Bullets to Visit Johns Hopkins in Centennial Opener
From the Gettysburg College Website:
Football to Visit Johns Hopkins in Centennial Opener
Conference Opener
Gettysburg opens its Centennial Conference slate as it takes on Johns Hopkins University on Friday at 7 p.m. at Homewood Field. The Bullets are 13-11 all-time in Centennial Conference openers.
Game Coverage
Friday’s game will be broadcast by WJHU Radio and webcast at http://www.wjhuradio.com. The game can also be followed through Livestats at http://hopkinssports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/jhop-m-footbl-sched.html.
Under the Lights
Friday’s game will mark Gettysburg’s first night game in two years. The Bullets have not played a game under the lights since their last trip to Johns Hopkins, a 14-0 Blue Jay victory on Sept. 9, 2005.
Last Week
Senior tailback Tom Sturges became Gettysburg’s fifth career 3,000-yard rusher, but the Bullets dropped a 54-7 non-conference decision at non-conference foe Hampden-Sydney College last Saturday in Hampden-Sydney, Va. The Tigers led just 7-0 before piling up 40 points over the second and third quarters. Hampden-Sydney led 30-0 at halftime following a 39-yard Hail-Mary touchdown pass on the final play of the opening half. The Tigers continued their run in the second half, scoring three more touchdown to extend their lead to 54-0. The Bullets got on the scoreboard when sophomore quarterback Matt Flynn hit senior receiver Matt Welsh with a 24-yard touchdown pass with 9:56 left. Turnovers proved to be costly for Gettysburg, as four of the Bullets’ five giveaways led to Hampden-Sydney touchdowns. Sturges finished with 74 yards rushing while Flynn completed a career-high 20 of 40 passes for 198 yards. Sophomore halfback Ricky Manigat caught seven passes for 50 yards while junior defensive end Conor Quinn made a career-high 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack.
Last Season’s Game
Gettysburg scored two touchdowns over a 4:17 span midway through the fourth quarter to erase a three-point deficit en route to a 23-18 win over Johns Hopkins at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium on Homecoming. The victory gave the Bullets their first win over Johns Hopkins since 1994, snapping an 11-game skid. Matt Flynn, who threw for 225 yards on 13-of-22 passing, hit Matt Welsh with a 20-yard touchdown pass with 10:58 to put the Bullets up 16-12. Tom Sturges ran for a 13-run touchdown with 6:39 on the clock to give Gettysburg a 23-12 advantage before the Blue Jays added a late touchdown. Sturges finished with 109 yards rushing while Welsh caught five passes for 103 yards. Johns Hopkins kicker Ben Scott set a school record with four field goals.
Scouting Johns Hopkins
Like Gettysburg, the Blue Jays are off to a 1-1 start after a wild 18-9 non-conference loss to Randolph-Macon last Saturday. The Blue Jays owned better than a six-minute advantage in possession and limited the Yellow Jackets’ offense to a field goal, but Randolph-Macon scored 15 points on a safety, a fumble return for a touchdown, and an interception return for a touchdown. Johns Hopkins scored on a two-point defensive extra point following a blocked PAT to go in front 9-8 at halftime but the Yellow Jackets blanked Hopkins the rest of the, going ahead to stay on a 40-yard field goal with 14:50 left. The Blue Jays were held to 207 yards of total offense, including just 82 on the ground.
For the season, Johns Hopkins has held its opponents to 13.0 points per game, a mark that ranks third in the Centennial Conference. The Blue Jays also rank third in the conference against the run, yielding only 94.0 yards per game, and are tops in the Centennial with eight sacks. Senior tailback Phil Roberts is the team’s top ball carrier, averaging 73.0 yards per game with a pair of touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Michael Murray has completed 62.5% of his passes (35-for-56) but has yet to throw a touchdown and is guilty of four interceptions. Defensively, linebacker Adam Winter has posted 19 tackles, including 3.5 for loss, to go with 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble. Linebacker Zach Rosswog has also made 19 tackles while Colin Wixted has piled up 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Reaching 3,000
Against Hampden-Sydney on Saturday, Sturges became the fifth Bullet in school history to reach 3,000 career rushing yards. He finished the game with 74 yards, bringing his current total to 3,034, which ranks fifth all-time at Gettysburg. The school’s 2,000-yard rushing club is listed below:
Player Years Att. Yds.
