Johns Hopkins vs. McDaniel

Johns Hopkins and McDaniel have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2022; Johns Hopkins leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Johns Hopkins 4–⁠0, and Johns Hopkins has won the last 4. The winner takes home the Maryland Railroad Lantern. Johns Hopkins holds it.

Johns Hopkins wins
4
McDaniel wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2022
Longest streak
4 Johns Hopkins
Current streak
4 Johns Hopkins
Last 10 meetings
Johns Hopkins 4–⁠0
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2020s4–⁠0
Average margin
41.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Johns Hopkins
3–⁠0 Johns Hopkins’s record at home
At McDaniel
0–⁠1 McDaniel’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Maryland Railroad Lantern

Played for since
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Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Maryland Railroad Lantern.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Johns Hopkins and McDaniel, 2022 on1300150017002025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Nov 7, 2026Johns Hopkins at McDaniel upcomingat McDaniel
Nov 8, 2025Johns Hopkins 42, McDaniel 0at Johns Hopkins
Nov 16, 2024Johns Hopkins 35, McDaniel 0at McDaniel
Nov 11, 2023Johns Hopkins 58, McDaniel 7at Johns Hopkins
Nov 12, 2022Johns Hopkins 44, McDaniel 7at Johns Hopkins

Every game is listed as played on the field.