-8) .862

At Home at Homewood:  Johns Hopkins has parlayed its home field advantage into victories in recent years.  In fact, the Blue Jays are 44-5 (.898) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

More Homewood:  Including the 63-31 win last week against Randolph-Macon, Johns Hopkins has now won 39 straight regular season home games.  The Blue Jays last dropped a home game in the regular season on October 2, 2010 when Muhlenberg topped JHU, 30-27.

61 Under to 61 Over:  Johns Hopkins head coach Jim Margraff inherited a program with an all-time record that was 61 games UNDER .500 when he arrived (334-395-56).  With the win against Juniata on November 4, 2017, Johns Hopkins moved its all-time record to 61 games OVER .500. Entering this week's game at Moravian, Johns Hopkins has an all-time record of 544-483-59.

Close Calls:  Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of seven games.  Those seven losses have come by five, three, five, seven, four, three and two points (including playoff games).  Translation ... JHU has lost seven games in 5+ seasons by a total of 29 points.

On a Roll:  Johns Hopkins is 73-3 in its last 76 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season and 77-10 in its last 87 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success:  Since the start of the 2002 season, the Blue Jays sport a 144-38 (.791) record.  Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 150-41 (.785) since the start of the 2001 season and 155-46 (.771) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

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