Paul Smith 1996-99 881 5,205
Dwayne Marcus 1991-94 690 3,852
Scott Dudak 1978-81 736 3,774
Ray Condren 1981-84 667 3,312
Tom Sturges 2004-07 679 3,036
Shannon Forsythe 1992-95 497 2,747
Paul Martin 1982-85 398 2,053
Climbing the Charts
With six more tackles, senior linebacker Harold Barton can move into 10th on the Bullets’ career list. He currently has 242 career hits, good for 12th all-time at Gettysburg. A partial all-time Gettysburg tackles chart is listed below:
Rank Player Years Tackles
1 Ryan Moore 1988-2001 430
10 Jason Osborn 1995-97 247
11 Michael Schmidt 2002-05 243
12 Harold Barton 2003- 242
Hit Man
Junior defensive end Conor Quinn has posted double-digits in tackles in each of the Bullets’ first two games. After making 10 tackles and a sack against Lebanon Valley, he totaled a team-high 11 takedowns, including 2.5 for loss, and another sack at Hampden-Sydney. Dating back to last season’s season finale against Franklin & Marshall, Quinn has registered a sack in his last three games.
Conference Honors
Senior tailback Tom Sturges was named the Centennial Conference Offensive Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 2 following his 220-yard rushing, four-touchdown performance in Gettysburg’s season-opening 49-25 win against Lebanon Valley. It was the eighth time in his career that Sturges earned Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Lighting up the Scoreboard
Gettysburg’s 49 points scored against Lebanon Valley marked the team’s highest offensive output since, ironically, its 52-7 win over the Flying Dutchmen on Sept. 6, 2003. That victory was the 500th in Gettysburg football history and the first game played on the artificial surface of Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
Home, Sweet Home
Gettysburg has enjoyed incredible success at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium recently. With their victory over Lebanon Valley, the Bullets won their ninth straight home game. Last year, the Bullets posted a perfect 5-0 record on their home turf. They have not lost at home since falling 41-20 to Rochester on Sept. 17, 2005.
Head of the Class
Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter is the longest-tenured and winningest football coach in Gettysburg history. He surpassed Hen Bream (1927-51), who coached for 22 seasons, in 2000. Streeter won his 105th career game against Muhlenberg in 1995 to take over the career wins lead. Now in his 29th season as head coach, he has a 142-138-5 (.507) career record.
Coaches’ Corner
Head Coach Barry Streeter on the Bullets’ Loss at Hampden-Sydney
“We watched the film and examined everything from A to Z to see what needed to be corrected. You can’t dwell on it, and it’s too early to draw too many conclusions from it.”
Streeter on Gettysburg’s Five Turnovers Against Hampden-Sydney
“That’s totally uncharacteristic of us. But that was a huge part of the game - it was 5-0 in turnovers. A lot of it was concentration. There were a couple of players who just had bad days.”
Streeter on Hampden-Sydney’s Offensive Performance
“We know that they’ve had an explosive offense in the past. They’ve always had good athletes at the skill positions, so that didn’t surprise us. We just didn’t rise to the occasion.”
Streeter on Gettysburg’s Centennial Conference Opener
“It’s a little different this week because it’s on a Friday. But from a mental standpoint, I think the kids are taking it one game at a time. But they know how important it is to get started on the right foot.”
Streeter on Johns Hopkins
“They will be very tough defensively. That’s been their MO for a number of years. They have an eight-man front and show you a lot of different looks. Offensively, they’re a Multiple-I team with an excellent running back, and they have a well-conceived passing game. They’re very well-balanced in what they do.”
