The Game
« Johns Hopkins (5-0, 1-0 Centennial) hits the road and heads to Franklin & Marshall (4-1, 1-1 Centennial) for a key Centennial Conference game against the Diplomats.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins improved to 5-0 on the year and extended its winning streak to eight games dating back to last season with a 49-28 victory over Gettysburg last Friday night.
« The Diplomats scored an impressive 20-16 come-from-behind victory against Ursinus at home last Saturday. F&M scored the game-winning touchdown with 1.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Facts
« This is the 138th 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 589-489-57 (.544).
« Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 125-20 (.862) overall and 99-10 (.908) 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 Coaches Poll and 10th in this week's D3football.com Poll.
« The Blue Jays jumped one spot in the AFCA Poll this week and dipped a spot in the D3football.com Poll.
« This week's #7 ranking marks the 52nd time that Johns Hopkins has appeared in the AFCA's top 10; 51 of the 52 have come since 2011.
« Since the D3football.com Poll debuted in 2003, this is the 143rd time Johns Hopkins has appeared in the top 25 and 39th time the Blue Jays have cracked the top 10.
Quick Out of the Gate
« A win this week would give the Blue Jays a 6-0 start for the ninth time since 2002. Prior to 2002, JHU hadn't started 6-0 since 1931.
Centennial Openers
« Since the formation of the Centennial Conference for football in 1983, and including last week's 49-28 win over Gettysburg, Johns Hopkins is 28-12 in its 40 league-opening games.
« Johns Hopkins' 28 CC-opening wins are the most in league history.
Oktoberfest
« Johns Hopkins flipped the calendar to October with last week's game against Gettysburg ... and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
« Including last week's win against Gettysburg, the Blue Jays have won 38 of their last 41 games in the month of October dating back to 2010.
« The Blue Jays had been just 10-8 in their previous 18 games in the month of October before jump-starting the current 40-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).
An NJAC Sweep
« The 2023 season marks the first year of a scheduling agreement between the Centennial Conference and the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Under the terms of the agreement, each team in both leagues will play three games against teams from the other league.
« Johns Hopkins drew the unenviable task of playing the three teams that ranked first (Salisbury), second (Christopher Newport) and third (Rowan) in the 2023 NJAC Preseason Poll.
« The Blue Jays went 3-0 in those three games and outscored their NJAC opponents 117-41.
At Home at Homewood
« Johns Hopkins has extended its school-record home winning streak to 15 games (dating back to 2019) with wins this season at Homewood Field against Ithaca, Christopher Newport and Gettysburg.
« The 15-game home winning streak breaks the previous record of 12 straight wins. JHU has twice (2014-15 / 2017-18) won 12 consecutive home games.
« Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 62-7 (.899) at Homewood Field.
Road Warriors
« Under the guidance of head coach Greg Chimera, the Blue Jays are now 17-4 on the road after topping Rowan in their last road game.
« The Blue Jays are 10-3 in Centennial Conference road games under Chimera's direction.
« Dating back to 2013, JHU is 46-9 overall on the road (42-5 in the regular season).
Close Calls
« Since the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins has lost a total of 14 games. Those 14 losses have come by a total of 83 points with setbacks by five, three, five, seven, four, three, two, eight, one, three, 15 (twice), 10 and two points. Translation, 12 of Johns Hopkins' 14 losses since the start of the 2013 season have come by a touchdown or less.
On a Roll
« Johns Hopkins is 111-8 in its last 119 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
« The Blue Jays are 122-17 in their last 139 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
« Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 188-45 (.807) since the start of the 2002 season, 194-48 (.802) since the start of the 2001 season and 199-53 (.790) since the start of the 2000 season.
Harvey Rolling
« Junior quarterback Bay Harvey was named the Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week after his performance at Rowan on September 30.
« Harvey was 18-of-25 for 310 yards and five touchdowns and also rushed for 22 yards and another score in the win over the Profs.
« The five TD passes are a career high and the most for a Hopkins quarterback since Ryan Stevens had five against Gettysburg last season. The six touchdowns responsible for are the most by a JHU player since Stevens threw for six against Ursinus in 2021.
