The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (3-0) hits the road for the second of two straight games on the road as the Blue Jays head to New Jersey to take on Rowan (1-2).  Kickoff is set for 1 pm.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins improved to 3-0 on the year with a 42-7 road victory at Salisbury on Saturday, September 16 in its last game before the bye week.
« Rowan slipped to 1-2 on the year with a 44-21 loss at home against Ursinus on Saturday, September 16. That was also Rowan's last game before its bye.

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 587-489-57 (.543).
«  Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 123-20 (.860) overall and 98-10 (.907) 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 in the top 10 of both major Division III football polls this week as the Blue Jays are 10th in the AFCA Poll and ninth in the D3football.com Poll.
« This week's #10 ranking marks the 50th time that Johns Hopkins has appeared in the AFCA's top 10; 49 of the 50 have come since 2011.
« Since the D3football.com Poll debuted in 2003, this is the 141st time Johns Hopkins has appeared in the top 25 and 37th time the Blue Jays have cracked the top 10.

Quick Out of the Gate
«  Johns Hopkins is 3-0 for the third consecutive season and the 15th time since 2001.
« A win this week would give the Blue Jays a 4-0 start to the season for the third straight year, the 10th time since 2011 and the 13th time since 2002.

Before the Bye
«  Including the win against Salisbury and dating back to 2011, the Blue Jays are 53-3 in games played before their bye week.
« Johns Hopkins has made it to its bye week unbeaten eight times since 2011 (2011-16, 2021, 2022, 2023) and suffered a single loss before the bye each year from 2017-19.

After The Bye
«  Since 2011, Johns Hopkins is 9-2 in its first game played after the bye week.

Road Openers
«  Including the win at Salisbury, Johns Hopkins has now won its road opener in each of the last four seasons and in 11 of the last 12 seasons.
« Ironically, the only time in the last 12 seasons that the Blue Jays didn't win their first road game of the season was in 2018, when they eventually advanced to the NCAA Semifinals.

Road Warriors
« Under the guidance of head coach Greg Chimera, the Blue Jays are 16-4 on the road.]« Dating back to 2013, JHU is 45-9 overall on the road (41-5 in the regular season).

Sweet September
«  Dating back to 2010, Johns Hopkins is now 48-4 in the month of September.
«  Also dating back to 2010, the Blue Jays are 23-1 at home and 25-3 on the road in the month of September.

Centennial-NJAC
«  This week's game is the third in a three-game run of games for Johns Hopkins against teams from the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC).
« Starting this season, the Centennial Conference and the NJAC signed a scheduling a agreement that provides all teams in both leagues with three crossover games against teams from the other league.
« As chance would have it, Johns Hopkins drew the task of playing the three teams that ranked first (Salisbury), second (Christopher Newport) and third (Rowan) in the 2023 NJAC Preseason Poll.
« To-date, there have been two full weeks of Centennial-MAC crossover games with the Centennial winning 10 of the 14 head-to-head matchups.

In the Garden State
«  This week's game at Rowan will be the first Johns Hopkins has played in the state of New Jersey since September 11, 2004 season, when the Blue Jays won at Kean, 35-17.

On a Roll
«  Johns Hopkins is 109-8 in its last 117 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
«  The Blue Jays are 120-17 in their last 137 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
«  Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 186-45 (.805) since the start of the 2002 season, 192-48 (.800) since the start of the 2001 season and 197-53 (.788) since the start of the 2000 season.
« Dating back to the start of the 2000 season, JHU is 197-53 (.788) in 250 games played.  In its previous 250 games (last two games of the 1973 season through 1999), the Blue Jays were 111-131-8 (.460).

Uggla Named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
«  Senior RB Spencer Uggla was named to the 2023 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team it was announced on September 12, 2023.
« Uggla is the fifth Johns Hopkins football player named to the team as he joins Jim Sanders (2005), Brian Nickel (2006), Tim Miller (2009) and Alan Gorny (2022).
« Uggla was nominated by Johns Hopkins officials for his work off the field, which includes volunteering at the Johns Hopkins Food Pantry and the Hopkins Neuro-Oncology Surgical Outcomes Lab.  In addition, he has been active with the "I Run 4 Michael" organization since 2015 where he has been paired with a young man named Daniel who has Down Syndrome and volunteers as an EMT with HERO (Hopkins Emergency Response Organization) on the Johns Hopkins campus.
« Uggla and the 22-man All-State AFCA Good Works Team will attend the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans at the end of this season.  Team members will complete community service initiatives and be honored on the field at the Sugar Bowl.

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.
« Crotty added five receptions for 66 yards against Christopher Newport and seven receptions for 95 yards and two scores at Salisbury to push his season totals to 15 receptions for 244 yards and four TDs.
« Crotty's four touchdown receptions are tied for the second most among freshmen in all divisions of the NCAA through games of September 23.

Record-Breaking
«  Senior Luke Schuermann set Johns Hopkins single-season records for tackles for loss (26.5) and sacks (14.0) last season.  He finished fourth in the nation in tackles for loss per game (2.4) and sixth in sacks per game (1.27).
« Through three games this season, Schuermann has 17 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks to run his career totals to 133 tackles, 53.5 tackles for loss and 29 sacks.
« Schuermann is just the third player in school history to record 50 or more tackles for losses, while his 29.0 sacks are the second-most by a Johns Hopkins player in the last 25 years ... Mike Kalanik recorded 29.5 sacks during his career from 2016-19.

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