From the Johns Hopkins Website:
Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg Football Notes
Blue Jays Host Bullets in Lone Friday Night Game of 2007 Season
Sept. 12, 2007
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Game: Johns Hopkins plays the second of three straight home games as the Blue Jays host Gettysburg in the only Friday night game of the year for Hopkins. Both teams enter the game at 1-1 after season-opening victories that were followed by week two losses.
About the Coaches: Jim Margraff is now in his 18th season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins and carries a 108-64-3 (.626) record into this week's game against Gettysburg. The all-time winningest coach in school history, Margraff has guided the Blue Jays to four Centennial Conference Championships, three ECAC titles and one appearance in the NCAA Playoffs. In addition to his overall totals, he also ranks among the all-time winningest coaches in the history of the Centennial Conference as he sports a 69-42-2 (.619) record in league play.
The dean of Centennial Conference head coaches, Barry Streeter is now in his 29th season as the head coach at Gettysburg. Streeter sports an all-time record of 142-138-5 and ranks 13th among active Division III head coaches in victories. His 75 all-time Centennial Conference victories leave him just two shy of tying Franklin & Marshall's Tom Gilburg for first place in league history.
ODAC Blues: Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg both enter tonight's game looking to bounce back from disheartening losses against opponents from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Blue Jays dropped an 18-9 decision to Randolph-Macon in one of the strangest games ever played in the 100-year history of Homewood Field. The Yellow Jackets got a safety, scored on an offensive fumble recovery in the end zone and capped the win with a 25-yard interception return for a score in the final 30 seconds. Gettysburg spotted Hampden-Sydney a 33-0 halftime lead and fell to the Tigers 54-7.
Friday Night Lights: A staple of the Johns Hopkins schedule is at least one Friday night game and this year only the Bullets agreed to come to Homewood to play under the lights. Actually, head coach Barry Streeter is the only coach who has regularly agreed to play at Homewood on Friday night as this is the seventh straight meeting between JHU and Gettysburg in Baltimore that has taken place on Friday night. The Blue Jays have compiled an all-time record of 25-12-1 (.671) since hosting Widener on September 25, 1982 in the first Friday night game in school history. The Blue Jays are 21-7-1 (.741) in home Friday night games under head coach Jim Margraff.
Second of Three Straight at Home: Tonight's game is the second of three straight games the Blue Jays will play at Homewood Field. The last time Hopkins played three straight regular-season games at home was early in the 2002 season, when JHU knocked off Rochester, Carnegie Mellon and Gettysburg in successive weeks. Prior to that, the last time JHU had played three straight at home was in 1979, when the Blue Jays ended the year with three straight at Homewood. The 1979 team was led by a sophomore quarterback named Jim Margraff.
Centennial Openers: Johns Hopkins has been one of the most successul teams in the Centennial Conference in league openers as the Blue Jays have won 14 of their last 16 Centennial openers and are 14-3 under head coach Jim Margraff in CC lid lifters. JHU's record in Centennial openers before Margraff took over in 1990 was 1-6 and JHU's overall record in such games (15-9) ranks as the second-best in league history. Only Franklin & Marshall, which fashions a 17-7 all-time record in Centennial-openers, sports a better record than Johns Hopkins.
September Reign: Despite the loss against Randolph-Macon last Saturday, the Blue Jays still sport a 21-6 record in the month of September since the start of the 2000 season and a 32-11 mark since the start of the 1995 season.
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season Johns Hopkins is 43-15 (.741) at home and has twice enjoyed 10-game winning streaks at Homewood Field during that time.
Streaking: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 42-14 (.750) record. Taking it back further the Blue Jays are 48-17 (.738) since the start of the 2001 season and 53-22 (.707) since the begininng of the 2000 season. The 53 wins the Blue Jays have amassed this decade are already just two shy of the school record for wins in a decade (55/1990s).
More Streaking: The field goal (Hampden-Sydney) and safety (Randolph-Macon) the Blue Jays have allowed in the first quarter this season represent the only points JHU has allowed in the first quarter in the last 10 games dating back to the third game of the 2006 season. JHU's streak of consecutive games without allowing a touchdown in the first quarter now stands at 10.
