Johns Hopkins University Athletics men’s football will visit McDaniel on Nov. 7 for the 104th all-time meeting between the teams. Kickoff is scheduled for noon in Westminster, Maryland, with Johns Hopkins entering the Centennial Conference matchup at 3-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
McDaniel is 1-7 overall and 0-5 in the Centennial Conference. Johns Hopkins has won its last two games, including a 31-28 victory over Muhlenberg in its previous game after Kaleb Wayt made a 39-yard field goal with two seconds remaining.
Johns Hopkins and McDaniel enter after opposite results
Johns Hopkins defeated Muhlenberg at Homewood Field in its previous game. The Blue Jays became the first college football team in 87 years to win a game on a fair catch free kick when Wayt converted the 39-yard attempt in the final seconds.
McDaniel lost its previous game, 26-0, to Franklin & Marshall at home. The result was McDaniel’s seventh consecutive loss entering the meeting with Johns Hopkins.
Johns Hopkins players to watch
Senior Sawyer Olson ranks third on Johns Hopkins with 47 tackles through eight games. He leads the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks and has two fumble recoveries, while his recent performances included five tackles and a career-high two sacks against Muhlenberg.
Senior Robby Enright leads Johns Hopkins through eight games with 35 receptions, 392 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions. He has 103 career receptions for 1,407 yards and 16 touchdowns, becoming the 23rd player in program history to reach 100 career receptions.
Sophomore linebacker Cole Stup ranks second on the team with 59 tackles through eight games. Senior Justin Scully has 61 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, half a sack and two pass breakups, while junior Kevin Olah has 34 tackles, a team-high eight pass breakups and two interceptions.
Senior Chase Alley leads the Centennial Conference with an average of 42.1 punting yards per attempt this season. He had a 56-yard punt against Muhlenberg that was downed at the two-yard line and eventually led to Wayt’s game-winning fair catch free kick.
Johns Hopkins football notes
This is the 141st season of Johns Hopkins football, which first fielded a team in 1882. The Blue Jays enter the game with an all-time record of 623-499-57 (.553).
Johns Hopkins has won 17 Centennial Conference titles and qualified for the NCAA Playoffs 14 times. The Blue Jays are 24-3 in November dating back to 2018 and have won 51 of their last 57 games in October dating back to 2010.
Johns Hopkins has converted 13 of 25 fourth-down attempts this season. The Blue Jays went 5-for-5 on fourth down in their 40-14 victory over Gettysburg and scored four touchdowns on fourth-down plays in that game.
Johns Hopkins is 30-11 in its last 41 road games dating back to the start of the 2019 season. The game at McDaniel is the Blue Jays’ final regular-season road contest.
What comes next
Johns Hopkins is scheduled to return home after the game at McDaniel for a Nov. 13 matchup against Franklin & Marshall. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Maryland Sports Blog Take
Johns Hopkins enters the 104th meeting with McDaniel after winning its last two games, while the Green Terror brings a 0-5 conference record into the matchup. The Blue Jays also have several productive players to monitor, including Olson, Stup, Enright, Wayt and Alley.
The road setting will test Johns Hopkins against a McDaniel team playing at home, but the Blue Jays have gone 30-11 in their last 41 road games. The noon kickoff gives Johns Hopkins an opportunity to improve its Centennial Conference record and continue its recent November success.
Source: Original report
