The Game
« Johns Hopkins (1-4, 0-2 CC) leaves Baltimore for the third of three straight away from home as the Blue Jays head northeast to Ursinus (5-0, 2-0 CC) for a Centennial Conference game against the Bears.
A Look Back
« Johns Hopkins dropped its fourth straight as the Blue Jays fell at Carnegie Mellon, 21-0, last Saturday in Pittsburgh.
« Ursinus went on the road for the second time this season and came away with a decisive 40-14 victory at McDaniel.
Poll Position
« Johns Hopkins is not ranked this week in either the AFCA or D3football.com Polls.
« Ursinus is listed as receiving votes in the AFCA and D3football.com Polls. By points, the Bears are 32nd in the AFCA Poll (27 points received / 7th among those teams listed as RV) and 37th in the D3football.com Poll(6 pts. / 12th among teams listed as RV).
The Facts
« This is the 141st 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 621-498-57 (.552).
« Overall, JHU owns 17 Centennial Conference titles (all 17 won since 2002) and has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 14 times (all 14 since 2005).
Oktoberfest
« The calendar flipped to October with the recent game at Dickinson and the month has been good to the Blue Jays of late.
« Despite the back-to-back losses at Dickinson and Carnegie Mellon, the Blue Jays have won 49 of their last 54 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 54-game run with a 49-24 win at Susquehanna (10-23-2010).
« During their October run dating back to 2010, the Jays have lost just once at home.
Strength of Schedule
« Combined, JHU's three non-conference opponents are currently 12-4 (.750) on the year.
« The five teams Johns Hopkins has played to-date (Ithaca, Randolph-Macon, Susquehanna, Dickinson, Carnegie Mellon) are currently a combined 19-7 (.731).
« The combined record of the Blue Jays' 10 opponents this season is 30-16 (.652); that ranks as the ninth-highest overall opponent winning percentage in the nation. By that metric, Johns Hopkins is the only team in the Centennial Conference with one of the 30 most difficult schedules in the nation.
Three Straight on the Road
« Johns Hopkins will play its third consecutive game on the road this week at Ursinus. This will mark just the fifth time this century that JHU has played three straight road games.
« This is the first time Johns Hopkins has played three consecutive games on the road in one season since the first three games of the 2010 season, when the Blue Jays played at Randolph-Macon, Gettysburg and Moravian to the open the season.
« Remarkably, the three-game road swing to open the 2010 season extended JHU's run of consecutive road games to seven dating back to the 2009 season. That year, the Blue Jays closed the regular season at McDaniel, then played at Hampden-Sydney, Thomas More and Wesley in the NCAA Playoffs.
« In addition to the above, JHU played three straight games on the road late in the 2005 season (final two regular season games, one playoff game) and early in the 2008 season (at Randolph-Macon, Gettysburg and Moravian).
Wods' 150th]
« This week's game at Ursinus will be the 150th as a member of the Johns Hopkins football program for head coach Dan Wodicka.\
« Wodicka played in 45 games as a player at JHU from 2010-13, was an assistant coach for 71 games (2014-15, 2019-23) and this week's game will be his 34th as the Blue Jay head coach.
Baker Among CC Leaders
« Through four games, junior quarterback Luke Baker is 107-of-185 (.578) for 1,171 yards with eight touchdowns and five interceptions; he also ranks second on the team in rushing with 176 yards and two touchdowns through five games.
« Through five games, Baker is tied for third in the Centennial Conference in touchdown passes, ranks second in the league in passing yards per game (234.2) and leads the league in total offense per game (269.4).
« Baker was 37-of-52 for 218 yards and three touchdowns against one INT and rushed 12 times for 63 yards in the Blue Jays' game at Randolph-Macon.
« The 37 completions for Baker rank as the third-highest single-game total in program history. Only David Tammaro, who had 42 completions at Washington & Lee in 2017, and Hewitt Tomlin, who completed 39 passes at Gettysburg in 2011, have had more completions in a game than Baker's 37 at Randolph-Macon.
« Baker started 47 games as in infielder for the Johns Hopkins baseball team last spring. He hit .271 with 56 runs scored, 25 RBIs, five home runs and nine doubles and set a program single-season record with 45 walks.
A Three-Headed Monster
« Johns Hopkins has been without All-American wide receiver Cole Crotty since early in the third quarter of the season-opening win against Ithaca. Crotty had five receptions for 101 yards and two touchdowns before leaving with an injury.
« The Blue Jays have leaned on their depth at wide receiver in Crotty's absence with senior Robbie Enright and sophomores Alex Orecchio and Jaeger Krauss leading the way.
« Enright counts 22 receptions for 244 yards and three touchdowns to his credit, while Orecchio has 16 receptions for 242 yards and one score. Krauss counts 20 receptions for 259 yards and two scores in four games played (DNP vs. Ithaca).
« Including the 17 receptions by freshman running back Cooper Powell, Johns Hopkins enters this week's action as the only team in the Centennial Conference with four players with 16 or more receptions.
Scully Among Centennial Leaders
« Senior Justin Scully rang up his second game of the young season with 14+ tackles as he totaled a career-best 15 stops against Susquehanna. He previously had 14 in the season-opening win against Ithaca and had five at Randolph-Macon. In two Centennial Conference games, he has posted seven stops against Dickinson and 12 against Carnegie Mellon.
« Through five games, Scully leads the team with 53 tackles, including one for a loss, and has one forced fumble and one pass breakup to his credit.
« The 53 tackles Scully has amassed in five games this season already surpass his career total entering the 2026 season and he now has 87 career tackles to his credit. His 53 tackles and 10.6 tackles per game both rank third in the Centennial entering this week's games.
Oh Yeah Olah
« Junior Kevin Olah has recorded 24 tackles, a team-high seven pass breakups and one interception through five games. He ranks fifth on the team in tackles, leads the team in PBUs and is tied for the team-lead in INTs.
« His 46-yard interception return at Randolph-Macon set up the Blue Jays' second touchdown of the game. The 46-yard return is the longest by a Johns Hopkins player since Carson Bourdo took one back 70 yards for a touchdown against Muhlenberg in 2024.
Sudden Impact for Stup
« Sophomore Cole Stup made his third start of the season at Carnegie Mellon and turned in the finest performance of his young career.
« Stup rang up a career-high 15 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, in the loss to the Tartans. The 15 tackles against CMU nearly doubled his previous career high of eight tackles against Randolph-Macon and Dickinson earlier this season.
« Stup's 3.5 TFLs last week at Carnegie Mellon are the most by a Johns Hopkins player since Isaac Urquidi had 3.5 in a 27-13 win against John Carroll early in the 2025 season.
« Through five games, Stup ranks second on the team in tackles with 34 and third in TFLs with 3.5.
Road Warriors
« In their last 40 road games dating back to the start of the 2019 season, the Blue Jays are 30-10. Seven of the losses have come against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game (#6 Muhlenberg-2019 | #22 Muhlenberg-2021 | #4 Mount Union-2021 | #18 Susquehanna-2022 | #3 Mount Union-2024 | #25 Franklin & Marshall-2025) and #4 Wisconsin-River Falls-2025). The other two losses were at Randolph-Macon and Dickinson earlier this season.
« Dating back to the start of the 2013 season, JHU is 58-15 on the road.
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