The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (6-0, 5-0 CC) plays the second of two straight at Homewood Field as the Blue Jays welcome Gettysburg (1-5, 1-4 CC) to Baltimore.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins returned from its bye week and scored a crucial 34-27 win over Muhlenberg last Friday night at Homewood.
« The Bullets also returned to action after their bye week and dropped a 41-7 decision at home against Susquehanna.

The Facts
«  This is the 137th 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 580-488-57 (.541).
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 116-19 (.859) overall and 95-9 (.913) in the Centennial Conference.
«  Overall, JHU owns 15 Centennial Conference titles (all won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 11 times (all since 2005).

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week's AFCA Division III Coaches Poll and eighth in the D3football.com Poll.  This is the fourth consecutive week the Blue Jays have held those rankings in each of the two polls.
«  Including this week's polls, Johns Hopkins has been ranked in the top 10 in the AFCA Poll 46 times, while the current seven-week run in the top 10 in the D3football.com Poll gives the Blue Jays 34 all-time top-10 rankings in that poll.

Oktoberfest
«  Johns Hopkins flipped the calendar to October for its game against F&M on October 1 ... and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
«  Including the win against Muhlenberg, the Blue Jays have won 36 of their last 39 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 38-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).

Friday Night Lights - Not This Year vs. GC
«  This week's game against Gettysburg will mark the first time the two teams have played on a Saturday at Homewood Field since September 29, 1990.
« Since that meeting in 1990, the Bullets and Blue Jays met 15 straight times at Homewood under the Friday Night Lights.
« Of note back on September 29, 1990 ...
• It was the first of the league-record 161 Centennial Conference victories for late Blue Jay coach Jim Margraff.
• It was Johns Hopkins' first win over Gettysburg since 1915 (teams did not play every year, but GC went 13-0-1 against JHU from 1916-1989).

After The Bye
«  Since the Centennial Conference went to the league-wide bye in 2011, and including last week's win over Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins is 9-2 in its first game played after the bye week.
« The Blue Jays won their first game after the bye each year from 2011-18, then dropped their next two against F&M (2019 / 20-17) and Muhlenberg (2021 / 21-6) before rebounding with last week's win over the Mules.

A Good Run
«  The Blue Jays had their school-record 11-game streak of scoring 35 or more points come to an end with the 34-point effort against Muhlenberg last week.
« Dating back to late in the 2019 season, the Blue Jays have reached the 35-point mark in 19 of their last 21 games.

Topping 300
«  Johns Hopkins rushed for a season-high 309 yards in last week's win against Muhlenberg.  The 309 yards are the most for Johns Hopkins since the Blue Jays rushed for 400 yards in a 58-27 win at sixth-ranked Frostburg in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Playoffs.
« The 309-yard rushing performance is the 38th 300-yard rushing game in school history.  JHU is 38-0 all -time when rushing for 300+.

Home Streaking
«  Johns Hopkins will enter this week's game against Gettysburg riding a nine-game home winning streak that dates back to 2019.
« The nine-game home winning streak is just three shy of the school-record of 12 set twice previously (2014-15 / 2017-18).  JHU also had an 11-game home winning streak that bridged the 2012-13 seasons and 10-game home streaks from 1996-97 and 2002-04.
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 56-7 (.889) at Homewood Field.

Centennial Streaking
«  Johns Hopkins will carry a nine-game Centennial Conference winning streak into this week's game against Gettysburg.
« The nine-game CC winning streak is tied for the third-longest in school history.  JHU won a CC-record 40 consecutive league games from 2012-17 and had a 20-game run from 2010-12.
« There have been just eight Centennial Conference winning streaks of 10 games or longer since the league was formed in 1983.  Johns Hopkins owns the longest and third-longest streaks in league history.

Jays Seventh in Scoring, Total Offense
«  Through six games, Johns Hopkins is averaging 48.5 points and 518.2 yards of total offense.
« The Blue Jays currently rank seventh in the nation in both scoring and total offense and Johns Hopkins is currently one of just six teams in the nation averaging more than 48 points and 500 yards per game.

A Fraternity of One
«  Johns Hopkins features one of the most balanced offensive units in the nation as the Blue Jays are averaging 249.7 yards per game rushing and 268.5 yards per game passing.
« Through games of October 15, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the nation averaging more than 245 yards rushing and 265 yards passing.

Rush Defense Among Nation's Best
«  The Johns Hopkins defense held Muhlenberg to 77 rushing yards in last week's 34-27 victory.
«  Through six games, the Blue Jays are allowing an average of just 69.0 yards per game on the ground to rank first in the Centennial Conference and 21st in the nation.
« The Blue Jays have held four straight opponents to less than 80 yards rushing and have allowed a total of just 163 rushing yards over that span.
« Dating back to the start of the 2021 season (a span of 18 games), JHU has held the opposition to less than 80 yards rushing 11 times and less than 85 yards 12 times.

5,000 ... and 50
«  Johns Hopkins quarterback Ryan Stevens threw for 346 yards in the win at F&M (Oct.1) and in the process ran his career passing total to 5,173 yards, a total he bumped up to 5,312 with 139 yards in the win against Muhlenberg.
« Stevens eclipsed the 5,000-yard mark in his 20th career game to break David Tammaro's record for reaching 5,000 the fastest (21 games).  For the record, both Stevens and Tammaro reached the mark in their 17th career start as Tammaro (4 games) and Stevens (3) saw limited time as freshmen.
« With two TD passes against Muhlenberg, Stevens also inched past former Blue Jay quarterback and head coach Jim Margraff for fourth place in school history with 51 career TD passes.
« Stevens was named the Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week after the win against Muhlenberg as he was 25-of-36 for 139 yards with two TDs and one INT and also rushed for a career-high 80 yards and one score in the victory.

Wolf Into Top 5, Top 20
«  Senior running back Danny Wolf rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns against Muhlenberg to boost his season totals to 501 yards (125.3/game) and six touchdowns in four games (he missed games against Juniata and Moravian).
« His efforts thus far in 2022 push his career totals 1,605 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns on just 277 career carries.
« Wolf is now in sole possession of fourth place on JHU's career rushing touchdowns list and ranks 20th in career rushing yards.

It's Been a While
'«  The Johns Hopkins defense posted its second consecutive shutout with the 54-0 victory over Moravian (Sept. 23).  This came one week after topping Juniata 70-0 to give the Blue Jays back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2008.
« JHU held Juniata to just 123 yards of total offense and limited Moravian to just 106.  This marked the first time the Blue Jays have held consecutive opponents under 200 yards of total offense since a three-game run early in the 2012 season.
«  In the recent win against Juniata, the Blue Jays held the Eagles to -14 rushing yards.  The last time Hopkins had held a team to negative rushing yards was on November 7, 2009, when the Blue Jays held F&M to -20 in a 51-13 victory.

200 ... and 10
«  Nick Seidel, Johns Hopkins' career active leader in tackles, has been credited with 21 tackles through six games.  He recorded the 200th tackle of his career in the win against Muhlenberg on the same night he added his 10th career interception.  He is now tied for 11th in school history in career interceptions with his 10.
« Seidel is the first Johns Hopkins player to reach 200 career tackles and 10 career interceptions since Matt Campbell rang up 256 tackles and 16 interceptions from 2001-04.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 103-7 in its last 110 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 113-16 in their last 129 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 179-44 (.803) since the start of the 2002 season, 185-47 (.797) since the start of the 2001 season and 190-52 (.785) since the start of the 2000 season.

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