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Jonathan Germano's path to starting quarterback of the Johns Hopkins football team began five years ago, almost as a goof.

Race to name Johns Hopkins starting quarterback too close to call

For the first three years of his career at Johns Hopkins, Braden Anderson backed up Hewitt Tomlin and Robbie Matey, arguably two of the best quarterbacks to come through the program.

For a program that had captured five straight Centennial Conference titles, Johns Hopkins entered the 2014 season with several questions.

The No. 8 Blue Jays could not protect a one-point lead in the final minute of regulation on Saturday, as No. 14 Wesley marched 82 yards on five plays and in 31 seconds to score a touchdown and escape from Homewood Field in Baltimore with a 29-24 victory in a first-round game of the NCAA Division III tournament.

Johns Hopkins, ranked No. 8 in Division III, finished its football regular season 10-0 with a 52-21 road victory Saturday over McDaniel.

Johns Hopkins defensive back Ryan Rice's interception all but clinched a 24-18 win over visiting Ursinus Bears on Saturday before an announced 2,400 at Homewood Field, giving the No. 10 Blue Jays at least a share of the Centennial Conference regular-season title for the fifth straight season.

Starting running back J.D. Abbott has returned to practice and appears closer to ending a two-game absence from the Johns Hopkins football team caused by an unspecified injury.

The Johns Hopkins football team has opened the year with a 6-0 overall record and a 5-0 mark in the Centennial Conference for the third consecutive season and for the fifth time since 2003.

The No. 14 Johns Hopkins football team scored a convincing 42-17 victory over visiting Dickinson at Homewood Field on Friday night, and the Blue Jays (6-0, 5-0 Centennial Conference) did so without their top wide receiver.

Stuart Walters, a freshman running back, rushed nine times for 121 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, and Brandon Cherry, a sophomore, gained 90 yards on eight carries in the second half to power No. 14 Johns Hopkins to a 42-17 thumping of Dickinson.

Johns Hopkins football striking a balance on offense

JD Abbott runs for 86 yards and three touchdowns to help Johns Hopkins beat Muhlenberg, 45-13, on Saturday at Homewood Field in Baltimore

Wide receiver Daniel Wodicka appears likely to return to Johns Hopkins this Saturday

JD Abbott runs for two first-half touchdowns as Johns Hopkins beat Moravian, 52-14, in football and improves its record to 3-0

The Johns Hopkins football team has started 2-0 this season, perhaps affirming preseason accolades in several national publications. That respect, however, has raised the bar for a program that has captured the past four Centennial Conference titles.

Another year wiser, quarterback Robbie Matey in full command of Johns Hopkins offense

Morgan State loses, 38-10, to Liberty, drops to 0-3

Johns Hopkins gained 523 yards of total offense in a 38-14 football victory at Randolph-Macon on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

Division III football previews for Frostburg, Johns Hopkins, McDaniel, Salisbury and Stevenson.

The Salisbury Sea Gulls and Johns Hopkins Blue Jays will likely be the best Division III football teams in Maryland this year.

Under the Friday night lights at Homewood Field, the Johns Hopkins running attack could not be stopped.