The Game
«  For the fifth time in seven games, Johns Hopkins (5-1, 4-1 CC) hits the road as the Blue Jays travel to Gettysburg to take on the Bullets (1-5, 1-4 CC).

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins fell from the ranks of the unbeaten last week as the Blue Jays dropped a 21-6 decision at then 22nd-ranked Muhlenberg.
« Gettysburg dropped its second straight to a nationally-ranked opponent as the Bullets lost 47-7 at then 20th-ranked Susquehanna.

The Facts
«  This is the 136th 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 568-488-58 (.536).
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 105-18 (.854) overall and 86-9 (.905) in the Centennial Conference.
«  Overall, JHU owns 14 Centennial Conference titles (all won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 10 times (all since 2005).

Poll Position
« Despite suffering its first loss of the season, the Blue Jays maintained their top 25 rankings in both the AFCA (21st) and D3football.com (20th) polls this week.
« Since the AFCA Poll debuted in 1999, this week's #21 ranking marks the 104th time JHU has been ranked in the top 25.  More recently, the Blue Jays are in the top 25 for the 87th time in the last 95 polls dating back to 2011.
«  Since the D3football.com Poll debuted in 2003, this week's #20 ranking marks the 118th time Johns Hopkins has appeared in the top 25.

On This Date
«  Since 1950, Johns Hopkins has played seven games on October 23 and the Blue Jays are 3-4 all-time on this date.
« JHU won its last game on this date in 2010 when the Blue Jays went on the road and topped Susquehanna, 49-24.

Road Warriors
«  This week's game at Gettysburg is the fourth in a stretch that will see the Blue Jays play four of five games on the road.
« The Blue Jays played at Juniata (Sept. 18) and at Moravian (Sept. 25), hosted F&M (Oct. 2), played at Muhlenberg (Oct. 15) and close the stretch at Gettysburg (Oct. 23) during this five-game stretch.

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 40-4 in regular season games played after the bye week.
«  In games played after the bye since 2011, and including last week's game at Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays are 19-3 in regular season games played on the road and 21-1 in regular season games played at home.

Oktoberfest
«  Johns Hopkins flipped the calendar to October for its game against F&M - and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
«  Including the two games in October this season, the Blue Jays have won 32 of their last 34 games in the month of October dating back 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 34-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).

Scoring Notes of Interest
« Johns Hopkins has scored 305 points in its first six games of the 2021 season.  That's the most points JHU has scored in any six-game span in school history.
« The previous JHU record for most points scored in a six-game span was 301, which the Blue Jays scored in the first six games of the 2018 season.
« In 24 quarters this season, the Blue Jays have scored 10 or more points in 14 of the 24 and 20 or more in seven of 24.
« JHU has scored 108 points in the second quarter and has outscored the opposition 54-7 in the first quarter and 72-7 in the third quarter.

JHU Ranks Fifth in the Nation in Scoring
« Among Division III teams, Johns Hopkins enters this week's game at Gettysburg tied for fourth in the nation in scoring offense at 50.8 points per game.  JHU is one of just five NCAA Division III teams currently averaging more than 50 points per game.
« In addition to ranking fourth among Division III teams in scoring offense, Johns Hopkins is also one of just seven teams in all divisions of the NCAA to currently be averaging better than 50 points per game.  The Blue Jays' 50.8 points per outing are tied for fifth among the 656 football-playing schools in the NCAA.

Quite a Run - Part I
« Johns Hopkins was tied with Ursinus at 14-14 with six minutes remaining in the second quarter of its game against the Bears on September 11.
« Since then, over a span of 18 quarters and six minutes, the Blue Jays have outscored the opposition 238-44.

Quite a Run - Part II
« Since allowing touchdowns on two of the first three drives against Ursinus, the Blue Jay defense has been more than just a little stingy.  Consider ...
• Prior to allowing touchdowns on back-to-back drives against Muhlenberg in the second half last week, the Blue Jay defense had not allowed a touchdown in 65 consecutive possessions dating back to the second quarter against Ursinus.
• During that 65-possession run, the Blue Jays allowed just three field goals.  The lone TDs allowed during that time came when Ursinus recovered a fumbled Blue Jay punt in the end zone and F&M & Muhlenberg blocked punts that recovered in the end zone for touchdowns.
• Those 65 opponent possessions ended with 1 safety, 3 field goals, 6 interceptions, 6 fumbles lost, 5 turnovers on downs and 38 punts ... six others ended with the conclusion of either the second or fourth quarter.

Defense Among the Centennial/National Leaders
« The Blue Jay defense enters this week's game ranked among the best in the Centennial Conference and the NCAA in a number of statistical categories.
« Through six games, JHU ranks first in the Centennial in scoring defense (12.7) and rushing defense (60.3) and second in total defense (265.5), pass defense (205.2) and sacks (17).
« Nationally, the Blue Jays rank 10th in rushing defense, 21st in scoring defense and 24th in opponent third-down percentage (.283).

Close Calls
«  Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of 12 games.  Those 12 losses have come by a total of 71 points with setbacks by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight, one, three and 15 points (twice).  Translation, 10 of Johns Hopkins' 12 losses since the start of the 2013 season have come by a touchdown or less.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 93-7 in its last 100 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 102-15 in their last 117 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 168-43 (.796) since the start of the 2002 season, 174-46 (.791) since the start of the 2001 season and 179-51 (.778) since the start of the 2000 season.

At Home at Homewood
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 55-7 (.887) at Homewood Field.
«  Johns Hopkins had won 12 consecutive games at Homewood Field before the loss on September 14, 2019 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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