The Game: Johns Hopkins (3-1, 2-1 Centennial) welcomes Ursinus (4-0, 3-0 CC) to Homewood Field for the second of two straight Centennial Conference games at home.

A Look Back:  Johns Hopkins made it two straight in the win column as the Blue Jays topped Dickinson, 62-14, last Saturday at Homewood Field.

Poll Position:  Johns Hopkins is listed as receiving votes in this week's AFCA and D3football.com Polls.  The Blue Jays had debuted at #19 in the D3football.com Preseason Poll and were ranked 18th in the first regular season poll before the narrow loss at Susquehanna on September 8; since then, the Blue Jays have been listed as receiving votes.

The Blue Jays have been listed as receiving votes in the both AFCA Polls this season.

Sweet September: Johns Hopkins enters this week's game against Ursinus having won 36 of its last 39 games in the month of September dating back to 2009. The only teams to beat JHU in the month of September in its last 39 games? Randolph-Macon in 2010 (41-37), Ursinus in 2017 (21-17) and Susquehanna earlier this season (37-35).

Showdown Saturday:  The eyes of the Centennial Conference will be on Baltimore and Allentown this weekend as the four teams at the top of the league standings square off.

The Blue Jays carry a 2-1 league record into this week's action and welcome Ursinus to Homewood; the Bears are one of three teams that are 3-0 in league play.

About 150 miles north in Allentown, unbeaten Franklin & Marshall (3-0 in CC) takes on unbeaten Muhlenberg (3-0).

Showdown Saturday, 2.0:  In case you haven't checked, the four teams at the top of the standings this week will swap partners next week as Johns Hopkins will travel to F&M and Muhlenberg will head to Ursinus.

207 in First Four:  Johns Hopkins has scored 207 points through four games - that marks the most points the Blue Jays have ever scored through the first four games of a season.  The previous record of 205 had been set in 2015.

200+ In Any Four:  Johns Hopkins' 207-point outburst through four games marks the most in any four-game stretch in school history and just the fourth time the Blue Jays have scored 200+ in any four-game stretch.

Second-Best Quarter, Half Totals: The 33 points Johns Hopkins scored in the second quarter and the 46 points the Blue Jays rolled up in the first half against Dickinson are the second best totals in a quarter and half in school history.

That's a Record:  JHU led Dickinson 46-0 at the half last week. The 46-point halftime margin is the largest in school history.  Previously, the largest lead the Blue Jays held at halftime was 42 (49-7 lead at McDaniel in 2017).

Among the National Leaders:  Entering this week's game against Ursinus, Johns Hopkins ranks seventh in the nation in total offense (561.0), eighth in passing offense (355.8) and sixth in scoring offense (51.8).  The Blue Jays also rank second in third-down percentage (.592) and the 110 first downs JHU has accumulated are the most of any team in the nation.

600+ Twice:  Johns Hopkins rang up 606 yards in the season-opener against Randolph-Macon and 680 yards at Moravian.  The two 600-yard games are already just one shy of the most in a season in school history.  The 2017 team had a school-record three 600-yard games to its credit.

Six in 132, Five in 15:  In the first 132 seasons of Johns Hopkins football, the Blue Jays had six games of 600+ yards of total offense.  In the last 15 games, the Blue Jays have topped the 600-yard mark five times.

Big Plays: Through four games, the Johns Hopkins offense has 32 plays of 20 yards or longer (an average of 8 such plays per game) and 87 plays of 10 yards or longer (nearly 22 such plays per game).  Note that this includes offensive plays only (rushing and passing plays).

Defense Steps Up:  The Johns Hopkins defense enjoyed its strongest outing of the season in the 47-3 win at Moravian.  The Blue Jays held the Greyhounds to just 216 yards of total offense, including just 70 in the first half, limited MC to a 2-of-14 showing on third-down chances, recorded two takeaways, two sacks and nine tackles for losses.

It's Been a While:  The three points the Blue Jays allowed at Moravian are the fewest points Johns Hopkins has allowed in a road game since October 13, 2012, when JHU topped Dickinson, 49-0.

Seven or Less Under Rehring:  Since Mickey Rehring took over as the Blue Jay defensive coordinator in 2013, Johns Hopkins has now held the opposition to seven points or less 13 times - including the three-point performance by Moravian on September 15.

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.

Fletcher was back at it against Dickinson as he partially blocked a first-quarter Red Devil punt that led to a Johns Hopkins touchdown.

Record-Tying:  Senior punter Brandon Hong-Dominguez tied the Johns Hopkins record for the longest punt in school history with a 75-yard bomb late in the fourth quarter against Dickinson.  It is just the fifth 70+ yard punt in school history and tied Ben Scott's school record (vs. Rochester / 2005).

At Home at Homewood:  Johns Hopkins has parlayed its home field advantage into victories in recent years.  In fact, the Blue Jays are 45-5 (.900) in the home blacks since the start of the 2010 season.

More Homewood:  Including the 62-14 win against Dickinson earlier this season, Johns Hopkins has now won 40 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 against Ursinus, Johns Hopkins has an all-time record of 546-483-59 (+63).

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 75-3 in its last 78 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season and 79-10 in its last 89 games overall since late in the 2010 season.

Sustained Success:  Since the start of the 2002 season, the Blue Jays sport a 146-38 (.793) record.  Taking it back farther, the Blue Jays are 152-41 (.788) since the start of the 2001 season and 157-46 (.773) since the beginning of the 2000 season.

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