The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (5-2, 4-2 Centennial) makes its next-to-last trip of the 2019 regular season as the Blue Jays head north the Allentown, Pennsylvania to take on sixth-ranked Muhlenberg (7-0, 6-0 CC).

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins won for the fourth time in five games as the Blue Jays topped Gettysburg, 63-7, last Friday night at Homewood Field.
«  Muhlenberg ran its season-opening winning streak to seven with a dominating 49-7 win at McDaniel last Saturday.

The Facts
«  This is the 135th season of Johns Hopkins football.  JHU first fielded a team in 1882.
«  Johns Hopkins enters this week's game with an all-time record of 560-486-58 (.534).
«  In this decade (since the start of the 2010 season), the Blue Jays are 97-16 (.858) overall and 80-7 (.920) in the Centennial Conference.
«  JHU owns 14 Centennial Conference titles (all won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 10 times (all since 2005).

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is listed as receiving votes in this week's AFCA and D3football.com Polls.
«  Muhlenberg is ranked sixth in both the AFCA and D3football.com Polls.

November Reign
«  Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Muhlenberg having won 15 consecutive regular season games in the month of November dating back to 2012.
«  The Blue Jays are 18-2 in regular season road games played in November this century (2000-present).
«  JHU has currently won seven straight regular season road games in November since dropping a 14-12 decision at F&M in 2012.  

After the Bye
«  Dating back to 2011, when the Centennial Conference went to a league-wide bye in the middle of the season, Johns Hopkins is 38-2 in regular season games played after the bye week (including last week's win against Gettysburg).
«  In games played after the bye since 2011 (when the Centennial Conference went to the league-wide bye), the Blue Jays are 18-1 in regular season games played on the road and 20-1 in regular season games played at home.

On This Date
«  This week's game will be the 18th the Blue Jays have played on this date - and the first since Hopkins topped Ursinus, 24-18, in 2013.
«  The Blue Jays are 7-9-1 all-time in games played on November 2 and have currently won three straight and four of their last five games played on this date.

An Extra Day
«  Johns Hopkins has won 11 consecutive games dating back to 2011 the week after it plays a Friday night game.

A Defensive Group
«  Through seven games, the Johns Hopkins defense is allowing just 15.9 points and 343.0 yards per game.
«  Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial in scoring defense, fifth in total defense and first in passing defense (153.0).
«  The opposition has completed just 44.9% of its passes against the Blue Jays (89-of-198) with six touchdown passes against 10 interceptions.
«  The Blue Jays have allowed just six touchdowns and 46 total points in the first three quarters of their seven games thus far.
«  JHU ranks eighth in the nation in pass efficiency defense (90.28 rating).

Almost a Record
«  The Johns Hopkins defense held four Gettysburg quarterbacks to a combined 1-of-22 passing with one interception for just one yard in last week's 63-7 win.
«  The one passing yard allowed is the second-lowest recorded total in school history; Johns Hopkins held Washington & Lee to zero passing yards on October 21, 1961.

Getting On Track
«  Johns Hopkins scored 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.  The Blue Jays scored at least 27 points in four straight games before F&M held the JHU to 17 in a 20-17 Diplomat victory.  That game was followed by the 63-point outburst against Gettysburg (W/63-7).
«  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),
350 (Ursinus) , 415 (F&M) and 682 (Gettysburg) yards in its last six games.
«  Through seven games, Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial in scoring offense (33.4), first in total offense (442.7) and first in passing offense (322.6).

60+
«  The 63-point showing in last week's 63-7 win against Gettysburg marked the 12th time in school history that Johns Hopkins has scored 60 or more points in a game.
«  Five of JHU's 60-point games have come since the start of the 2011 season and three have come since the start of the 2018 season. 

Tammaro Breaks Another Record
«  Senior QB David Tammaro was 16-of-21 for 307 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for 70 yards and another score in last week's win against Gettysburg.  In the process, he broke another school record and reached two other milestones.
«  Tammaro's final TD pass against Gettysburg was the 75th of his career, which moved him past Hewitt Tomlin (2008-11) into first place on JHU's career touchdown passes list.  In addition, his 307 passing yards moved him past 9,000 for his career (9,163) and his 377 yards of total offense pushed him over 10,000 (10,074).  Only Tomlin (10,481 passing yards, 10,677 yards of total offense) sits ahead of him on either of those lists at Johns Hopkins.
«  Tammaro ranks third in Centennial Conference history in career passing yards, third in touchdown passes, fourth in total offense and third in touchdowns responsible for (92).  With 89 rushing yards, he'll become the second player in CC history with 9,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards.  For his ranks in all Johns Hopkins categories, please see the charts on page 4.

