The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (4-1, 3-1 Centennial) opens the second half of its season with the first of two straight games at home as the Blue Jays welcome Franklin & Marshall (3-2, 2-2 CC) to Homewood Field.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins ran its winning streak to three with a 32-29 win at Ursinus on October 5 in its last game before the bye week.
«  Franklin & Marshall dropped its second straight game as the Diplomats fell to league-leading Muhlenberg, 49-6, at home on October 5.

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is ranked 16th in this week's AFCA Poll and 20th in the D3football.com Poll.
«  The Blue Jays picked up three preseason top 10 rankings as JHU was ranked fifth by Street & Smith's and Lindy's and sixth by D3football.com  Every preseason ranking the Blue Jays drew this year is the highest in school history.

Oh Captain, My Captain
«  Five players were selected to serve as captains of the 2019 Johns Hopkins football team in a vote of the team last spring.
«  Senior Mike Kalanik is in his second year as a co-captain and is joined by classmates James Closser, Joe Figueroa and David Tammaro and junior Macauley Kilbane.
«  Dating back to 1947, Kalanik is just the 13th player to serve as a captain for more than one season.

Oktoberfest
«  Johns Hopkins flipped the calendar to October with its game at Ursinus (Oct. 5) - and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
«  The Blue Jays enter this week's game against Franklin & Marshall having won 30 consecutive games in the month of October dating back to a 26-17 loss at Ursinus on October 26, 2010.
«  Ironically, the Blue Jays had been just 10-8 in their previous 18 games in the month of October before jump-starting the current 30-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).

Before The Bye
«  The game at Ursinus was the last game for the Blue Jays before their bye week.  Including that win over the Bears and dating back to 2011, the Blue Jays are 44-3 in games played before their bye.
«  The Centennial Conference went to a league-wide bye in the middle of the season in 2011.

After the Bye
«  Also dating back to 2011, when the Centennial Conference went to a league-wide bye in the middle of the season, Johns Hopkins is 37-1 in regular season games played after the bye week.
«  Since 2011, Johns Hopkins is 19-0 in regular season games played at Homewood Field after the bye week.

On This Date
«  This week's game will be the 16th the Blue Jays have played on this date.  Johns Hopkins topped Gettysburg, 49-35, in its last game played on October 19, but overall the Blue Jays are just 4-9-2 on this date.
«  One of the previous 15 games Johns Hopkins has played on this date came in 1912, when F&M topped JHU, 10-7, in the first game played between the two schools.

A Defensive Group
«  Through five games, the Johns Hopkins defense is allowing just 16.8 points and 341.8 yards per game.]
«  Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial in scoring defense, sixth in total defense and first in passing defense (172.6).
«  The opposition has completed just 46.4% of its passes against the Blue Jays (71-of-153) with six touchdown passes against nine interceptions.
«  The Blue Jays have allowed just four touchdowns and 34 total points in the first three quarters of their five games thus far.

In Case You Hadn't Noticed
«  The Johns Hopkins defense has at least one interception in each of the first five games this season, in six straight games dating back to last season and in seven of the last eight.
«  JHU has 14 interceptions in the last eight games dating back to 2018 and has recorded multiple INTs in four of the eight.
«  JHU intercepted four passes - all in the fourth quarter - in the 17-12 season-opening win at Randolph-Macon.  The four interceptions mark the 13th time since 2001 that the Johns Hopkins defense has intercepted four or more passes in a game.  Prior to the game at RMC, the last four-INT game for JHU came last October in a 27-16 win over 22nd-ranked Muhlenberg.

Getting On Track
«  Johns Hopkins scored a season-high 41 points in the 41-0 victory over Moravian (9-20) and followed that with a 37-point effort at Dickinson and a 32-point showing at Ursinus.  After scoring 17 points at Randolph-Macon, the Blue Jays have scored 27, 41, 37 and 32 points in their last four games.
]«  In addition to the scoring being up, the yards have started to pile up for the Blue Jays as well.  After punching up 277 yards of total offense in the season-opener at Randolph-Macon, JHU has 409 (Susquehanna), 484 (Moravian), 482 (Dickinson) and 350 (Ursinus) yards in its last four games.
«  Through five games, Johns Hopkins ranks third in the Centennial in scoring offense (30.8), third in total offense (400.4) and first in passing offense (303.2).

Tammaro Continues to Climb
«  Senior QB David Tammaro continues to lead the Blue Jay offense and has had a hand in 13 of JHU's 17 offensive touchdowns this season.  He is currently 120-of-198 (.606) for 1,490 yards with 10 touchdowns against just one interception.  He has also rushed for 92 yards and three scores.
«  Tammaro recently went over 9,000 career yards of total offense and now has 8,616 passing yards and 745 rushing yards for 9,361 yards of total offense - a mark that ranks second in school history (Hewitt Tomlin (2008-11) ... 10,677).
«  In his career, Tammaro is now 665-of-1,033 for 8,616 yards with 70 touchdowns against 12 interceptions in his career.  He ranks in the top three in every career passing record in school history (see chart - page 4).
«  Tammaro also holds the Johns Hopkins career touchdowns responsible for record with 86 (70 passing / 16 rushing).
«  Tammaro is the sixth Centennial Conference quarterback to top 8,000 career passing yards and 9,000 yards of total offense and the seventh to account for 80 or more touchdowns.

