GETTYSBURG, Pa.  – For the second time this season, Gettysburg College will play under the lights as the Bullets take on defending Centennial Conference champion and 22nd-ranked Johns Hopkins University this Friday at 7 p.m.
 
OPENING KICKOFF
Gettysburg (2-4, 2-3 CC) entered last weekend's bye riding a two-game winning streak. The Bullets rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to knock off Juniata College 42-35 on Oct. 7. Johns Hopkins (5-1, 4-1 CC) bounced back from its first Centennial Conference loss in five years with a 45-7 dismantling of Franklin & Marshall College before the bye week.
 
GAME COVERAGE
Friday's game will feature live video and live stats courtesy of Johns Hopkins and Stretch Internet. A full recap of the game will be posted on GettysburgSports.com with additional in-game updates sent out via Twitter.
 
THE SERIES
A nine-game winning streak has propelled Johns Hopkins to a 22-20-2 lead in the all-time series with Gettysburg. The Blue Jays have won 20 of the last 22 meetings dating back to 1995. Gettysburg's last win in Baltimore was a 41-10 decision in 2007.
 
LAST MEETING
Eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins ran off 38 points in the opening half on the way to a 54-14 decision at Homewood Field last October. Junior Justin Davidov (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining) accounted for both Gettysburg scores, rushing in for a four-yard tally in and throwing a 37-yard pass to junior Ty Abdul-Karim (Washington, D.C./Woodberry Forest (Va.)) in the fourth quarter. Johns Hopkins posted 34 first downs in the contest and out-gained the Bullets 526-315 in total offense. Davidov led the ground game with 84 yards on 14 carries, while sophomore Jake Skinner (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) led the defense with 13 tackles. Jon Germano completed 20-of-26 attempts for 242 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Johns Hopkins. Ryan Cary added 102 yards and a pair of scores on the ground for the Blue Jays.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Freshman Reggie JeanCharles (Galloway, N.J./Holy Spirit) scored on a 47-yard run with 19 seconds left to lift Gettysburg to a 42-35 victory at Juniata on Oct. 7. The Bullets erased a 18-point first-half deficit by tying the game 21-21 at the end of the third quarter, but the Eagles scored twice in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. Senior Justin Davidov fired a pair of touchdown passes to tie the game and JeanCharles capped a career-day with the game-winning run. Gettysburg piled up a season-high 286 yards rushing and 542 total yards of offense in the game. JeanCharles finished with a season-high 178 yards and two touchdowns to pace the ground attack. Davidov threw for 256 yards and three scores and junior Chase Fee (Spotswood, N.J./Spotswood) totaled 195 all-purpose yards. Junior Mike McKnight (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) led the defense with 13 tackles, a forced fumble, and two pass break-ups. Junior Jake Skinner added nine stops and 1.5 tackles for a loss.
 
SCOUTING JOHNS HOPKINS
Johns Hopkins had won 45-consecutive games prior to its loss to Ursinus three weeks ago. The Blue Jays have won eight-straight Centennial Conference titles, including seven outright and Head Coach Jim Margraff enters this week's game tied for fourth among active Division III coaches with 205 career wins. Margraff's team leads the CC in scoring (35.0 ppg), total offense (492.8 ypg), passing yards (328.0 ypg), first downs (150), field goals (12), and sacks (23).
 
The Blue Jays steamrolled previously unbeaten Franklin & Marshall 45-7 on Oct. 7. Johns Hopkins ran off the game's final 35 points – all on touchdown passes – while out-gaining the Diplomats 646-205 in total offense. Most of the yardage came through the air as sophomore quarterback David Tammaro finished 32-of-45 for 418 yards and five touchdowns. Junior Luke McFadden and senior Brett Caggiano each hauled in nine passes, the former going for 204 yards and a score and the latter for 76 yards and a touchdown. Senior Ryan Cary added 63 yards rushing on six carries. Johns Hopkins hit Franklin & Marshall's quarterback nine times in the contest with sophomore Mike Kalanik leading the way with two sacks. The Blue Jays held the Diplomats to just 28 yards rushing in the contest.
 
THE END OF AN ERA
The 2017 season will mark the final campaign for Gettysburg Head Coach Barry Streeter. Streeter joined the Bullets' staff as an assistant coach in 1975 and was named head coach just three years later. Over the last 39 years, he has guided the Bullets to 195 victories and three Centennial Conference titles. In 1985, he led Gettysburg to its only unbeaten regular season (9-0-1) and an appearance in the NCAA Division III semifinals – the best finish by a Centennial institution to this day. Streeter has coached 207 all-conference performers, three CC Offensive Players of the Year, 21 All-Americans, and six Academic All-Americans at Gettysburg. He played both football and lacrosse at Lebanon Valley College and is a member of the Dutchmen's Hall of Fame.
 
