Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg Football Notes
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Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg Football Notes
Blue Jays, Bullets Battle for First Place on Friday Night
Senior quarterback Zach DiIonno and the Blue Jays host Gettysburg at Homewood Field Friday night.
Oct. 12, 2005
The Game: Johns Hopkins (5-0, 2-0 CC) and Gettysburg (2-3, 1-0) meet with first place in the Centennial Conference on the line. The Blue Jays, who are ranked 18th in this week's AFCA Division III Coaches Poll, and Bullets enter Friday night's game as the only two teams in the league without a league loss as Hopkins has beaten Dickinson (35-14) and Franklin & Marshall (19-7), while the Bullets took down McDaniel (20-17) last Saturday in its CC-opener. While there is still a lot of football left to be played, the winner of tonight's game will control its own destiny in the race for the Centennial Conference Championship.
The Teams: Johns Hopkins posted a 9-2 record, claimed a share of a third straight Centennial Conference Championship and won the ECAC Southeast title in 2004. Gettysburg struggled to a 1-9 overall record, including a 1-5 mark in the Centennial Conference, last season.
Series History: Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg are meeting for the 33rd time tonight in a series that dates back to 1911. The Blue Jays have dominated the series of late winning 10 straight after the Bullets went 18-2-2 in the first 22 meetings.
During the 10-game winning streak the Blue Jays have been on the right side of blowouts and close calls. They have won six of the 10 by 17 points or more (including the last two), while the remaining four have been decided by eight points or less. In addition, the Blue Jays have averaged 30.8 points per game during their 10-game run against the Bullets while allowing an average of just 12.7 points per game.
Title Time: From 1969-2001 the Johns Hopkins football team did not win a title of any kind. In the last three years the Blue Jays have grabbed a share of three straight Centennial Conference titles and won three ECAC Championships (ECAC Southwest-2002, ECAC South Atlantic-2003, ECAC Southeast-2004).
Streaking: The win over Franklin & Marshall improved the Blue Jays' record to 24-3 in their last 27 games, 33-5 in their last 38 and 39-8 in their last 47. These represent the best records ever over those numbers of games in school history.
Seniors Close on School Record: The win over Franklin & Marshall improved JHU's record to 33-5 since the start of the 2002 season. The 33 wins are just one shy of the school record for most wins in a four-year period (34 / 2001-04).
Poll Position: Johns Hopkins jumped from 22nd to 18th in this week's AFCA Division III Coaches Poll. The Blue Jays have now been ranked in the top 25 in each of the last three weeks. Prior to the 2003 season Johns Hopkins had never been ranked in the top 25 in the nation in football. Since then the Blue Jays have been ranked in the top 25 in the nation 15 times in 24 weeks and have received votes in every poll since the start of the 2003 season.
This week's number 18 ranking marks the seventh time JHU has appeared in the top 20 and is the fifth-highest ranking in school history. The Blue Jays peaked at number 13 in the poll of October 21, 2003.
Friday Night Lights: Friday's game against Gettysburg is the 37th for the Blue Jays on a Friday night at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays, who played their first home Friday night game on September 25, 1982, sport a 24-12-1 (.662) record in Friday night home games, including a 5-2 mark against Gettysburg.
Non-Conference Roll: The 9-6 win over CMU extended JHU's winning streak in non-conference games to 13 games. The Blue Jays last dropped a non-conference game on October 26, 2002 at Randolph-Macon (17-12).
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season Johns Hopkins is 38-10 (.792) at home and has twice enjoyed 10-game winning streaks at Homewood Field during that time. Currently, the Blue Jays have won 15 of their last 17 and 21 of their last 25 at home.
Road Warriors: The win over Dickinson was JHU's eighth straight victory away from Homewood Field and 16th win in its last 18 road games. The eight-game road winning streak is the longest in school history. Johns Hopkins previously had a seven-game road winning streak from 1967-69.
Comeback Kids: The come-from-behind win over Rochester was dramatic in that it ended with Ben Scott's 37-yard field goal with just one second remaining in the fourth quarter, but Jim Margraff-coached teams have excelled in this situation throughout his career. The Blue Jays came from behind to win six times last season, erasing 14-point deficits in wins against Ursinus and Waynesburg (twice).
Last Second Heroics: Prior to this season the last time the Blue Jays came from behind to win in the final minute was in 1997, when Adam Gentile scored on an eight-yard touchdown run with 33 seconds remaining to beat Muhlenberg, 24-21. Ben Scott provided the heroics with a 37-yard field goal with one-second remaining against Rochester. Scott went one better in the win over Carnegie Mellon as he snapped a 6-6 tie with a 24-yard field goal as time expired to lift Hopkins to a 9-6 win.
