The Game
«  Johns Hopkins (8-1, 5-0 Centennial) hits the road to wrap up the 2024 regular season as the Blue Jays make the short trip to take on McDaniel (1-8, 0-5 CC).  Kickoff at Gill Stadium is set for 12 pm.

A Look Back
«  Johns Hopkins pushed its winning streak to six with a 30-0 win against Dickinson last Saturday.  The win locked up a share of the Centennial Conference title and a berth in the upcoming NCAA Playoffs for the Blue Jays.
« McDaniel closed out the non-conference portion of its 2024 schedule as the Green Terror dropped a 69-13 decision at Salisbury last Saturday.

The Facts
«  This is the 139th 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 604-491-57 (.549).
«  Overall, JHU owns 17 Centennial Conference titles (including this year with all 17 won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 13 times (including this year with all 13 since 2005).

Poll Position
«  Johns Hopkins checks in at #18 in this week's AFCA Poll and is 21st in the D3football.com Poll.
« Since the AFCA debuted its poll in 1999, this week's #18 ranking marks the 141st time in 256 polls that the Blue Jays have appeared in the top 25.
« The Blue Jays are in the D3football.com Top-25 for the 163rd time in 270 polls since D3football debuted its poll in 2003.

November Reign
«  Entering this week's game against McDaniel, Johns Hopkins is 48-5 in regular season games played in the month of November this century, including 29-2 since 2010.
«  JHU has not lost a regular season home game in the month of November since 2007.  Including last week's win against Dickinson, the Blue Jays have won 19 consecutive regular season home games in
November since a 19-11 loss to F&M in 2007. 
« In this century, Johns Hopkins is 26-2 in regular season home games in the month of November.]
«  The Blue Jays are 16-2 in their last 18 regular season road games in the month of November dating back to 2007.

A Centennial Snapshot
«  Johns Hopkins wrapped up no worse than a share of the Centennial Conference title with last week's 30-0 win against Dickinson.  The Blue Jays also locked up the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs with the victory.
« There is still one scenario where there would be a shared title in play.  If McDaniel beats Johns Hopkins and Ursinus beats Dickinson, the Blue Jays and Bears would share the title.  In that situation, Johns Hopkins receives the automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs via its 16-7 win at Ursinus earlier this season.

A Quick Look Ahead
«  The bracket for the 2024 NCAA Division III Football Playoffs will be announced at 5 pm on Sunday, November 17.  The selection show will be available for fans to view at ncaa.com.
« The expanded 40-team bracket will include eight, first-round games on Saturday, November 23 with 16, second-round games on Saturday, November 30.
« There will be 24 teams that receive a first-round byes and open play on November 30, while 16 teams will be paired in first-round games that take place on November 23rd.

Strength in Numbers
« The 10 opponents on Johns Hopkins' 2024 schedule are currently a combined 52-29 (.642).  By opponent winning percentage, this ranks as the sixth most difficult schedule in the nation.
« The nine opponents Johns Hopkins has already played this season currently have a combined record of 51-21 (.708).  By opponent winning percentage, this ranks as the second most difficult schedule played to-date.
« Entering this week's game against McDaniel, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the nation whose opponents to-date have combined for 50 or more wins this season.

Different Week, Same Story
«  The Johns Hopkins defense turned in yet another exceptional performance in last week's 30-0 win against Dickinson.
« The Blue Jays picked up their first shutout of the season and the first for Johns Hopkins since a 54-0 win against Moravian on September 23, 2022.
« Johns Hopkins allowed just 188 yards against the Red Devils, the second-lowest total the Blue Jays have allowed this season.
« JHU has allowed a total of 33 points in its last five games.  That's the fewest the Blue Jays have allowed over a five-game span since they held Susquehanna (7), Moravian (0), Muhlenberg (17), Juniata (0) and Dickinson (6) to 30 in a five-game span early in the 2011 season.
« The Blue Jays have held seven of nine opponents to 13 points or less and are allowing just 12.6 points per game.  JHU leads the Centennial and ranks 21st in the nation in scoring defense.
« All nine Blue Jay opponents to-date have been held under their season scoring average in their game against Johns Hopkins.  Only one - Ithaca - has come within 10 points of its season scoring average against the Blue Jays and six have been held 14 or more points below their average.

Defense Among Centennial's Best
«  The Johns Hopkins defense continues to rank among the Centennial Conference's best in virtually every statistical category.
« Entering this week's game, Johns Hopkins leads the league in scoring defense (12.6) and pass efficiency defense (92.7), ranks third in total defense (293.1) and rushing defense (108.2) and fourth in pass defense (184.9).
« The Blue Jays have also allowed a league-low three touchdown passes and the opposition is completing a league-low 50.7% of its pass attempts.
« The three touchdown passes the Blue Jays have allowed are the fewest in the nation in Division III.  Johns Hopkins is one of just three teams in Division III, Division II, FBS or FCS that has allowed just three touchdown passes; the others are Texas (FBS) and Valdosta St. (Division II).

Paxton Giving Jays a Leg Up
«  Johns Hopkins freshman kicker Brad Paxton entered the Blue Jay record book in the win at Gettysburg.  For his efforts against the Bullets, he was honored as the Centennial Conference Special Teams Player of the Week.
« Paxton hit all six of his extra points and was 3-for-3 on field goals as he was good from 27, 20 and 30 yards in the victory against the Bullets.  His 15 points tied the Johns Hopkins single-game record for points by a kicker.
« Entering this week's game at McDaniel, Paxton is 18-of-21 on extra points and has hit 11-of-14 field goals on the year.  His 11 field goals are tied for the Centennial Conference lead, are tied for the most by a freshman in Johns Hopkins history (Alex Lachman-11 (2007) and are tied for the eighth-most in a season in JHU history.
« Paxton's 11 field goals are also tied for the most in the nation in Division III among freshmen.

The Craddock, Peters Race to 175
«  Seniors Oliver Craddock and Cole Peters both eclipsed the 150-tackle mark for their career in the recent win at Ursinus and both enter this week's game against McDaniel with exactly 170 career tackles to their credit.
« Peters counts a team-high 72 tackles to his credit this season after punching up eight tackles last week against Dickinson.
« Craddock currently ranks second on the team in tackles this season (60) and also had eight last week against Dickinson.

Rich Tops 1,000
«  Senior Andrew Rich rushed for a team-high 81 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries in the win against Dickinson and, in the process, became the 31st player in school history to top the 1,000-yard mark.
« Rich's 81 yards against the Red Devils bumped his career total to 1,053 yards, which moved him into 28th place on JHU's career rushing list.  He needs 147 yards to jump into the top 25.

Road Warriors
«  Johns Hopkins went a perfect 5-0 on the road in 2023 and won its 10th consecutive road game with the win at Ursinus on October 26.
« The current 10-game road winning streak is tied for the third-longest road winning streak in program history and tied for the sixth-longest active road winning streak in the nation.
« In their last 23 road games dating back to 2019, the Blue Jays are 20-3.  All three losses came against teams ranked in the top 20 at the time of the game (#6 Muhlenberg-2019 | #4 Mount Union-2021 | #18 Susquehanna-2022).
« Dating back to 2013, JHU is 53-9 overall on the road (49-5 in the regular season).

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