 
GETTYSBURG OFFENSE
Gettysburg has posted 200 or more yards rushing and more than 400 yards of total offense in each of its last two games. The Bullets are averaging 4.7 yards per rush during that span. Freshman tailback Reggie JeanCharles continues to pace all conference rookies in yardage and comes in averaging 91.7 rushing yards per game. His 550 rushing yards rank fourth overall among the Centennial leaders. Senior Justin Davidov has totaled more than 1,500 yards of offense, gaining 332 on the ground and throwing for 1,226. He completed 20 or more passes in back-to-back games for the first time in his career, totaling 41 completions in the wins over Moravian and Juniata. Six receivers have grabbed 10 or more passes with senior Ryan Thompson (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) turning three of his 12 catches into touchdowns. The offensive line has not allowed a sack in the last two games and has given up just nine quarterback hits this fall.
 
GETTYSBURG DEFENSE
Gettysburg leads the conference with six fumble recoveries and ranks second with 21 sacks. The Bullets have forced a turnover in each of the last four games. Junior safety Mike McKnight leads the team with 56 tackles and 13 pass break-ups – five more pass break-ups than anyone else in the conference. Junior linebacker Logan Aikey (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) and senior Dakota Brovero (Monroeville, N.J./Delsea) are tied for sixth in the conference with 4.5 sacks. Aikey also ranks third with 10 tackles for a loss. Freshman Thomeir Richardson (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Central) leads the conference with four fumble recoveries to go with 32 tackles and seven pass break-ups.
 
GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS
Sophomore Justin Geisel (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School) has hit six field goals this season, five of which have gone for at least 37 yards. He is also averaging 57.4 yards on kickoffs. Sophomore Evan Tannenbaum (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) is averaging 36.1 yards per punt and has placed 10 punts inside the opponent's 20-yardline. Junior Chase Fee leads the team with 20 punt/kickoff returns totaling 338 yards.
 
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Gettysburg is playing a contest on Friday for the 19th time since 1988. This season also marks the second time the Bullets have made two Friday appearances. The team played Johns Hopkins and Dickinson under the lights in 2012. Gettysburg is 5-13 in Friday games since 1988.
 
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sophomore kicker Justin Geisel and freshman Reggie JeanCharles garnered weekly recognition from the Centennial Conference in the final week before the bye. Geisel was named the Special Teams Co-Player of the Week hit a career-long 41-yard field goal and added a 37-yarder in the win over Juniata. He also connected on four extra points and averaged 55.1 yards on eight kickoffs. JeanCharles earned his first Offensive Player of the Week nod after averaging 9.4 yards per rush on his way to a personal-best 178 yards. His touchdown runs covered 24 and 47 yards and he added a 20-yard reception.
 
DUAL THREAT
Earlier this season, senior quarterback Justin Davidov became the fourth Bullet signal caller to post 1,000 rushing yards in a career, joining Matt Flynn '10 (1,128), Kody Smith '13 (1,066), and Joe Gossweiler '05 (1,056). Entering this weekend, Davidov is just 93 yards shy of Flynn's rushing record for a Gettysburg quarterback. Davidov has also thrown for over 2,000 yards and joins the aforementioned trio as the only members of the 2,000-1,000 club.
 
ROOKIE RUSHER
With 178 rushing yards against Juniata, freshman Reggie JeanCharles posted the best rushing day by a first-year tailback since Tom Sturges '08 went for 180 against Ursinus on Oct. 23, 2004. The most rushing yards in a game by a Gettysburg freshman was 242 by Paul Smith '00 against Swarthmore in 1996. Smith also holds the program record for rushing yards by a freshman with 888 in 1996. Smith and JeanCharles are both graduates of the same high school – Holy Spirit – in Absecon, N.J. JeanCharles' 550 yards this season are the third-most by a freshman running back at Gettysburg.
 
RECOVERY MODE
Senior Glenn Benson picked up two fumbles against Moravian. It's the first time a Gettysburg player grabbed two loose balls since Conor Quinn '08 accomplished the feat against Carnegie Mellon University in the ECAC Southwest Bowl in 2007. Benson has posted 37 tackles, 5.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and one interception this season.
 
BREAK IT UP
Junior Mike McKnight recorded a career-high five pass break-ups against Moravian, which is one shy of the program's single-game record. McKnight already has 13 pass break-ups this season, the most by a Bullet in over two decades. Andy Baribeau '96 holds the program record for pass break-ups in a season with 16 in 1995.
 
BLOCKED KICKS
Gettysburg swatted a pair of kick attempts in the season opener. Senior Dakota Brovero blocked an extra point and classmate Andrew Major (St. Davids, Pa./Radnor) denied a 30-yard field goal. It was Major's third career blocked kick and first since his freshman season. It was also the first time Gettysburg managed two blocked kicks in the same game since beating Misericordia in 2013.
 
IN THE ARMY NOW
Six members of the Gettysburg community took the Oath of Enlistment into the Army prior to the game against Dickinson, including sophomore football player Tyrus Legenski (Glendora, N.J./Triton Regional). All of the cadets received full tuition and fee scholarships for college valued between $100,000-200,000.