The Johns Hopkins football team, which capped its fourth consecutive unbeaten regular season with a 48-28 win against McDaniel on Saturday, will host Randolph-Macon on Saturday in an NCAA Division III playoff game. Kickoff is set for noon at Homewood Field.
The Blue Jays (10-0), winners of 64 of their past 65 regular-season games, have won six consecutive Centennial Conference championships. Randolph-Macon, winners of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, finished with a 9-1 record this season.
This will be the 39th all-time meeting between Johns Hopkins and Randolph-Macon with the Blue Jays holding a 21-16-1 advantage.
The winner of the Johns Hopkins-Randolph-Macon game will play the winner of the Hobart-Mount Union first-round game on Nov. 26. The location of that game will be announced on Sunday, once the participants are known.
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Johns Hopkins is making its sixth consecutive appearance in the 32-team NCAA playoffs and the eighth appearance in school history; all eight trips have come since 2005. The Blue Jays' seven previous appearances include a run to the 2009 NCAA quarterfinals and second-round showings in 2012, 2014, and 2015. This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Blue Jays host a first-round game.
Tickets for the Johns Hopkins-RMU game will go on sale 90 minutes before kickoff. Tickets are $8 for adults; and $4 for youth, Johns Hopkins and Randolph-Macon students, and senior citizens. Kids two and under are free.
