The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (5-3, 4-3 Centennial) closes out the home portion of its 2019 regular season schedule as the Blue Jays welcome Juniata (2-6, 2-5 CC) to Homewood Field.  Kickoff is set for 12 pm.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins dropped a 31-16 decision at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg last Saturday.
«  Juniata dropped its third straight as the Eagles fell at Dickinson, 51-21, last Saturday as well.

Post-Season Talk
«  Johns Hopkins' eight-year streak of qualifying for the NCAA Playoffs officially ended with last week's loss at Muhlenberg.  In addition to Johns Hopkins, only Mount Union and Mary Hardin-Baylor also qualified for the NCAA Playoffs in each of the last eight seasons as well.
«  Johns Hopkins can lock up a berth in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series with wins in each of its last two regular season games (the Blue Jays could also get in with one win, but two wins assure JHU a spot).
«  The Centennial-MAC Bowl games will be played at campus sites on November 23 with the following schedule (after teams from both leagues that qualify for the NCAA Playoffs are removed from the standings):

2019 Centennial-MAC Bowl Game Schedule
MAC #2 Seed at Centennial #1 Seed
Centennial #2 Seed at MAC #1 Seed
Centennial #3 Seed at MAC #3 Seed 

Honoring Our Seniors
«  This week's game against Juniata will be the final regular season home 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 37-8 since the current seniors arrived at Homewood.  Included in that record is a 33-5 regular season mark and a 20-3 record at Homewood Field 
«  The current seniors were part of four NCAA Playoff victories.  That's the second-most NCAA victories by any class in school history.
«  The 37 wins the current seniors have amassed rank eighth in program history for any class.  They could become just the sixth class in school history to reach 40 wins during their career with three more wins.

November Reign
«  Johns Hopkins will carry a 13-game regular season home winning streak in the month of November into this week's game against Juniata.  The Blue Jays last lost a regular season home game in November in 2007 (F&M, 19-11).
«  Johns Hopkins is 21-1 in its last 22 regular season home games in the month of November and 21-2 this century (2000-present) in regular season home games in November.]
«  Johns Hopkins dropped its first regular season game in the month of November since 2012 with its loss last week at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg.  The Blue Jays had won 15 straight regular season games in November before last week's loss.

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 38-3 in regular season games played after the bye week.
«  In games played after the bye since 2011, the Blue Jays are 18-2 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 17th the Blue Jays have played on this date - and the first since Hopkins topped Franklin & Marshall, 45-30, in 2013.
«  The Blue Jays are 8-7-1 all-time in games played on November 9 and have currently won two straight and four of their last six games played on this date.

A Defensive Group
«  Through eight games, the Johns Hopkins defense is allowing just 17.8 points and 351.2 yards per game.
«  Johns Hopkins ranks third in the Centennial in scoring defense, sixth in total defense and first in passing defense (159.1).
«  The opposition has completed just 47.1% of its passes against the Blue Jays (104-of-221) with eight touchdown passes against 11 interceptions.
«  The Blue Jays have allowed just 77 total points in the first three quarters of their eight games thus far.
«  JHU ranks 17th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (97.44 rating).

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 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), 682 (Gettysburg)  and 412 (Muhlenberg) yards in its last seven games.
«  Through eight games, Johns Hopkins ranks third in the Centennial in scoring offense (31.3), first in total offense (438.9) and first in passing offense (324.8).

60+
«  The 63-point showing in the recent 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 in the Record Book
«  Senior QB David Tammaro was 33-of-55 for 340 yards with one touchdown against two interceptions in last week's game at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg.  In the process, he broke one school record and tied another.
«  Tammaro's 340-yard effort was the 13th 300-yard passing day of his carer, which moves him into first place on the JHU and CC career 300-yard passing games list. He also tied Hewitt Tomlin's school and Centennial record with his 31st career 200-yard passing game.
«  With his effort against Muhlenberg, Tammaro is also now just 248 yards shy of Tomlin's JHU record for career total offense (10,677 - 10,429) and he needs just 497 passing yards to join Tomlin as the only two quarterbacks in JHU history to reach 10,000 passing yards.
«  With 74 rushing yards, he'll become the second player in CC history with 9,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards and with seven more total touchdowns (rushing or passing), he'll become the second player in CC history to amass 100 career touchdowns.

Wellmann Ties JHU Record
«  Sophomore wide receiver Harrison Wellmann tied the Johns Hopkins and Centennial Conference single-game record for receptions in a game with 16 (for 189 yards and one touchdown) last week at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg.  This came one week after he 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.
«  Wellmann leads the team and the Centennial Conference in receptions (58), receiving yards (962), TD receptions (10) and all-purpose yards per game (176.9) and is also averaging 26.2 yards per kickoff return (17-445-1).
«  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 44 tackles on the season, including team highs of 12.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks.  He ranks fourth in the Centennial Conference with his 12 TFLs.
«  With his recent efforts, Kalanik now has 178 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 10 receptions for 131 yards.
«  Freshman RB Jonas Larson ranks third on the team in rushing with 183 yards on 40 carries (4.6) and has six receptions for 101 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 returned to full action last week at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg and rushed for a career high 69 yards and one touchdown and had six receptions for 32 yards.  He ranks second on the team in rushing (62-238-1) and ranks fourth in receiving (19-112-0) despite missing two full games, most of another and playing sparingly against Gettysburg.  Rogerson has accounted for 1,695 career all-purpose yards - third best on the team among active players.
«  Sophomore TE Emmett Turner ranks third on the team in receiving with 23 receptions for 253 yards and one touchdown in eight games.  He had four receptions for 69 yards and one TD against F&M and five receptions for 52 yards against sixth-ranked Muhlenberg; the 69 receiving yards against F&M 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 37 tackles and is tied for the team-lead with three INTs on the year.
«  Sophomore Robert Fletcher had eight tackles and one pass breakup at Ursinus, added six tackles against F&M, five tackles, one interception and one forced fumble against Gettysburg and seven tackles at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg. He now has 44 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 six 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, four tackles against Gettysburg and seven against Muhlenberg; he ranks third on the team with 52 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 and five Muhlenberg; he now has 32 tackles, a team-high nine PBUs and one INT on the year.  He recorded the 125th tackle of his career at Muhlenberg and 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 and had eight tackles and one TFL at Muhlenberg.  He now has 39 tackles, 5.0 TFLs and 3.0 sacks this season and 93 tackles, 15.5 TFLs and 7.0 sacks in his career.
«  Sophomore Nick Seidel totaled seven tackles and an interception at Ursinus, four tackles against F&M, five against Gettysburg and seven tackles, including 2.5 for losses, and one INT at sixth-ranked Muhlenberg.  He is second on the team lead in tackles (54) through eight games, has three interceptions this season and needs just two tackles to reach 100 in his career.
«  Senior Corey Tull is seeing the most extensive playing time of his career and has 33 tackles this season after posting four at Ursinus, two against F&M four against Gettysburg and five at Muhlenberg.
«  Junior Ryan Weed notched seven tackles at Ursinus, 10 against F&M, four against Gettysburg and eight at Muhlenberg - he now leads the team with 55 tackles on the year.  He also has two interceptions and five pass breakups on the year and needs just nine tackles to reach 100 for his career.
«  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 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 16 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 last week 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 86-6 in its last 92 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 93-14 in their last 107 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 160-42 (.792) since the start of the 2002 season, 166-45 (.787) since the start of the 2001 season and 171-50 (.774) 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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