Comeback Kids: The 17-16 win at Hampden-Sydney was the latest in a long line of comebacks for the Blue Jays. JHU has 10 come-from-behind wins to its credit since the start of the 2004 season. The Blue Jays posted an amazing six come-from-behind wins in 2004 and two more in 2005. Randolph-Macon's 14-0 lead last season was the largest overcome by the Blue Jays since JHU came back from a 14-0 deficit to knock off Ursinus, 20-14, on October 30, 2004.
Block Party: Johns Hopkins blocked exactly three kicks in the first nine games of the 2006 season, but in the last three games (vs. McDaniel last season and against Hampden-Sydney and Randolph-Macon this season), the Blue Jays have come up with five blocked kicks. The latest of these came late in the second quarter of last week's game against Randolph-Macon, when senior Chris DiForte slipped through the middle of the line and blocked an extra point. Senior co-captain Dan Requena scooped up the loose ball and raced 85 yards for a two-point defensive extra point that gave JHU a 9-8 lead at the half.
Shutouts: Johns Hopkins has posted 14 shutouts in 17+ seasons under head coach Jim Margraff and the two in 2005 mark the fourth time in the Margraff era that JHU has posted two or more shutouts in one year (1992 (2), 1996 (2), 2003 (3), 2005 (2)). The Blue Jays posted 11 shutouts in the 20 seasons prior to Margraff's arrival.
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 33-7 when scoring more than seven points and 0-5 when they have been held to seven points or less.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 64-4 (.941) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...the Blue Jays have won 51 of their last 53 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 78-10-2 (.878) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less under Margraff...the Blue Jays have won 45 of their last 47 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
It's All Academic: Johns Hopkins has earned 23 Academic All-District selections since 2003. JHU's 23 selections in that time are more than the other CC football-playing schools combined.
Individual Player Notes of Interest Included in PDF Version
Football to Visit Johns Hopkins in Centennial Opener
Conference Opener
Gettysburg opens its Centennial Conference slate as it takes on Johns Hopkins University on Friday at 7 p.m. at Homewood Field. The Bullets are 13-11 all-time in Centennial Conference openers.
Game Coverage
Friday’s game will be broadcast by WJHU Radio and webcast at http://www.wjhuradio.com. The game can also be followed through Livestats at http://hopkinssports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/jhop-m-footbl-sched.html.
Under the Lights
Friday’s game will mark Gettysburg’s first night game in two years. The Bullets have not played a game under the lights since their last trip to Johns Hopkins, a 14-0 Blue Jay victory on Sept. 9, 2005.
Last Week
Senior tailback Tom Sturges became Gettysburg’s fifth career 3,000-yard rusher, but the Bullets dropped a 54-7 non-conference decision at non-conference foe Hampden-Sydney College last Saturday in Hampden-Sydney, Va. The Tigers led just 7-0 before piling up 40 points over the second and third quarters. Hampden-Sydney led 30-0 at halftime following a 39-yard Hail-Mary touchdown pass on the final play of the opening half. The Tigers continued their run in the second half, scoring three more touchdown to extend their lead to 54-0. The Bullets got on the scoreboard when sophomore quarterback Matt Flynn hit senior receiver Matt Welsh with a 24-yard touchdown pass with 9:56 left. Turnovers proved to be costly for Gettysburg, as four of the Bullets’ five giveaways led to Hampden-Sydney touchdowns. Sturges finished with 74 yards rushing while Flynn completed a career-high 20 of 40 passes for 198 yards. Sophomore halfback Ricky Manigat caught seven passes for 50 yards while junior defensive end Conor Quinn made a career-high 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack.