« On the year, Harvey is averaging 254.2 yards passing per game, has thrown for 17 touchdowns against four INTs and has also rushed for 153 yards and two scores.
« Harvey has thrown for 225 or more yards four times in five games and has at least two TD passes in all five games.
Scales Into Record Book
« Junior PJ Scales returned a second-quarter kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown at Rowan to etch his name in the Blue Jay record book.
« Scales' 92-yard return is tied for the seventh-longest in Johns Hopkins history and is the longest since EJ Talarico set a school record with a 96-yard return for a score at Ursinus last season.
« Scales has returned four kickoffs for 141 yards (35.25) and the one score this season and is averaging 39.3 yards on six career kickoff returns.
Schuermann Named a Semifinalist for NFF's Prestigious Campbell Trophy
« Senior defensive end Luke Schuermann was recently named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's 2023 Campbell Trophy.
« The Campbell Trophy recognizes an individual as the top football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
« Schuermann is a two-time All-American, a two-time Academic All-American and counts 143 tackles, 55.5 tackles for loss and 30 sacks in his career.
« Among active Division III players, Schuermann ranks first in career TFLs per game (2.06) and sacks per game (1.11).
« Among active players in all divisions of NCAA football who have played in 10 or more games, Schuermann ranks first in career sacks per game (1.11).
« Schuermann is majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in entrepreneurship and management. He is one of 201 Campbell nominees from all levels of college football, including one of 48 from an NCAA Division III program; he is the only player from the Centennial Conference among the 201 nominees.
« The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 25, and each of those individuals will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2023 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments.
« John Arena (2013) and JR Woods (2022) are Johns Hopkins' two all-time finalists for the Campbell Trophy.
A Fraternity of Three
« Earlier this season, senior Spencer Uggla was named to the 2023 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
« With Uggla's selection to the Good Works Team and Luke Schuermann being a semifinalist for the NFF's Campbell Trophy, Johns Hopkins is one of just three Division III programs with a Good Works team member and a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy (Central (IA), St. John's (MN)).
Instant Impact
« Freshman Cole Crotty wasted little time making an impact on the Blue Jay football program as he shined in his career debut in the 27-17 win over Ithaca.
« Crotty had three receptions for a team-high 83 yards and two touchdowns in the win over the Bombers.
« Crotty's first career reception went for a 54-yard touchdown midway through the second quarter that gave the Blue Jays a 14-10 lead they would never relinquish. He added a 27-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter that pushed the lead to 27-10.
« Although data is incomplete, there is no record of another freshman scoring two touchdowns in a season-opening game for Johns Hopkins dating back to 1972.
« Since the opening game against Ithaca, Crotty has rolled up at least five receptions in each of the last four games and he has at least 90 receiving yards in each of the last three games.
' On the year, he leads the team in receptions (27), receiving yards (433) and touchdown receptions (6).
« Crotty's six touchdown receptions are tied for the most among freshmen in all divisions of the NCAA through games of October 7.
Sack Masters
« The Johns Hopkins defense has totaled 18 sacks in five games this season, including 11 in the last two games with six in the win at Rowan and five against Gettysburg.
« Prior to the last two weeks, the last time Johns Hopkins had five or more sacks in back-to-back games was in 2018, when JHU had six against F&M and five against Gettysburg.
« While Luke Schuermann is the headliner on the defensive line, 12 different Blue Jays have been in on at least one sack thus far this season.
« Through games of October 7, JHU is tied for fifth nationally in sacks per game (3.6).
Scoring is Up
« After averaging 23.5 points through the first two games of the season, Johns Hopkins has literally doubled its output in the last three games as the Blue Jays have rolled up 42 (Salisbury), 55 (Rowan) and 49 (Gettysburg) points in their last three games for an average of 48.7 points per game over that span.
Must be the Speech
« There must be something to the speech head coach Greg Chimera gives in the locker room before the Blue Jays take the field for the first and third quarters.
« Through five games, JHU has outscored the opposition 56-14 in the first quarter and 48-7 in the third quarter.
« The Blue Jays are also +38 in scoring in the second quarter (75-37) to give them a 179-58 scoring margin in the first three quarters of their games to-date.
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