The Game
« Johns Hopkins (7-3) makes one of the shortest road trips in program history as the Blue Jays travel to Owings Mills, Maryland to take on Stevenson (8-2) in the 2019 Centennial-MAC Bowl Series. Kickoff at Mustang Stadium is set for 1 pm on Saturday, November 23.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins scored its second straight victory to close the regular season as the Blue Jays went on the road and topped rival McDaniel, 42-0, last Saturday.
« Stevenson closed the regular season with a 31-0 victory at home against Lycoming last Saturday. The win was the seventh straight for the Mustangs.
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 562-487-58 (.534).
« In this decade (since the start of the 2010 season), the Blue Jays are 99-17 (.853) overall and 82-8 (.911) 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).
Post-Season Talk
« Johns Hopkins is making its 12th consecutive and 16th overall post-season appearance. All 16 post-season appearances have come since 2002.
« This week's game will be the 25th all-time post-season game in program history.
« Johns Hopkins is 13-11 all-time in the post-season, including 9-10 in the NCAA Playoffs and 4-1 in ECAC Bowl games.
« This is the first time Johns Hopkins has participated in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series. The Bowl Series debuted in 2015 and to-date there have been nine games played. The Centennial is 5-4 in those nine.
« All 2019 Centennial-MAC Bowl games will be played at campus sites on November 23 with the following schedule:
2019 Centennial-MAC Bowl Game Schedule
CC #2 Johns Hopkins @ MAC #1 Stevenson
MAC#2 Wilkes @ CC #1 Susquehanna
CC #3 Franklin & Marshall @ MAC #3 Misericordia
Seniors Closing Strong Careers
« This week's game against Stevenson will be the final game in the careers of the seniors on the 2019 Johns Hopkins football team. This year's senior class will go down as one of the most accomplished in program history. Below is a look at some of their collective team achievements since arriving in 2016:
« Johns Hopkins won three Centennial Conference titles and made three trips to the NCAA Playoffs during their career.
« The Blue Jays are 39-8 since the current seniors arrived at Homewood. Included in that record is a 35-5 regular season mark and a 21-3 record at Homewood FieldÂ
« The current seniors were part of four NCAA Playoff victories. That's the second-most NCAA victories by any class in school history.
« The 39 wins the current seniors have amassed rank sixth in program history for any class. They could become just the sixth class in school history to reach 40 wins during their career with one more win.
November Reign
« Including playoff games, Johns Hopkins is 52-14 (.788) in the month of November in this century. Included in that mark is a 12-9 record in playoff games and a 40-5 record in regular season games.
Bidding For 100
« Johns Hopkins enters this week's game with an overall record of 99-17 (.853) this decade (2010-19). The 99 wins are already 25 more than JHU had ever previously won in a decade (74 ... 2000-09).
« With a win this week, Johns Hopkins would become just the sixth team in the nation reach 100 wins this decade.  The five teams that have already reached the 100-win mark this century are Mount Union, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Wisconsin-Whitewater, St. Thomas (MN) and Wesley.
« North Central (99) and Linfield (97) also have a chance to join the 100-win club for this decade - meaning that at best only eight Division III football programs could win 100+ games from 2010-19.
On This Date - Part I
« This week's game will be the 12th the Blue Jays have played on this date - and the first since Hopkins fell to Wesley, 29-24, in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Playoffs.
« The Blue Jays are 3-7-1 all-time in games played on November 23 and have currently won three of their last five games played on this date.
On This Date - Part II
« This week's game at Stevenson falls on the 17-year anniversary of the first post-season game in Johns Hopkins football history.
« The Blue Jays played their first post-season game on November 23, 2002 and picked up a 24-21 win at Frostburg St. in the ECAC Southwest Championship game.
Another Shutout
« Johns Hopkins picked up its second shutout of the 2019 season with last week's 42-0 win at rival McDaniel. The shutout was JHU's first against the Green Terror since 1984.
« This is the second straight year that Johns Hopkins has posted two shutouts and the 15th time in program history that the Blue Jays have posted two or more shutouts in a season.
A Defensive Group
« Through 10 games, the Johns Hopkins defense is allowing just 16.8 points and 324.2 yards per game.
« Johns Hopkins ranks third in the Centennial in scoring defense, fourth in total defense and first in passing defense (147.8). For the record, the last time Johns Hopkins allowed 150 or fewer passing yards per game was 2011(141.2).
« The opposition has completed just 47.0% of its passes against the Blue Jays (125-of-266) with eight touchdown passes against 11 interceptions.
« JHU ranks 12th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (97.80 rating) and 10th in passing yards allowed per game.
For the Record
« The 132 yards of total offense the Blue Jays allowed against Moravian on September 20 are the fewest JHU has surrendered since holding Susquehanna to 122 yards on September 14, 2013.
« Hopkins allowed just 35 passing yards against Moravian - at the time that was the fewest JHU had allowed since limiting Juniata to just 16 passing yards on October 1, 2011.
« JHU held McDaniel to 139 yards of total offense in the 42-0 regular-season-ending victory. Coupled with the 132 yards Moravian managed earlier in the season, this marks the first time since 2011 that JHU has held two opponents to less 140 yards in the same season.
Getting On Track
« The Johns Hopkins offense has scored 27 or more points seven times this season, including efforts of 57 (Juniata) and 63 (Gettysburg) in their last two home games and 42 at McDaniel in the final regular season game of the year. The Blue Jays are averaging 34.9 points per game, which ranks third in the Centennial Conference.
« JHU punched up 550 yards two weeks ago against Juniata - that is the second-highest single-game total of the season for the Blue Jays (682 vs. Gettysburg). The Blue Jays followed that with a 483-yard showing last week at McDaniel.
« The 550-yard effort against Juniata marked the 36th time in school history that JHU has rolled up 550 or more yards of total offense in a game. Of those 36, 31 of them have come since the start of the 2010 season.
« Through 10 games, Johns Hopkins ranks first in the Centennial in total offense (454.4) and first in passing offense (324.8).
Close Calls
« Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of 11 games. Those 11 losses have come by a total of 56 points with setbacks by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight, one, three and 15 points. Translation, 10 of Johns Hopkins' 11 losses since the start of the 2013 season have come by a touchdown or less. The 31-16 loss to Muhlenberg (November 2) marked the first time JHU has lost a regular season game by more than nine points in more than 10 years (2009 season opener at Delaware Valley).
On a Roll
« Johns Hopkins is 88-6 in its last 94 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
« The Blue Jays are 95-14 in their last 109 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
« Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 162-42 (.794) since the start of the 2002 season, 168-45 (.789) since the start of the 2001 season and 173-50 (.776) since the start of the 2000 season.
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