Last Season’s Game
Gettysburg scored two touchdowns over a 4:17 span midway through the fourth quarter to erase a three-point deficit en route to a 23-18 win over Johns Hopkins at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium on Homecoming. The victory gave the Bullets their first win over Johns Hopkins since 1994, snapping an 11-game skid. Matt Flynn, who threw for 225 yards on 13-of-22 passing, hit Matt Welsh with a 20-yard touchdown pass with 10:58 to put the Bullets up 16-12. Tom Sturges ran for a 13-run touchdown with 6:39 on the clock to give Gettysburg a 23-12 advantage before the Blue Jays added a late touchdown. Sturges finished with 109 yards rushing while Welsh caught five passes for 103 yards. Johns Hopkins kicker Ben Scott set a school record with four field goals.
Scouting Johns Hopkins
Like Gettysburg, the Blue Jays are off to a 1-1 start after a wild 18-9 non-conference loss to Randolph-Macon last Saturday. The Blue Jays owned better than a six-minute advantage in possession and limited the Yellow Jackets’ offense to a field goal, but Randolph-Macon scored 15 points on a safety, a fumble return for a touchdown, and an interception return for a touchdown. Johns Hopkins scored on a two-point defensive extra point following a blocked PAT to go in front 9-8 at halftime but the Yellow Jackets blanked Hopkins the rest of the, going ahead to stay on a 40-yard field goal with 14:50 left. The Blue Jays were held to 207 yards of total offense, including just 82 on the ground.
For the season, Johns Hopkins has held its opponents to 13.0 points per game, a mark that ranks third in the Centennial Conference. The Blue Jays also rank third in the conference against the run, yielding only 94.0 yards per game, and are tops in the Centennial with eight sacks. Senior tailback Phil Roberts is the team’s top ball carrier, averaging 73.0 yards per game with a pair of touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Michael Murray has completed 62.5% of his passes (35-for-56) but has yet to throw a touchdown and is guilty of four interceptions. Defensively, linebacker Adam Winter has posted 19 tackles, including 3.5 for loss, to go with 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble. Linebacker Zach Rosswog has also made 19 tackles while Colin Wixted has piled up 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Reaching 3,000
Against Hampden-Sydney on Saturday, Sturges became the fifth Bullet in school history to reach 3,000 career rushing yards. He finished the game with 74 yards, bringing his current total to 3,034, which ranks fifth all-time at Gettysburg. The school’s 2,000-yard rushing club is listed below:
Player Years Att. Yds.
Paul Smith 1996-99 881 5,205
Dwayne Marcus 1991-94 690 3,852
Scott Dudak 1978-81 736 3,774
Ray Condren 1981-84 667 3,312
Tom Sturges 2004-07 679 3,036
Shannon Forsythe 1992-95 497 2,747
Paul Martin 1982-85 398 2,053
Climbing the Charts
With six more tackles, senior linebacker Harold Barton can move into 10th on the Bullets’ career list. He currently has 242 career hits, good for 12th all-time at Gettysburg. A partial all-time Gettysburg tackles chart is listed below:
Rank Player Years Tackles
1 Ryan Moore 1988-2001 430
10 Jason Osborn 1995-97 247
11 Michael Schmidt 2002-05 243
12 Harold Barton 2003- 242
Hit Man
Junior defensive end Conor Quinn has posted double-digits in tackles in each of the Bullets’ first two games. After making 10 tackles and a sack against Lebanon Valley, he totaled a team-high 11 takedowns, including 2.5 for loss, and another sack at Hampden-Sydney. Dating back to last season’s season finale against Franklin & Marshall, Quinn has registered a sack in his last three games.
Conference Honors
Senior tailback Tom Sturges was named the Centennial Conference Offensive Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 2 following his 220-yard rushing, four-touchdown performance in Gettysburg’s season-opening 49-25 win against Lebanon Valley. It was the eighth time in his career that Sturges earned Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Lighting up the Scoreboard
Gettysburg’s 49 points scored against Lebanon Valley marked the team’s highest offensive output since, ironically, its 52-7 win over the Flying Dutchmen on Sept. 6, 2003. That victory was the 500th in Gettysburg football history and the first game played on the artificial surface of Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
Home, Sweet Home
Gettysburg has enjoyed incredible success at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium recently. With their victory over Lebanon Valley, the Bullets won their ninth straight home game. Last year, the Bullets posted a perfect 5-0 record on their home turf. They have not lost at home since falling 41-20 to Rochester on Sept. 17, 2005.