Hubley One Shy of 150
«  Junior wide receiver Ryan Hubley continues to lead the Blue Jays in receiving as he has a team-high 37 catches for 424 yards and two touchdowns through five games.  He leads the Centennial Conference in receptions and ranks third in receiving yards.
«  Hubley enjoyed a productive outing against Moravian when he had 10 receptions for 112 yards and one touchdown.  This came one week after one of the finest games of his career against Susquehanna as he totaled 12 receptions for 161 yards and also returned two kickoffs for 41 yards against the River Hawks.
«  The 12 receptions and 161 receiving yards against Susquehanna both matched Hubley's previous career highs and the 202 all-purpose yards are a personal best.
«  With 10 receptions against Moravian, he became the first Johns Hopkins player with 10 or more receptions in back-to-back games since current Blue Jay special teams coordinator/defensive line coach Dan Wodicka had 13 against McDaniel and 12 against St. John Fisher in 2011 (Wodicka also did it earlier in the 2011 season against Dickinson (11) and Gettysburg (15)).
«  With his recent efforts, Hubley ranks 10th in school history in career receptions (149) and 15th in receiving yards (1,656).

Wellmann Enjoying Breakout Season
«  Sophomore wide receiver Harrison Wellmann is enjoying the breakout season the Blue Jays needed as he leads the team in receiving yards (473) and  TD receptions (6) and ranks second in receptions (29).  He is also averaging 31.1 yards per kickoff return (11-342-1) and 164.6 all-purpose yards per game.
«  Wellmann enjoyed the finest game of his career in the win at Dickinson with 298 all-purpose yards, a kickoff return for a touchdown and a career-high 142 receiving yards.
«  Wellmann's 95-yard kickoff return for a TD against the Red Devils is tied for the longest in school history and he returned three kickoffs on the day for 156 yards (52.0 yards/game).  He added eight receptions for 142 yards to ring up his 298-yard all-purpose performance.  For his efforts he was named the Centennial Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and his 298 all-purpose yards against Dickinson rank as the eighth-best total in school history.
«  Wellmann has totaled at least 100 receiving yards in each of his last three games (7-108-2 vs. Moravian, 8-142-0 at Dickinson, 4-106-2 at Ursinus)  - he is the first JHU receiver with three straight 100-yard games since Sam Wernick did it in 2010.

Kalanik Reaches 25 Sacks, 50 TFLs
«  Senior defensive end Mike Kalanik posted a career-high 12 tackles, including 2.5 for losses and half a sack, in the 32-29 win at Ursinus in JHU's last game before the bye.  He now has 35 tackles on the season, including team highs of 9.5 for loss and 4.0 sacks.
«  With his recent efforts, Kalanik now has 169 tackles, 26.0 sacks and 53.5 tackles for losses in his career.  He is the seventh Centennial Conference player since 2000 to reach 25 career sacks and the sixth CC player since 2000 to reach 50 career TFLs.

Offensive Player Notes of Interest
«  Freshman Lance Large had two receptions for 30 yards at Ursinus and now has eight receptions for 96 yards on the year.
«  Freshman RB Jonas Larson rushed for a career-high 47 yards on nine carries at Ursinus and ranks second on the team with 113 rushing yards in five games.  His 4.9 yards per carry is the best on the team among players with more than one attempt.
«  Senior Dane Rogerson leads the team in rushing (45-171-1) and ranks third in receiving (13-80-0) despite missing the Blue Jays' last game at Urisnus.  Rogerson has accounted for 1,596 career all-purpose yards.
«  Sophomore TE Emmett Turner ranks fourth on the team in receiving with 12 receptions for 114 yards in five games.]
«  RB Luke Yakely tied his career high with two rushing touchdowns at Ursinus and now has 98 rushing yards and three TDs on the year.

Defensive Player Notes of Interest
«  Sophomore Ross Andersson had a career-high 11 tackles at Ursinus and now has 24 tackles and a team-high three INTs on the year.
«  Sophomore Robert Fletcher had eight tackles and one pass breakup at Ursinus and now has 26 tackles, two pass breakups and one INT on the year.  He picked up the 125th tackle of his career at Ursinus.
«  Senior Nick Hartman recorded the 50th tackle of his career at Ursinus and is tied for second on the team with 35 tackles this season. 
«  Junior Macauley Kilbane had five tackles, four pass breakups and blocked an extra point (that was returned for two points) in the win at Ursinus.  He has 19 tackles, a team-high nine PBUs and one INT on the year.
«  Junior Kyle Roberts had a career-high nine tackles and added a personal-best two sacks at Ursinus.  He now has 25 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 3.0 sacks this season and 79 tackles, 14.5 TFLs and 7.0 sacks in his career.
«  Sophomore Nick Seidel totaled seven tackles and an interception at Ursinus and leads the team in tackles (38) through five games.  He also has two interceptions this season.
«  Senior Corey Tull is seeing the most extensive playing time of his career and has 22 tackles this season after posting four at Ursinus.
«  Junior Ryan Weed notched seven tackles at Ursinus and ranks fourth on the team in tackles (33) and second in pass breakups (4).  He also has two interceptions on the year and needs six tackles to reach 75 in his career.
«  Junior Finn Zechman counts 15 tackles and three PBUs to his credit this season.  He recorded the 50th tackle of his career in the win at Dickinson.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 85-4 in its last 89 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 92-12 in their last 104 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 159-40 (.799) since the start of the 2002 season, 165-43 (.793) since the start of the 2001 season and 170-48 (.780) since the start of the 2000 season.

At Home at Homewood
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 51-6 (.895) at Homewood Field.
«  Johns Hopkins had won 12 consecutive games at Homewood Field before the loss on September 14 against Susquehanna.  This is tied for the longest home winning streak in school history.  JHU previously won 12 straight games at home from 2014-15.

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