Wellmann Enjoying Breakout Season, Explodes Against Gettysburg
«  Sophomore wide receiver Harrison Wellmann earned Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after he had nine receptions for 224 yards and two touchdowns in the 63-7 win against Gettysburg.  He also landed a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week for his efforts.
«  Wellmann's 224 yards are the third-highest single-game total in school history and rank 15th in Centennial Conference history.  He leads the team in receptions (42), receiving yards (773), TD receptions (9) and all-purpose yards per game (160.4) and is also averaging 31.1 yards per kickoff return (11-342-1).  He leads the Centennial in receptions, receiving yards and yards per game (110.4), all-purpose yards per game and overall touchdowns (10) and is tied for the league lead in receiving touchdowns.
«  Wellmann enjoyed one of the finest games of his career in the win at Dickinson with 298 all-purpose yards, a kickoff return for a touchdown and a then 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 totaled at least 100 receiving yards in three straight games (7-108-2 vs. Moravian, 8-142-0 at Dickinson, 4-106-2 at Ursinus) to become the first JHU receiver with three straight 100-yard games since Sam Wernick did it in 2010.  He then had four receptions for 76 yards and one score against F&M before exploding against Gettysburg.

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, and came back with four tackles, including 1.5 for losses, against F&M.  
«  Playing just the first half, he had two tackles, including one for a loss against Gettysburg, and he now has 41 tackles on the season, including team highs of 12.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks.  He ranks second in the Centennial Conference with his 12 TFLs.
«  With his recent efforts, Kalanik now has 175 tackles, 26.0 sacks and 56.0 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.  He ranks third among Centennial Conference players in career TFLs since the 2000 season.

Offensive Player Notes of Interest
«  Freshman Lance Large ranks sixth on the team in receiving with nine receptions for 105 yards.
«  Freshman RB Jonas Larson ranks second on the team in rushing with 181 yards on 39 carries (4.6) and has five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown on the year.  He had three receptions for 83 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown reception, in the win against Gettysburg. 
«  Junior QB Nick Leongas was 8-of-12 for 96 yards in the win against Gettysburg and is now 10-of-14 for 108 yards on the year.  In his career, he is 45-of-83 for 739 yards with four touchdowns against just one interception.  He has also rushed for 388 yards and four scores.
«  Senior Dane Rogerson ranks third on the team in rushing (47-169-1) and ranks fifth in receiving (13-80-0) despite missing two full games, most of another and playing sparingly against Gettysburg.  Rogerson has accounted for 1,594 career all-purpose yards - third best on the team among active players.
«  Sophomore TE Emmett Turner ranks third on the team in receiving with 18 receptions for 201 yards and one touchdown in seven games.  He had four receptions for 69 yards and one TD against F&M; the 69 receiving yards are a career high.
«  RB Luke Yakely tied his career high with two rushing touchdowns at Ursinus and now has 140 rushing yards and four TDs on the year after rushing for 31 yards and one TD against Gettysburg.

Defensive Player Notes of Interest
«  Sophomore Ross Andersson had a career-high 11 tackles at Ursinus, added seven against F&M and now has 33 tackles and a team-high three INTs on the year.
«  Sophomore Robert Fletcher had eight tackles and one pass breakup at Ursinus, added six tackles against F&M and five tackles, one interception and one forced fumble against Gettysburg. He now has 37 tackles, two pass breakups and two INTs on the year.  He picked up the 125th tackle of his career at Ursinus and is now just 13 shy of 150.
«  Senior Nick Hartman recorded the 50th tackle of his career at Ursinus, posted six tackles and forced a fumble against F&M and four tackles against Gettysburg; he ranks third on the team with 45 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, added four tackles and blocked another extra-point against F&M and had three tackles against Gettysburg; he now has 27 tackles, a team-high nine PBUs and one INT on the year.  He needs four tackles to reach 125 in his career.  In addition, his 21 career pass breakups are third-best among Johns Hopkins players since 2000.
«  Junior Kyle Roberts had a career-high nine tackles and added a personal-best two sacks at Ursinus.  He now has 31 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 3.0 sacks this season and 85 tackles, 14.5 TFLs and 7.0 sacks in his career.
«  Sophomore Nick Seidel totaled seven tackles and an interception at Ursinus, four tackles against F&M and five against Gettysburg.  He is tied for the team lead in tackles (47) through seven games, has two interceptions this season and needs just nine tackles to reach 100 in his career.
«  Senior Corey Tull is seeing the most extensive playing time of his career and has 28 tackles this season after posting four at Ursinus, two against F&M and four against Gettysburg.
«  Junior Ryan Weed notched seven tackles at Ursinus, 10 against F&M and four against Gettysburg - he is now tied with Nick Seidel for the team lead with 47 tackles on the year.  He also has two interceptions and five pass breakups on the year and notched the 75th tackle of his career against F&M.
«  Junior Finn Zechman counts 19 tackles and three PBUs to his credit this season.  He recorded the 50th tackle of his career in the win at Dickinson.

Close Calls
«  Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of 10 games.  Those 10 losses have come by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight, one and three points.  Translation, Johns Hopkins' 10 losses since the start of the 2013 season have all come by a touchdown or less and by a total of just 40 points.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 86-5 in its last 91 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 93-13 in their last 106 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 160-41 (.796) since the start of the 2002 season, 166-44 (.790) since the start of the 2001 season and 171-49 (.777) since the start of the 2000 season.

At Home at Homewood
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 52-7 (.881) 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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