Head of the Class
Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter is the longest-tenured and winningest football coach in Gettysburg history. He surpassed Hen Bream (1927-51), who coached for 22 seasons, in 2000. Streeter won his 105th career game against Muhlenberg in 1995 to take over the career wins lead. Now in his 29th season as head coach, he has a 142-138-5 (.507) career record.
Coaches’ Corner
Head Coach Barry Streeter on the Bullets’ Loss at Hampden-Sydney
“We watched the film and examined everything from A to Z to see what needed to be corrected. You can’t dwell on it, and it’s too early to draw too many conclusions from it.”
Streeter on Gettysburg’s Five Turnovers Against Hampden-Sydney
“That’s totally uncharacteristic of us. But that was a huge part of the game - it was 5-0 in turnovers. A lot of it was concentration. There were a couple of players who just had bad days.”
Streeter on Hampden-Sydney’s Offensive Performance
“We know that they’ve had an explosive offense in the past. They’ve always had good athletes at the skill positions, so that didn’t surprise us. We just didn’t rise to the occasion.”
Streeter on Gettysburg’s Centennial Conference Opener
“It’s a little different this week because it’s on a Friday. But from a mental standpoint, I think the kids are taking it one game at a time. But they know how important it is to get started on the right foot.”
Streeter on Johns Hopkins
“They will be very tough defensively. That’s been their MO for a number of years. They have an eight-man front and show you a lot of different looks. Offensively, they’re a Multiple-I team with an excellent running back, and they have a well-conceived passing game. They’re very well-balanced in what they do.”
From the Johns Hopkins Website:
Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg Football Notes
Blue Jays Host Bullets in Lone Friday Night Game of 2007 Season
Sept. 12, 2007
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Game: Johns Hopkins plays the second of three straight home games as the Blue Jays host Gettysburg in the only Friday night game of the year for Hopkins. Both teams enter the game at 1-1 after season-opening victories that were followed by week two losses.
About the Coaches: Jim Margraff is now in his 18th season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins and carries a 108-64-3 (.626) record into this week's game against Gettysburg. The all-time winningest coach in school history, Margraff has guided the Blue Jays to four Centennial Conference Championships, three ECAC titles and one appearance in the NCAA Playoffs. In addition to his overall totals, he also ranks among the all-time winningest coaches in the history of the Centennial Conference as he sports a 69-42-2 (.619) record in league play.
The dean of Centennial Conference head coaches, Barry Streeter is now in his 29th season as the head coach at Gettysburg. Streeter sports an all-time record of 142-138-5 and ranks 13th among active Division III head coaches in victories. His 75 all-time Centennial Conference victories leave him just two shy of tying Franklin & Marshall's Tom Gilburg for first place in league history.
ODAC Blues: Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg both enter tonight's game looking to bounce back from disheartening losses against opponents from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Blue Jays dropped an 18-9 decision to Randolph-Macon in one of the strangest games ever played in the 100-year history of Homewood Field. The Yellow Jackets got a safety, scored on an offensive fumble recovery in the end zone and capped the win with a 25-yard interception return for a score in the final 30 seconds. Gettysburg spotted Hampden-Sydney a 33-0 halftime lead and fell to the Tigers 54-7.
Friday Night Lights: A staple of the Johns Hopkins schedule is at least one Friday night game and this year only the Bullets agreed to come to Homewood to play under the lights. Actually, head coach Barry Streeter is the only coach who has regularly agreed to play at Homewood on Friday night as this is the seventh straight meeting between JHU and Gettysburg in Baltimore that has taken place on Friday night. The Blue Jays have compiled an all-time record of 25-12-1 (.671) since hosting Widener on September 25, 1982 in the first Friday night game in school history. The Blue Jays are 21-7-1 (.741) in home Friday night games under head coach Jim Margraff.
