Complete Game Notes

OPENING KICK
The Bullets (5-1, 4-1 CC) will look to shake off their first loss of the season as they visit undefeated and 10th-ranked Johns Hopkins University (6-0, 5-0 CC) in a big Centennial Conference match-up under the lights of Homewood Field on Friday at 7 p.m.

GAME COVERAGE
Friday's game can be followed through live stats at http://www.hopkinssports.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mfootbl.html?event=1093720&school=jhop&sport=mfootbl&camefrom=&startschool and live video at http://www.hopkinssports.com/allaccess/?media=328160.

QUICK HITS
1. A victory on Friday night would place the Bullets into a tie with Johns Hopkins for first place in the Centennial Conference standings. A Gettysburg win coupled with a Franklin & Marshall victory over Moravian on Saturday would result in a three-way tie of Gettysburg, Hopkins, and F&M atop the league standings.
2. At 5-1, the Bullets have posted their best record through their first six games since the 1994 team was also 5-1. Gettysburg has also started the year 4-1 in Centennial Conference play for the second year in a row.
3. Gettysburg is ranked among the top-25 in Division III in six different statistical categories. The Bullets lead the nation in kick return average (32.9 ypr) and are fourth in rushing offense (321.8 ypg).

SERIES HISTORY
Gettysburg holds a 20-17-2 lead over Johns Hopkins in the all-time series that began in 1911. The Blue Jays have captured the last four meetings.

LAST TIME OUT
Gettysburg rallied from a 14-point deficit to take the lead with less than six minutes left, but Muhlenberg College answered with a late touchdown on a fake field goal and the Mules came away with a 35-31 victory in Allentown this past Saturday. The Bullets also scored on a fake field goal earlier in the fourth quarter and had taken a 31-28 lead when freshman Robby Fay kicked his first collegiate field goal – a 28-yarder with 5:43 left to play. Senior quarterback Kody Smith passed for three touchdowns and ran for another while sophomore tailback Eddie Hutchins rushed for a season-best 130 yards on just 16 carries. Senior linebacker Larry DelViscio led the defense with a career-high 19 tackles, including 16 solo stops.

Johns Hopkins ran its record to 6-0 with a 49-0 blanking of Dickinson in Carlisle. Senior Jonathan Rigaud rushed for 130 yards and tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns as the Blue Jays pushed their regular season winning streak to 20, their Centennial Conference winning streak to 18, and their road winning streak to 10. Junior Robbie Matey passed for 261 yards and one touchdown while classmate Daniel Wodicka caught six passes for 111 yards. Senior safety Adam Schweyer and freshman linebacker Keith Corliss made eight tackles apiece.

LAST YEAR'S MATCHUP
Johns Hopkins set a Centennial Conference record for points scored and the Blue Jays defeated the Bullets 83-21 at Gettysburg last season. Hewitt Tomlin passed for school records of 501 yards, seven touchdowns, and 39 completions while Daniel Wodicka caught a Blue Jay-record 15 passes for 217 yards. Aden Twer paced Gettysburg with 11 catches - one shy of the school record - for 132 yards and a touchdown while Ted Delia added a 91-yard punt return touchdown for the Bullets.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
As previously mentioned, the Bullets continue to be ranked highly in Division III in numerous statistical categories. Their seven kick returns have yielded a nation-leading 32.9-yard average, and they are also fourth in rushing offense (312.8 ypg), 13th in scoring offense (41.1 ppg), tied for 13th in scoring defense (12.7 ppg), 16th in total offense (483.3 ypg), 21st in total defense (265.0 ypg), 32nd in rushing defense (98.8 ypg), 33rd in sacks (2.83), and 52nd in pass defense (166.2 ypg). Individually, senior tailback Ted Delia is tied for 15th in points per game (11.0) while senior linebacker Larry DelViscio is tied for 28th in tackles per game (11.0). In addition, junior Tommy LeNoir is 32nd in punt return average (11.2 ypr) while senior safety Drew Olsen is tied for 54th in interceptions per game (0.50).

THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE
Gettysburg has utilized incredible depth to power its offense. No Bullet has averaged over 80 rushing yards per game, but three players - senior tailback Ted Delia (78.2 ypg), sophomore tailback Eddie Hutchins (68.5 ypg), and senior quarterback Kody Smith (67.5 ypg) have posted between 67 and 78 yards per game. Delia leads the team with 11 rushing touchdowns, Smith has scrambled for six TDs, and Hutchins has scored four times. Smith has passed for 10 touchdowns and 169.2 yards per game while exceeding the 1,000-yard mark for the year and the 3,000-yard plateau for his career against Muhlenberg. Fourteen different players have caught a pass this season - the most since 15 Bullets logged a reception in the 2007 campaign. Junior receiver Aden Twer leads the team with 15 receptions for 36.8 yards per game and two touchdowns while senior wideout Kyle Davis has hauled in 11 passes for 29.8 yards per game and one TD. Senior tight end Matt Brophy is the team leader in touchdown catches with three.

THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE
The Bullets enter Friday's game tied with Johns Hopkins in scoring defense, yielding just 12.7 points per game. Senior linebacker Larry DelViscio leads the team and the Centennial Conference with 66 tackles while junior linebacker Cody DiAmore has contributed 46 hits, four pass break-ups, and two interceptions. Freshman linebacker Kodie McNamara has added 41 tackles. Gettysburg has totaled 17 sacks from 11 different players - the most since 11 Bullets contributed to 21 sacks in 2006. Senior defense end Chris Nolan leads the team with 4.0 sacks while senior defensive ends Joe Ventresca and Mark Covington have posted 3.5 sacks and 8.0 tackles for loss, respectively.

THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS
Freshman Robby Fay continues to serve all three of the team's kicking duties on kickoffs, field goals/extra points, and punts. He has converted 30-of-33 extra-points, made his only field-goal attempt, and has averaged 35.7 yards on 18 punts. Junior Tommy LeNoir has made 15 of Gettysburg's 18 punt returns for an 11.2-yard average while sophomore Freddy Caruso has averaged an impressive 46.3 yards per kickoff return on three attempts, including an 89-yarder for a touchdown on the opening kickoff against Misericordia.

SCOUTING JOHNS HOPKINS
The Blue Jays have played well on both sides of the ball and rank among the leaders in Division III in numerous categories. Defensively, they are fifth nationally in sacks (4.00 spg), seventh in scoring defense (229.3 ypg), and ninth in rushing defense (67.0 ypg). Hopkins also ranks 12th in Division III in total offense (499.3 ypg), tied for 13th in scoring defense (12.7 ppg), 16th in scoring offense (40.1 ppg), 26th in rushing offense (239.3 ypg), 32nd in pass efficiency (156.28), and 41st in pass defense (162.3 ypg). Senior tailback Jonathan Rigaud has rushed for 101.8 yards per game and 12 touchdowns to rank tied for ninth in Division III in scoring at 12.0 points per game. Junior quarterback Robbie Matey has passed for 245.8 yards per game, nine touchdowns, and nine interceptions while completing 73.7 percent of his passes. Junior receiver Daniel Wodicka leads the team with 42 receptions for 71.5 yards per game and a pair of touchdowns. Senior safety Adam Schweyer leads the Blue Jays with 42 tackles to go with a pair of interceptions while senior linebacker Taylor Maciow has added 41 stops.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
In honor of his career-high 19-tackle performance at Muhlenberg, senior linebacker Larry DelViscio was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for the second time this season and the fourth time in his career. DelViscio, who racked up 16 solo stops and 1.0 sack against the Mules, also broke into Gettysburg's career top-10 list for tackles against Muhlenberg and currently ranks 10th with 267. He is also seventh all-time at Gettysburg in tackles for loss (29.5).

NATIONAL RECOGNITION
For the fifth week in a row, the Bullets were among those “receiving votes” in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Top-25 Coaches' Poll. Gettysburg received five votes and were joined in the poll by fellow Centennial Conference members Johns Hopkins (ranked 10th) and Muhlenberg (received one vote).

THE COACHES
Barry Streeter is now in his 34th year at the helm of the Bullets. With 172 career victories, he is tied for ninth among active Division III coaches in wins. He is also tied for 21st on the all-time Division III coaches win list. Streeter, who owns a career record of 172-163-5, is Gettysburg's all-time winningest and longest-tenured football coach in program history. In addition, his 103 Centennial Conference football wins are second in conference history.

Jim Margraff is in the midst of his 23rd season at Johns Hopkins. He has guided the Blue Jays to a record of 153-79-3 and is the program's all-time winningest coach. Margraff has led Hopkins to at least a share of the last three Centennial Conference titles.