The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (2-1, 1-1 Centennial) hits the road for the first of two straight away from Homewood Field as the Blue Jays head to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to take on Dickinson (2-1, 1-1 CC).

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 41-0 victory over Moravian last Friday night at Homewood Field.
«  Dickinson picked up its second win of the season as the Red Devils topped Gettysburg, 56-20, on the road.

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 557-485-58 (.533).
«  In this decade (since the start of the 2010 season), the Blue Jays are 94-15 (.862) overall and 77-6 (.928) 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).

Milestone Game
«  Last week's game against Moravian was the 1,100th in school history.

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is ranked 18th in this week's AFCA and D3football.com Polls.
«  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.

Sweet September
«  Johns Hopkins continued its roll in the month of September with last week's 41-0 victory against Moravian.
«  With last week's win, the Blue Jays are now 37-4 in the month of September in the last 10 seasons (since the start of  the 2010 season).
«  Breaking it down, the Blue Jays are 19-1 in this decade at home in the month of September and 18-3 on the road.

On This Date
«  This week's game will be just the sixth the Blue Jays have played on this date.  Johns Hopkins has won four of its previous five September 28th games.
«   After dropping a 26-0 decision to Lehigh on September 28, 1929, the Blue Jays have topped Muhlenberg three times (30-28 in 1968, 9-0 in 1974 and 45-13 in 2013) and Carnegie Mellon once (28-7 in 2002) on this date.

Another Shutout
«  The 41-0 shutout of Moravian last Friday night was the first for head coach Greg Chimera and defensive coordinator Harrison Green.
«  Dating back to last season, the Blue Jays have now posted three shutouts in its last nine games  after topping Juniata (56-0) and MIT (49-0) late in 2018.

A Defensive Group
«  Through three games, the Johns Hopkins defense is allowing just 13.3 points and 285.0 yards per game.
«  Johns Hopkins ranks second in the Centennial Conference in scoring defense (13.3), total defense (285.0) and passing defense (147.7).
«  The 40 points JHU has allowed are the fewest through three games since 2014, when Hopkins allowed just 37 points in its first three games.
«  The Blue Jays have allowed just one touchdown and 13 total points in the first three quarters of their three games thus far.
«  The opposition has completed just 50% of its passes against the Blue Jays (42-of-84) with two touchdown passes against seven interceptions.

For the Record
«  The 132 yards of total offense the Blue Jays allowed against Moravian are the fewest JHU has surrendered since holding Susquehanna to 122 yards on September 14, 2013.
«  Hopkins allowed just 35 passing yards against Moravian, the fewest JHU has allowed since limiting Juniata to just 16 passing yards on October 1, 2011.

Getting On Track
«  Johns Hopkins scored a season-high 41 points in last week's 41-0 victory over Moravian.  After scoring 17 points at Randolph-Macon, the Blue Jays have scored 27 and 41 points in their last two games.
«  The Blue Jays also rolled up season highs of 374 passing yards and 484 yards of total offense against the Greyhounds.

Just the Third Time
«  Johns Hopkins totaled 370 passing yards against Susquehanna on September 14 and came back with 374 against Moravian on September 20.  Remarkably, this is just the third time in school history that Johns Hopkins has thrown for 370+ yards in back-to-back games.
«  JHU rolled up 433 passing yards against Dickinson and 545 against Gettysburg in back-to-back games in 2011 and 428 at Moravian and 405 against Ursinus in 2018.  Prior to the last two weeks, those were the only two times JHU had thrown for 370+ yards in consecutive games.

Tammaro Reaches 8,000, Sets Another Record
«  With a 348-yard passing effort in last week's win against Moravian, senior quarterback David Tammaro went over 8,000 passing yards for his career.
«  Tammaro is now 623-of-965 for 8,035 yards with 66 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).
«  In addition to his passing effort against Moravian, he also rushed for a score ... his 15th career rushing touchdown.  That three-yard run early in the fourth quarter was the 81st touchdown Tammaro has been responsible for in his career (66 passing / 15 rushing).  He passed Hewitt Tomlin (80 TDs from 2008-11) to move into first place on JHU's career touchdowns responsible for list.
«  Tammaro is the sixth Centennial Conference quarterback to top 8,000 career passing yards and the seventh to account for 80 or more touchdowns.

Hubley Climbing
«  Junior wide receiver Ryan Hubley enjoyed another productive outing against Moravian as 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 is 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)).
«  Hubley now leads the team and the Centennial Conference in receptions (25) and receiving yards (306) yards and has one touchdown on the year.
«  With his recent efforts, Hubley ranks 11th in school history in career receptions (137) and 15th in receiving yards (1,538).

Kalanik Reaches 25 Sacks, 50 TFLs
«  Senior defensive end Mike Kalanik totaled five tackles, including three for losses and one sack, in the win against Moravian.  He now has 20 tackles on the season, including team highs of 6.0 for loss and 3.5 sacks.
«  With his effort against Moravian, Kalanik now has 25.5 career sacks and 50.0 career tackles for losses.  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.

In Case You Hadn't Noticed
«  The Johns Hopkins defense has at least one interception in each of the first three games this season, in four straight games dating back to last season and in five of the last six.
«  JHU has 12 interceptions in the last six games dating back to 2018 and has recorded multiple INTs in four of the six.
«  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.

Close Calls
«  Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of nine games.  Those nine losses have come by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight and one point.  Translation, Johns Hopkins' nine losses since the start of the 2013 season have all come by a touchdown or less and by a total of just 37 points.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 83-4 in its last 87 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 90-12 in their last 102 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 157-40 (.797) since the start of the 2002 season, 163-43 (.791) since the start of the 2001 season and 168-48 (.778) 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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