Second of Three Straight at Home: Tonight's game is the second of three straight games the Blue Jays will play at Homewood Field. The last time Hopkins played three straight regular-season games at home was early in the 2002 season, when JHU knocked off Rochester, Carnegie Mellon and Gettysburg in successive weeks. Prior to that, the last time JHU had played three straight at home was in 1979, when the Blue Jays ended the year with three straight at Homewood. The 1979 team was led by a sophomore quarterback named Jim Margraff.
Centennial Openers: Johns Hopkins has been one of the most successul teams in the Centennial Conference in league openers as the Blue Jays have won 14 of their last 16 Centennial openers and are 14-3 under head coach Jim Margraff in CC lid lifters. JHU's record in Centennial openers before Margraff took over in 1990 was 1-6 and JHU's overall record in such games (15-9) ranks as the second-best in league history. Only Franklin & Marshall, which fashions a 17-7 all-time record in Centennial-openers, sports a better record than Johns Hopkins.
September Reign: Despite the loss against Randolph-Macon last Saturday, the Blue Jays still sport a 21-6 record in the month of September since the start of the 2000 season and a 32-11 mark since the start of the 1995 season.
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season Johns Hopkins is 43-15 (.741) at home and has twice enjoyed 10-game winning streaks at Homewood Field during that time.
Streaking: Since the start of the 2002 season the Blue Jays sport a 42-14 (.750) record. Taking it back further the Blue Jays are 48-17 (.738) since the start of the 2001 season and 53-22 (.707) since the begininng of the 2000 season. The 53 wins the Blue Jays have amassed this decade are already just two shy of the school record for wins in a decade (55/1990s).
More Streaking: The field goal (Hampden-Sydney) and safety (Randolph-Macon) the Blue Jays have allowed in the first quarter this season represent the only points JHU has allowed in the first quarter in the last 10 games dating back to the third game of the 2006 season. JHU's streak of consecutive games without allowing a touchdown in the first quarter now stands at 10.
Comeback Kids: The 17-16 win at Hampden-Sydney was the latest in a long line of comebacks for the Blue Jays. JHU has 10 come-from-behind wins to its credit since the start of the 2004 season. The Blue Jays posted an amazing six come-from-behind wins in 2004 and two more in 2005. Randolph-Macon's 14-0 lead last season was the largest overcome by the Blue Jays since JHU came back from a 14-0 deficit to knock off Ursinus, 20-14, on October 30, 2004.
Block Party: Johns Hopkins blocked exactly three kicks in the first nine games of the 2006 season, but in the last three games (vs. McDaniel last season and against Hampden-Sydney and Randolph-Macon this season), the Blue Jays have come up with five blocked kicks. The latest of these came late in the second quarter of last week's game against Randolph-Macon, when senior Chris DiForte slipped through the middle of the line and blocked an extra point. Senior co-captain Dan Requena scooped up the loose ball and raced 85 yards for a two-point defensive extra point that gave JHU a 9-8 lead at the half.
Shutouts: Johns Hopkins has posted 14 shutouts in 17+ seasons under head coach Jim Margraff and the two in 2005 mark the fourth time in the Margraff era that JHU has posted two or more shutouts in one year (1992 (2), 1996 (2), 2003 (3), 2005 (2)). The Blue Jays posted 11 shutouts in the 20 seasons prior to Margraff's arrival.
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 33-7 when scoring more than seven points and 0-5 when they have been held to seven points or less.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 64-4 (.941) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...the Blue Jays have won 51 of their last 53 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 78-10-2 (.878) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less under Margraff...the Blue Jays have won 45 of their last 47 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
It's All Academic: Johns Hopkins has earned 23 Academic All-District selections since 2003. JHU's 23 selections in that time are more than the other CC football-playing schools combined.
Individual Player Notes of Interest Included in PDF Version
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