Seven's Heaven: For all the different numbers and statistics that can be applied to the Johns Hopkins football team, there has been one simple way to measure the success of the Blue Jays recently. Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 24-0 when scoring more than seven points and 0-3 when they have been held to seven points or less.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 60-4 (.938) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...currently, the Blue Jays have won 47 of their last 49 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 68-10-2 (.863) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less since Margraff arrived for the 1990 season...the Blue Jays have won 32 of their last 34 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
Defense Leads The Pack: A trademark of the Johns Hopkins football team is a solid defense. Despite several key injuries the Blue Jays have continued that trend as they rank first in the Centennial Conference in scoring defense (6.8 ppg), total defense (209.6 ypg), rushing defense (102.0 ypg), pass defense (107.6 ypg) and pass efficiency defense (76.9 rating). The Blue Jays rank fourth in the nation in scoring defense and seventh in total defense and pass efficiency defense.
More Defense: The seven points the Blue Jays allowed against Franklin & Marshall marked the fourth time in five games this season that the JHU defense has allowed seven points or less. In addition, the 34 points the Blue Jays have allowed are the second-fewest allowed by a JHU defense in the first five games of a season in the last 45 years. Only the 2003 team, which allowed just 16 points in the first five games of the season, allowed fewer points through five games since 1960 than the 2005 team.
Scoring Defense: Johns Hopkins got a 31-yard fumble return for a touchdown (Adam Luke) and a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown (Adam Colicchio) in the win over Dickinson. This marked the first time since September 29, 2000 (54-13 win over Gettysburg) that Johns Hopkins has scored two defensive touchdowns in the same game.
Shutouts: The 24-0 shutout of Randolph-Macon was JHU's first since October 4, 2003, when JHU beat Dickinson, 30-0. That was the third of three straight shutouts for JHU that year. Johns Hopkins has posted 13 shutouts in 15+ seasons under head coach Jim Margraff. The Blue Jays posted 11 shutouts in the 20 seasons prior to Margraff's arrival in 1990.
Click here for a PDF containing more detailed information about this week's matchup.
Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg Football Notes
Blue Jays, Bullets Battle for First Place on Friday Night
Senior quarterback Zach DiIonno and the Blue Jays host Gettysburg at Homewood Field Friday night.
Oct. 12, 2005
The Game: Johns Hopkins (5-0, 2-0 CC) and Gettysburg (2-3, 1-0) meet with first place in the Centennial Conference on the line. The Blue Jays, who are ranked 18th in this week's AFCA Division III Coaches Poll, and Bullets enter Friday night's game as the only two teams in the league without a league loss as Hopkins has beaten Dickinson (35-14) and Franklin & Marshall (19-7), while the Bullets took down McDaniel (20-17) last Saturday in its CC-opener. While there is still a lot of football left to be played, the winner of tonight's game will control its own destiny in the race for the Centennial Conference Championship.
The Teams: Johns Hopkins posted a 9-2 record, claimed a share of a third straight Centennial Conference Championship and won the ECAC Southeast title in 2004. Gettysburg struggled to a 1-9 overall record, including a 1-5 mark in the Centennial Conference, last season.
Series History: Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg are meeting for the 33rd time tonight in a series that dates back to 1911. The Blue Jays have dominated the series of late winning 10 straight after the Bullets went 18-2-2 in the first 22 meetings.
During the 10-game winning streak the Blue Jays have been on the right side of blowouts and close calls. They have won six of the 10 by 17 points or more (including the last two), while the remaining four have been decided by eight points or less. In addition, the Blue Jays have averaged 30.8 points per game during their 10-game run against the Bullets while allowing an average of just 12.7 points per game.
Title Time: From 1969-2001 the Johns Hopkins football team did not win a title of any kind. In the last three years the Blue Jays have grabbed a share of three straight Centennial Conference titles and won three ECAC Championships (ECAC Southwest-2002, ECAC South Atlantic-2003, ECAC Southeast-2004).
Streaking: The win over Franklin & Marshall improved the Blue Jays' record to 24-3 in their last 27 games, 33-5 in their last 38 and 39-8 in their last 47. These represent the best records ever over those numbers of games in school history.
Seniors Close on School Record: The win over Franklin & Marshall improved JHU's record to 33-5 since the start of the 2002 season. The 33 wins are just one shy of the school record for most wins in a four-year period (34 / 2001-04).
