BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins football team polished off the sixth 10-0 regular season in school history with a 58-7 win over visiting McDaniel at Homewood Field Saturday evening. The Blue Jays (10-0, 6-0 Centennial) also locked up the outright Centennial title for the ninth time in program history with today's win and topped the rival Green Terror (0-10, 0-6 CC) for the 22nd consecutive season.
The Blue Jays got all the offense they would need in the final 24 minutes of the first half as they jumped to a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and tacked on 20 second-quarter points to build a 34-0 lead at the break.
Senior Gabe Feliciano-Munoz got the Blue Jays on the board with just under nine minutes remaining in the first quarter as he returned the first interception of his career 36 yards for a touchdown to give Johns Hopkins a lead it would never relinquish.
While the Blue Jay defense was forcing four punts and turning the Green Terror over on downs once on McDaniel's next five possessions, the Hopkins offense found its grove and scored touchdowns on four consecutive drives, all of which covered at least 60 yards. In succession, the drives included …
• A 22-yard Spencer Uggla scoring run that capped an eight-play, 70-yard drive late in the first quarter.
• A 66-yard Bay Harvey-to-Josh Polce touchdown pass early in the second quarter.
• A four-play, 60-yard drive that Harvey polished off with a 43-yard strike to freshman Cole Crotty.
• A late second-quarter six-yard Uggla scoring run on the 13th-play of a 79-yard drive that ate more than five minutes off the clock and gave Hopkins the 34-0 halftime lead.
After Nick Smith caught the first of his two touchdown passes on the night to open the second half, McDaniel pieced together its best drive of the night as the Green Terror went 59 yards in nine plays with freshman quarterback Angel Granado, Jr. hitting Aaron Gale from 10 yards out to break the Blue Jay shutout.
Hopkins tacked on a 22-yard Max Blacker field goal and fourth quarter touchdown receptions from Smith and junior Marcus Cager to account for the 58-7 final score.
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Johns Hopkins rolled up 559 yard of total offense with 271 on the ground and 288 through the air.
• Senior Aaron Winston recorded the first 100-yard rushing game of his career as he had 104 yards on 21 carries. Uggla added 73 yards and the two scores to help power the running game.
• Harvey played just the first half and was 8-of-14 for 166 yards with the two touchdowns. In all, four Blue Jay quarterbacks combined to go 15-of-26 for 288 yards with five touchdowns.
• Polce (4-92-1) and Smith (4-34-2) were the only two receivers with more than one reception for the Blue Jays.
• Cole Peters led the Blue Jay defense with eight tackles, while Oliver Craddock had six and Feliciano added five to go along with his interception return for a touchdown.
• The Blue Jay defense allowed just the seven points and 240 yards, came up with two interceptions and two sacks and held the Green Terror to just 6-of-18 on third-down attempts. McDaniel was also 0-for-4 on fourth-down attempts.
Inside the Box Score – McDaniel
• Granado was 17-of-39 for 154 yards with one touchdown against one interception and also rushed for a team-high 49 yards.
• Sean Carter (5-57-0), Trent Gaskins (5-42-0) and Logan Marsh (5-31-0) combined for 15 of McDaniel's 17 receptions on the night.}
• Kori Bryant posted a game-high 13 tackles on the night for the Green Terror, while Mamut Conteh added eight tackles, including one for a loss.
Notes of Interest
• The Blue Jays extended their home winning streak to 17 games and their overall winning streak to 13 game.
• JHU has now won 17 consecutive regular season home games in the month of November. The Blue Jays last lost a home regular season game in the month of November in 2007.
Johns Hopkins had already clinched the Centennial Conference's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs entering tonight's game. The playoff bracket will be announced at 5 pm on Sunday, November 12 on ncaa.com.
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