The Game
«  Johns Hopkins makes its 2022 Homewood Field debut as the Blue Jays (2-0, 1-0 CC) welcome Juniata (0-2, 0-1 CC) to Homewood Field. This is Hopkins' first game at home after playing five consecutive away games dating back to last season.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins moved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial with a 36-29 win at Ursinus last Saturday.
« Juniata slipped to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial with a 35-19 loss to McDaniel.  Dating back to last season, it was the seventh consecutive loss for the Eagles.

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 575-489-58 (.538).
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 112-19 (.855) overall and 91-9 (.910) 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 ninth in this week's D3football.com Poll.  The first AFCA Poll of the 2022 season has not been released yet.
«  Johns Hopkins was ranked 13th in the final AFCA Poll of the 2021 season and 14th in the final D3football.com Poll. 

Five Away
«  The five-game run of road games for the Blue Jays, which was capped with last week's win at Ursinus, is the longest for Johns Hopkins since the Blue Jays played seven straight games away from home between the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Centennial Openers
«  Including last week's win at Ursinus, Johns Hopkins is now 27-12 in its 39 league-opening games since the formation of the Centennial Conference for football in 1983.
«  Johns Hopkins' 27 CC-opening wins are the most in league history.

Sweet September
«  Dating back to 2010, Johns Hopkins is 43-4 in the month of September.
«  Also dating back to 2010, the Blue Jays are 24-3 on the road in the month of September.

35+ in Eight Straight
«  Dating back to last season, Johns Hopkins has scored at least 35 points in eight consecutive games and 13 times in 14 games.  The eight-game run is tied for the longest such streak in school history.  Most recently, the Blue Jays scored 35+ in eight straight from 2019-21 (2020 season canceled).

Record-Breaking
«  Sophomore EJ Talarico etched his name into the Johns Hopkins record book in last week's win at Ursinus as his 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown is the longest in school history.
« Talarico's return was one yard longer than the previous record of 95 yards; there have been four, 95-yard kickoff returns in school history with the most recent coming from Harrison Wellmann at Dickinson in 2019.
« Through two games, Talarico is averaging 34.0 yards on seven kickoff returns (7-238-1).

Wolf Into Top 5, Closing on Top 20
«  Senior running back Danny Wolf rushed for 140 yards and one touchdown last week at Ursinus and has 208 yards and two scores through two games this season.
« His efforts thus far in 2022 push his career totals 1,312 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns on just 231 career carries.
« Wolf is now tied with Brandon Cherry for fourth place on JHU's career rushing touchdowns list and ranks 22nd in career rushing yards.  He needs just 68 yards to move into the top 20 in school history in career rushing yards.

Stevens Tops 4,000, Reaches 40
«  With 480 passing yards through two games, Ryan Stevens became just the ninth quarterback in school history to top 4,000 career passing yards.  He now has 4,401, all but 80 of which have come since the start of the 2021 season.
« In addition, with two TD passes at Ursinus last week, Stevens became just the sixth JHU quarterback with 40 or more career touchdown passes; he now has 40 and needs five to move into the top five in school history.

Closing on 200
«  Nick Seidel, Johns Hopkins' career active leader in tackles, has been credited with six tackles through two games and is closing quickly on 200 for his career.  Entering this week's game against Juniata, Seidel has 187 career tackles to his credit.  He also counts 15 pass breakups and seven interceptions, including one last week at Ursinus, on his resume.

It's All Academic
«  Johns Hopkins set a national record with eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2021.  The eight are the most AAAs produced by one team, in any sport, in any division, in any year ... ever.
«  Among the eight AAAs a year ago, six are back for the 2022 season and they include Ross Andersson (DB / 1st Team), Chris Bedell (DL / 2nd Team), Alan Gorny (OL / 1st Team), Luke Schuermann (DL / 1st Team), Emmett Turner (TE / 2nd Team) and JR Woods (OL / 1st Team).
«  The eight AAA selections for the football team were part of a haul of 25 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Johns Hopkins produced across all of its athletic programs in 2021-22 ... the 25 are a school record for one year and give Johns Hopkins 43 in the last two years.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 99-7 in its last 106 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 109-16 in their last 125 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 175-44 (.799) since the start of the 2002 season, 181-47 (.794) since the start of the 2001 season and 186-52 (.782) since the start of the 2000 season.

At Home at Homewood
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 53-7 (.883) 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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