The Game
« Johns Hopkins (2-0) welcomes Salisbury (2-0) to Homewood Field for the Blue Jays' 2024 home opener. This is the first meeting between the two teams at Homewood Field since 1976.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 14-3 win at Christopher Newport last Saturday evening.
« Salisbury also moved to 2-0 with a win last Saturday as the Sea Gulls raced past Muhlenberg, 59-38, at home.
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 598-490-57 (.547).
« Overall, JHU owns 16 Centennial Conference titles (all won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 12 times (all since 2005).
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins checks in at #6 in this week's AFCA Poll and #8 in the D3football.com Poll.
« Since the AFCA debuted its poll in 1999, this week's #6 rankings marks the 133rd time in 248 polls that the Blue Jays have appeared in the top 25 and the 61st time the Jays have cracked the top 10.
« JHU has been ranked in the top 10 by the AFCA in each poll since the start of the 2023 season (13 straight).
« Johns Hopkins is one of just three teams to be ranked in the top 10 in every AFCA Poll since the start of the 2023 season (Johns Hopkins, North Central, Mount Union).
« Salisbury is also ranked in the top 25 by both the AFCA and D3football.com this week. The Sea Gulls are ranked 25th in the AFCA Poll and 22nd in the D3football.com Poll this week.
« The Blue Jays are in the D3football.com Top-25 for the 152nd time in 262 polls since D3football launched its poll in 2003. This week's #8 ranking is JHU's 48th D3football.com top 10 ranking.
Quick Starts
« Johns Hopkins is 2-0 for the fourth consecutive year and the 11th time in the last 13 years.
« In each of the previous 10 instances where the Jays won their first two games of a season (2011-17, 2021-23), they also won their third game of the year.
« JHU has won its third game of the season in each of the last 15 years.
Sweet September
« Dating back to 2010, Johns Hopkins is 51-4 in the month of September.« Also dating back to 2010, the Blue Jays are 23-1 at home and 28-3 on the road in September.
Defense Shines in Win at CNU
« The Johns Hopkins defense helped fuel last week's 14-3 win at Christopher Newport as the Blue Jays held the Captains to just the three points and 144 yards of total offense.
« The 144 yards allowed marked the first time JHU has held a team under 150 yards since the Jays limited Gettysburg to 139 on Oct. 22, 2022.
« The three points the Blue Jays held CNU to were the fewest the Captains have scored in a home game since 2003.
Career Day for Scales
« Senior PJ Scales enjoyed the finest game of his career in last Saturday's 14-3 win at Christopher Newport.
« Scales had three receptions for 47 yards and scored both Blue Jay touchdowns with a 28-yard reception in the second quarter and a 20-yard catch in the third.
« This was the first two-touchdown game of Scales' career; he previously had one receiving touchdown and one kickoff return for a score in his career.
Schondelmayer Picks Off Another
« The game-turning play in last week's win at CNU was turned in by junior Jack Schondelmayer, who intercepted a pass inside the Captain 30-yard line late in the third quarter that led to Hopkins' insurance touchdown.
« Schondelmayer now has eight tackles and two interceptions on the year. Dating back to last season, he has four interceptions in his last four games.
Against the NJAC
« This week's game will be just the 10th all-time for Johns Hopkins against a current member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). The Jays are 7-2 all-time against current NJAC members.
« Three of the nine previous games against NJAC teams came last season in the first of a two-year scheduling agreement between the Centennial Conference and NJAC. JHU topped CNU (20-14), Salisbury (42-7) and Rowan (55-20) in its three games against NJAC teams in 2023.
« JHU's two all-time losses against NJAC teams came against Salisbury in 1975 and 1976 - those games were played before the Sea Gulls joined the NJAC for football.
At Home at Homewood
« Johns Hopkins won a school-record 19 consecutive games at home from midway through the 2019 season until the NCAA Quarterfinal game in 2023.
« Since the start of the 2014 season, the Blue Jays are 50-5 (.909) at Homewood Field.
« Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 66-8 (.892) at Homewood Field.
On a Roll
« Johns Hopkins is 118-8 (.937) in its last 126 regular season games dating back to late in the 2010 season.
« The Blue Jays are 131-18 (.879) in their last 149 games overall since late in the 2010 season.
« Since the start of the 2010 season, the Blue Jays are 134-21 (.865) overall and 104-10 (.912) in the Centennial Conference.
« Dating back farther, Johns Hopkins is 197-46 (.811) since the start of the 2002 season, 203-49 (.806) since the start of the 2001 season and 208-54 (.794) since the start of the 2000 season.
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