OWINGS MILLS, MD – Johns Hopkins freshman running back Danny Wolf tied the Johns Hopkins record for rushing touchdowns in a game (4) and the visiting Blue Jays jumped to an early 17-point lead and never let host Stevenson get closer than two scores in cruising to a 51-28 win in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series Saturday afternoon. The meeting was the first-ever between the two schools.
With the win, the Blue Jays end the season at 8-3, while the Mustangs had a seven-game winning streak snapped and also end the year at 8-3. This is the 12th consecutive season that Johns Hopkins has won at least eight games in a season.
Johns Hopkins senior quarterback David Tammaro was named the game's most valuable player as he was 22-of-33 for 282 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for a career-high 101 yards on 11 carries.
Wolf got the Blue Jays off to a quick start as he scored three first-half touchdowns to help Hopkins to a 30-14 halftime lead. He opened the scoring with a four-yard run to cap a game-opening 11-play, 75-yard drive that put the Blue Jays up 7-0 just 3:46 into the game. As it turned out, it would be a lead Johns Hopkins would never relinquish.
The seven-point lead swelled to 17 in a four-minute span bridging the first and second quarters as a 36-yard Mike Eberle field goal late in the first and the second of Wolf's three first-half scores – this one from three yards out – gave Hopkins a 17-0 lead just 94 seconds into the second quarter.
Stevenson answered by scoring the next two times it had the ball as the Mustangs answered Wolf's early second-quarter score with an impressive eight-play, 60-yard drive that Kevin Joppy polished off with a 13-yard run up the middle to make it 17-7.
Wolf responded with a one-yard run on Hopkins' next possession, but the Mustangs came right back with a 10-play, 92-yard drive that quarterback Ryan Sedgwick finished off with a four-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Lee with 1:24 left in the first half. The Lee touchdown pulled the Mustangs within 24-14.
As it turned out, 1:24 was too much time to leave on the clock. The Blue Jays needed just six plays and 69 seconds to go 74 yards with Tammaro hitting sophomore Harrison Wellmann with a two-yard touchdown pass to give the Blue Jays the 30-14 halftime lead. The big play on the drive was a Tammaro-to-Wellmann 39-yard connection on the first play of the drive.
The Blue Jays put the game away with three, third-quarter touchdowns that gave them a 51-21 lead entering the final period. Tammaro bookended the quarter with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Wellmann and a 20-yard scoring toss to sophomore Emmett Turner. Both touchdowns were setup by the Blue Jay defense as Nick Seidel and Nick Hartman interceptions ended Stevenson drives and led to those two scores.
In between the Wellmann and Turner third-quarter scores, Sedgwick and Wolf traded rushing touchdowns with Sedgwick scoring on a quarterback keeper from the one midway through the quarter; Wolf answered just 79 seconds later with an eight-yard run that capped a quick, three-play, 49-yard scoring drive.
Stevenson closed the scoring with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Sedgwick to Vincent Lee with just under seven minutes remaining.
Johns Hopkins rolled up 508 yards of total offense on 66 plays (7.7 yards per play), while the Mustangs rang up 458 yards with Sedgwick going 29-of-44 for 382 yards and the two scores. Stevenson was held to 76 yards rushing on 30 attempts by the Blue Jay defense.
Seidel had a career-high 11 tackles to go along with the interception to lead the Blue Jays defensively.
Notes: Tammaro became the second player in Centennial Conference history to top 1,000 yards rushing and 10,000 yards passing as he closes his career with 1,050 rushing yards and 10,319 passing yards • This is the 10th time a Johns Hopkins player has rushed for four touchdowns in a game and Wolf is the eighth different player to turn the trick • This was the 25th post-season game in Johns Hopkins history – the Blue Jays improved to 14-11 all-time in the post-season with today's win • All 25 post-season games in program history have come since 2002.
Hopkins Rolls Past Stevenson, 51-28, in Centennial-MAC Bowl Game
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2019
Johns Hopkins
51
Stevenson
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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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| Johns Hopkins (8-3) | 10 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 51 |
| Stevenson (8-3) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
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