The Game
« Johns Hopkins opens the 2022 season by making its longest trip of the regular season as the Blue Jays head to Cleveland for their first-ever meeting against Case Western.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins posted 10-2 record and claimed a share of the Centennial Conference title for a league-record 15th time in 2021. JHU finished 8-1 in the Centennial and shared the title with Muhlenberg.
« The Blue Jays earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Playoffs and went on the road and knocked off 11th-ranked Salisbury, 45-20, in the first round. The Blue Jays then dropped a 45-35 decision at fourth-ranked Mount Union in the second round.
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 573-489-58 (.538).
« Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 110-19 (.853) overall and 90-9 (.909) 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).
Oh Captain, My Captain
« Six players were selected to serve as captains of the 2022 Johns Hopkins football team in a vote of the team late in preseason camp.
« Two players - graduate students Ross Andersson (DB) and Emmett Turner (TE) - are in their second season as captains, while they are joined this season by fellow graduate students Chris Bedell (DL) and Nick Seidel (DB) and seniors Matt Dubois (LB) and JR Woods (OL).
« Dating back to 1947, Andersson and Turner are just the 15th and 16th players to serve as a captain more than one season.
« The six captains this season are the most in program history.
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is ranked 10th in the 2022 D3football.com Preseason Poll and the Blue Jays also drew a #12 preseason ranking from Lindy's.
« Johns Hopkins was ranked 13th in the final AFCA Poll of the 2021 season and 14th in the final D3football.com Poll.
Fourth of Five
« This week's game at Case Western is the first of two straight the Blue Jays will play on the road to open the 2022 season.
« Dating back to last season, this week's game is also the fourth straight on the road for the Blue Jays, who ended the 2021 season with three straight on the road. Hopkins closed the 2021 regular season at McDaniel, then played at Salisbury and at Mount Union in the NCAA Playoffs.
« The five-game run of road games, which will be capped with a game at Ursinus next week, is the longest for Johns Hopkins since the Blue Jays played a remarkable seven straight games away from home between the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Against the PAC
« This week's game at Case Western will be Johns Hopkins' 18th all-time against a team currently in the President's Athletic Conference.
« The Blue Jays have played at least one game against five current members of the PAC and sport an 8-8-1 all-time record in its previous 17 games against PAC teams (not all games played while team was necessarily a member of the PAC).
« Below is a breakdown JHU's record against current PAC teams:
Allegheny 1-0-1
Carnegie Mellon 5-6
Thiel 0-1
Washington & Jefferson 1-1
Waynesburg 1-0
For Openers
« Johns Hopkins has won its last 10 season openers dating back to 2011.
« During the 10-game winning streak in season openers, the Blue Jays have outscored the opposition 423-180 and only two of the 10 games have been decided by 15 points or less.
Sweet September
« Dating back to 2010, Johns Hopkins is 41-4 in the month of September.
« Also dating back to 2010, the Blue Jays are 22-3 on the road in the month of September.
Record-Breaking
« Johns Hopkins set school records for points per game (46.5) and passing yards per game (346.8) last season.
« The Blue Jays scored at least 35 points in 11 of their 12 games during the 2021 season and topped 300 yards passing as a team in eight of the 12.
30-30 Club
« For what is believed to be just the second time in school history, the Johns Hopkins defense recorded more than 30 sacks and produced more than 30 turnovers in the same season in 2021.
« The Blue Jay defense recorded 40 sacks in its 12 games and forced 32 turnovers as well.
I'm Honored
« Johns Hopkins returns two players who earned All-America honors in 2021.
« Junior Luke Schuermann (DL) was a First Team All-American by both AP and D3football.com, while JR Woods (OL) was a First Team AP All-American and a Second Team D3football.com All-American.
More Honors
« Of the 16 Johns Hopkins players who earned All-Centennial Conference honors in 2021, 10 return in 2022.
« Returning First Team All-Centennial selections include Luke Schuermann (DL), Danny Wolf (RB), JR Woods (OL).
« Back in 2022 after earning Second Team All-Centennial honors a year ago are Garrett Brophy (OL), Duncan Van Kouteren (LB), Quinn Revere (WR), Nick Seidel (DB) and Ryan Stevens (QB).
« Rounding out JHU's returning All-CC performers are Chris Bedell (DL) and Emmett Turner (TE), who earned honorable mention status in 2021.
It's All Academic - Part I
« 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.
Close Calls
« Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of 13 games. Those 13 losses have come by a total of 81 points with setbacks by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight, one, three, 15 (twice) and 10 points. Translation, 11 of Johns Hopkins' 13 losses since the start of the 2013 season have come by a touchdown or less.
On a Roll
« Johns Hopkins is 97-7 in its last 104 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
« The Blue Jays are 107-16 in their last 123 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
« Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 173-44 (.797) since the start of the 2002 season, 179-47 (.792) since the start of the 2001 season and 184-52 (.780) 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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