Poll Position: Johns Hopkins jumped from 22nd to 18th in this week's AFCA Division III Coaches Poll. The Blue Jays have now been ranked in the top 25 in each of the last three weeks. Prior to the 2003 season Johns Hopkins had never been ranked in the top 25 in the nation in football. Since then the Blue Jays have been ranked in the top 25 in the nation 15 times in 24 weeks and have received votes in every poll since the start of the 2003 season.
This week's number 18 ranking marks the seventh time JHU has appeared in the top 20 and is the fifth-highest ranking in school history. The Blue Jays peaked at number 13 in the poll of October 21, 2003.
Friday Night Lights: Friday's game against Gettysburg is the 37th for the Blue Jays on a Friday night at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays, who played their first home Friday night game on September 25, 1982, sport a 24-12-1 (.662) record in Friday night home games, including a 5-2 mark against Gettysburg.
Non-Conference Roll: The 9-6 win over CMU extended JHU's winning streak in non-conference games to 13 games. The Blue Jays last dropped a non-conference game on October 26, 2002 at Randolph-Macon (17-12).
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season Johns Hopkins is 38-10 (.792) at home and has twice enjoyed 10-game winning streaks at Homewood Field during that time. Currently, the Blue Jays have won 15 of their last 17 and 21 of their last 25 at home.
Road Warriors: The win over Dickinson was JHU's eighth straight victory away from Homewood Field and 16th win in its last 18 road games. The eight-game road winning streak is the longest in school history. Johns Hopkins previously had a seven-game road winning streak from 1967-69.
Comeback Kids: The come-from-behind win over Rochester was dramatic in that it ended with Ben Scott's 37-yard field goal with just one second remaining in the fourth quarter, but Jim Margraff-coached teams have excelled in this situation throughout his career. The Blue Jays came from behind to win six times last season, erasing 14-point deficits in wins against Ursinus and Waynesburg (twice).
Last Second Heroics: Prior to this season the last time the Blue Jays came from behind to win in the final minute was in 1997, when Adam Gentile scored on an eight-yard touchdown run with 33 seconds remaining to beat Muhlenberg, 24-21. Ben Scott provided the heroics with a 37-yard field goal with one-second remaining against Rochester. Scott went one better in the win over Carnegie Mellon as he snapped a 6-6 tie with a 24-yard field goal as time expired to lift Hopkins to a 9-6 win.
Seven's Heaven: For all the different numbers and statistics that can be applied to the Johns Hopkins football team, there has been one simple way to measure the success of the Blue Jays recently. Since the beginning of the 2003 season the Blue Jays are 24-0 when scoring more than seven points and 0-3 when they have been held to seven points or less.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 60-4 (.938) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...currently, the Blue Jays have won 47 of their last 49 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 68-10-2 (.863) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less since Margraff arrived for the 1990 season...the Blue Jays have won 32 of their last 34 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
Defense Leads The Pack: A trademark of the Johns Hopkins football team is a solid defense. Despite several key injuries the Blue Jays have continued that trend as they rank first in the Centennial Conference in scoring defense (6.8 ppg), total defense (209.6 ypg), rushing defense (102.0 ypg), pass defense (107.6 ypg) and pass efficiency defense (76.9 rating). The Blue Jays rank fourth in the nation in scoring defense and seventh in total defense and pass efficiency defense.
More Defense: The seven points the Blue Jays allowed against Franklin & Marshall marked the fourth time in five games this season that the JHU defense has allowed seven points or less. In addition, the 34 points the Blue Jays have allowed are the second-fewest allowed by a JHU defense in the first five games of a season in the last 45 years. Only the 2003 team, which allowed just 16 points in the first five games of the season, allowed fewer points through five games since 1960 than the 2005 team.
Scoring Defense: Johns Hopkins got a 31-yard fumble return for a touchdown (Adam Luke) and a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown (Adam Colicchio) in the win over Dickinson. This marked the first time since September 29, 2000 (54-13 win over Gettysburg) that Johns Hopkins has scored two defensive touchdowns in the same game.
Shutouts: The 24-0 shutout of Randolph-Macon was JHU's first since October 4, 2003, when JHU beat Dickinson, 30-0. That was the third of three straight shutouts for JHU that year. Johns Hopkins has posted 13 shutouts in 15+ seasons under head coach Jim Margraff. The Blue Jays posted 11 shutouts in the 20 seasons prior to Margraff's arrival in 1990.
Click here for a PDF containing more detailed information about this week's matchup.
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