Johns Hopkins University Men’s Football previews a Centennial Conference game at Carnegie Mellon on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in Pittsburgh. The noon matchup will be Johns Hopkins’ first game in the city since 2005, when the Blue Jays defeated Carnegie Mellon, 9-6, on Ben Scott’s game-ending field goal.
Johns Hopkins enters the game with a 1-3 overall record and a 0-1 Centennial Conference mark. Carnegie Mellon is 2-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play after opening its league schedule with a 52-14 win at McDaniel.
Johns Hopkins and Carnegie Mellon Meet in Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins opened Centennial Conference play with a 35-21 loss at Dickinson. The Blue Jays last visited Carnegie Mellon in 2005, and Saturday’s game will mark the program’s first trip to Pittsburgh since that meeting.
Johns Hopkins also played NCAA Playoff games in the Pittsburgh area at Thiel later in the 2005 season and at Washington & Jefferson in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Playoffs.
Luke Baker Leads the Johns Hopkins Offense
Junior quarterback Luke Baker has completed 91 of 150 passes for 1,028 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions through four games. He also has 158 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, ranking second on the team in rushing.
Baker leads the Centennial Conference in passing yards per game at 257.0 and total offense per game at 296.5. His 37 completions at Randolph-Macon rank third in Johns Hopkins single-game program history, behind David Tammaro’s 42 completions at Washington & Lee in 2017 and Hewitt Tomlin’s 39 at Gettysburg in 2011.
Baker also started 47 games as an infielder for the Johns Hopkins baseball team in the spring before the 2026 football season. 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.
Blue Jays Rely on Wide Receiver Depth
Sophomore wide receiver Jaeger Krauss enters the game after recording nine receptions for a career-high 157 yards at Dickinson. Through the reported games, Krauss has 19 receptions for 247 yards and two touchdowns, ranking fifth in the Centennial Conference in receptions and fourth in receiving yards through games of October 3.
Johns Hopkins has been without All-American wide receiver Cole Crotty since he left the season opener against Ithaca with an injury. Crotty had five receptions for 101 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game.
Senior Robbie Enright has 18 receptions for 199 yards and three touchdowns, while sophomore Alex Orecchio has 14 receptions for 222 yards and one touchdown. Freshman running back Cooper Powell has added 17 receptions.
Justin Scully Leads the Defense
Senior Justin Scully leads Johns Hopkins with 41 tackles through four games, including one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup. He recorded a career-high 15 tackles against Susquehanna and had 14 tackles in the season opener against Ithaca.
Scully’s 41 tackles and 10.3 tackles per game both rank third in the Centennial Conference entering the week’s games. Junior Kevin Olah has 19 tackles, five pass breakups and one interception, and his 46-yard interception return at Randolph-Macon set up Johns Hopkins’ second touchdown.
Johns Hopkins Brings Strong October and Road Records
This is the 141st season of Johns Hopkins football. Johns Hopkins first fielded a team in 1882 and enters the game with an all-time record of 621-497-57, a .553 winning percentage.
Johns Hopkins has won 17 Centennial Conference titles and qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 14 times. The Blue Jays have won 49 of their previous 53 games in October dating to 2010 and are 30-9 in their previous 39 road games dating to the start of the 2019 season.
Dating to the start of the 2013 season, Johns Hopkins is 58-14 on the road.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
Johns Hopkins faces a Carnegie Mellon team that opened conference play with a decisive road victory, while the Blue Jays enter after a loss at Dickinson. Baker’s conference-leading production and the receiving contributions of Krauss, Enright and Orecchio give Johns Hopkins important offensive options for its first Pittsburgh trip since 2005.
The historical road and October records provide context, but the immediate challenge is a Centennial Conference matchup between teams with contrasting results in their league openers.
Source: Original report
