BALTIMORE –  Johns Hopkins scored 20 unanswered points in the final seven minutes of the first-half and bottled up the Randolph-Macon offense throughout as the Blue Jays topped the Yellow Jackets 36-13 in football action Saturday afternoon.

A big first-half saw the Johns Hopkins defense hold R-MC to 11 yards on 19 carries on the ground, sack R-MC quarterback Zac Naccarato four times, all helping Hopkins to a 348-42 advantage in total yards during the first 30 minutes.  

JHU got things going on the first play of the game when John Rigaud slipped out of several R-MC tacklers' arms and skipped 62 yards to put the Blue Jays at the R-MC 13. Rigaud scored four plays later to give Hopkins the early 7-0 advantage.

Things would stay that way until a 13 play, 80 yard drive resulted in JHU score to push its lead to 13-0 with 7:20 to go in the half. The Blue Jays then tacked on a pair of touchdowns in the final 4:07 to take a 27-0 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

The Jackets came out fighting, taking the opening kickoff off of the half and promptly driving 70 yards on 15 plays in eight minutes to get on the board at 27-7. Will McGhee carried the ball for 28 yards on the drive including a 10 yard scoring run.

On JHU's ensuing possession, R-MC's Michael Weldon came up with an interception to give the Jackets the ball back on their own two yard line, but Hopkins would snatch back the momentum sacking Naccarato in the end zone to go up 29-7 with 4:31 to play in the third quarter.

Naccarato finished the game 17-of-25 for 165 and one touchdown as he found Luke Sellers for an eight yard scoring strike as the final gun sounded. Christian Cook caught seven passes for 89 yards, while Sellers had four grabs for 46 yards. Andrew Leonard led the defense with 12 tackles on the days.

JHU had three players with at least 70 yards rushing, led by J.D. Abbott's 123 and Rigaud's 97. Daniel Wodicka had 11 catches for 108 yards and a touchdown. Hani Annabi had 10 stops for the Hopkins defense that finished the game with seven sacks.

Randolph-Macon will open the newly renovated Day Field next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. when it takes on the Cougars of Averett University.

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