BALTIMORE, MD – The third-ranked Johns Hopkins football team forced a turnover on the first play of the game, scored touchdowns on its first five possessions and held a Dickinson team that entered Friday night's Centennial Conference-opener averaging 46 points per game to just 10 as the Blue Jays topped the Red Devils, 55-10, at Homewood Field Friday night. The win bumps the Blue Jays' record to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial, while Dickinson had a two-game winning streak snapped and slips to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial.
Jack Schondelmayer got the Blue Jays off to a quick start as he intercepted Dickinson's Ben Klassen on the first play of the game to set the Blue Jays up at the Dickinson 23. Five plays later, senior Geoff Schroeder went up the middle from five yards out to stake the Blue Jays to an early 7-0 lead.
Schondelmayer's interception ignited a first-half defensive effort for Johns Hopkins that saw the Blue Jays hold the Red Devils to 53 yards of total offense on 27 plays with six consecutive possessions ending in punts after the Schondelmayer pick to open the game.
While the Blue Jay defense was holding the high-scoring Red Devils in check, the offense got going quickly as Schroeder's touchdown was the first of six the Blue Jays would score before the break as they built a 42-0 halftime lead.
Following Schroeder's touchdown, the Blue Jays got consecutive receiving touchdowns from Josh Moore (26 yards) and Robby Enright (30) before another Schroeder touchdown on the third play of the second quarter quickly made it 28-0. Moore's touchdown capped a seven-play, 67-yard drive, while Enright's came on the first play of a drive that was setup by a 34-yard Alex Orecchio punt return.
Schroeder's second touchdown of the night, which gave the Blue Jays the 28-point lead, was one of two he would score in the second quarter as he would cap the 42-point first half with a four-yard scoring run with 61 seconds remaining in the half. His two second-quarter touchdowns bookended a 32-yard Bay Harvey-to-Cole Crotty scoring strike that account for Hopkins' other first-half score.
The Red Devils would get on the board early in the third quarter as they capitalized on a Blue Jay fumble at their own 31 yard-line on the first play of the third quarter and Cedric Benning III polished off a six-play, 31-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown run to make it 42-7 with exactly 12 minutes remaining in the period.
Johns Hopkins would add another Crotty touchdown reception and sophomore Brad Paxton wrapped 27 and 33-yard field goals around a Dickinson field goal to close out the scoring.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Harvey was 16-of-19 for 276 yards and three touchdowns and four Blue Jays combined to go 22-of-30 for 354 yards and four touchdowns.
• Crotty had nine receptions for a career-high 186 yards and two touchdowns and nine different players had at least one reception on the night.
• Schondelmayer had three pass breakups, the interception and two tackles, while Jack Smith had a game-high eight tackles to lead the way defensively for the Blue Jays.
• Seven different players were in on at least half of a sack as the Blue Jay defense recorded five sacks on the night to push its four-game total 19.
• The 55 points and 490 yards of total offense are both season highs for the Blue Jays.
Inside the Box Score – Dickinson
• Klassen was 7-of-18 for 76 yards and rushed for 36 yards on the night.
'• Benning had a team-high 45 rushing yards and the one score, while Kellen Boyer had a team-high four receptions for 41 yards for the Red Devils.
• Juan Pablo Garcia had a game-high 12 tackles to lead the way defensively.
Notes of Interest
• Johns Hopkins is 46-3 in its last 49 games in the month of October dating back to 2010.
• The Blue Jays improved to 41-13-1 at home on Friday night since 1982.
• Since 2003, JHU is 17-4 in its first game following its bye week.
• Crotty has three straight 100-yard receiving games; he is the first JHU player since Quinn Revere in 2021 to have three straight.
• Dating back to last season, Crotty has topped 100 yards receiving in six of his last eight games.
• Schroeder's three rushing touchdowns give him nine in four games this season and 20 in his career.
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, October 11 when the Blue Jays welcome Carnegie Mellon the Homewood Field. This will be the first time the two teams have met since 2005 and the first time the teams are meeting as conference opponents as the Tartans joined the Centennial Conference for football this season.
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Gallery: (10-3-2025) Football vs. Dickinson
