Maryland Railroad Lantern

The Maryland Railroad Lantern is an authentic metal railroad lantern with four lenses made by the Adlake company of Chicago circa 1907 and used as a trophy that is awarded to the winner of each college football game between Division III schools McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins University football team is currently in possession of the trophy.

Johns Hopkins–McDaniel football rivalry

Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
First meeting	October 1894 Western Maryland 16, Johns Hopkins 0
Latest meeting	November 16, 2019 Johns Hopkins 42, McDaniel 0
Trophy	Maryland Railroad Lantern
Statistics
Meetings total	98
All-time series	Johns Hopkins leads, 58–35–5
Largest victory	Johns Hopkins, 49–0 (1920)
Longest win streak	Johns Hopkins, 19 (2001–present)
Current win streak	Johns Hopkins, 19 (2001–present)

Johns Hopkins University

McDaniel College

School locations within Maryland

It is one of the youngest rivalry trophies, yet one of the oldest rivalry games in American college football, dating back to 1894. The McDaniel-Hopkins game has been played annually since 1947, traditionally the last game of the regular season for both schools. Since Western Maryland College changed its name to McDaniel College, in July 2002, the Green Terror have not beaten the Blue Jays.[1]

History

The Maryland Railroad Lantern rivalry trophy was created after McDaniel graduate school alumnus Vincent Chesney wanted to honor the long-standing rivalry between McDaniel College and Johns Hopkins University. When Vincent's brother, Bob Chesney, became Hopkins' defensive coordinator and eventually the associate head coach, Vincent was even more inclined to honor the rivalry between the two schools. The lantern was chosen to symbolize railroads and light. McDaniel College's former name, Western Maryland College, came from the Western Maryland Railway that connected Westminster and Baltimore. And both schools' mottos refer to giving light.

McDaniel College takes its motto from the biblical verse spoken by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John verse 12:46 and preached on by Paul the Apostle in verse 4:6 of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians and by Saint Peter in his First Epistle of Peter verse 2:9, "E Tenebris in Lucem Voco" (Latin: I call you out of darkness into light). Johns Hopkins University's motto also speaks about truth as light from verse 8:32 of the Gospel of John, Veritas vos Liberabit (Latin: The truth will set you free). In this regard, the lantern serves not only as a sports trophy but also commemorates the pursuit of scholarship.

1947 kidnapping game

The night before the 1947 game a couple of Western Maryland Army Veterans came up with idea of abducting two Johns Hopkins freshmen. They had two Western Maryland College girls trick two 18 years old Hopkins freshmen into thinking they were going to a party at Goucher where there would be "women and beer." When the girls lead the Hopkins boys to the car they were tied up by some Western Maryland students. Then the two captured freshmen were brought out to a WMC pep rally where their heads were shaved and they were "properly humiliated." Then they were brought to a dorm room where they were tied to a bed and were given as much beer & burgers as they wanted. The next day, during the game's halftime, WMC brought out the Hopkins freshmen to midfield, where some Hopkins players took them back to the sidelines. The game ended in a 14–14 tie. It was reported that Hopkins freshmen were good sports about it. Western Maryland College had the same thing done to them by their old arch rival University of Maryland College Park about 10 years earlier.[2]

Notable Lantern games

2009

On November 14, 2009 Johns Hopkins traveled to Westminster, Maryland home of McDaniel College for the 88th meeting between the two schools in a rivalry that dates back to 1894. The game was also the 1,000 game in McDaniel football history.[3] The game also was the first time two coaches in the state of Maryland played against each other with 100 victories at their respective schools. McDaniel's Tim Keating had 103 wins at McDaniel and Hopkin's Jim Margraff had 126 victories at the start of the game.[3] Johns Hopkins also secured the Centennial Conference title with the 38–14 victory.

2010

On November 13, 2010 Johns Hopkins hosted McDaniel in Baltimore, Maryland for the 89th meeting between the two schools. The game marked held a series of records. The game marked the 1,001 game in Johns Hopkins football history,[4] interesting because when these teams played in the previous season the game was McDaniel's thousandth on record. This year's game, a 34–10 Johns Hopkins win also marked the tenth consecutive victory over McDaniel and secured a share in the conference title to Hopkins.[4]

2011

On November 12, 2011, McDaniel College hosted the undefeated #12-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays for the 90th game in the series. McDaniel in 2011 was having a bad year at 2–8, despite having some of the best players in program history. Hopkins on the other hand was having their best season, as they were on the way to their first undefeated season and highest ranking in school history. McDaniel started off playing one of its best games of the season; entering halftime, the game was deadlocked at 21–21. The Green Terror created a season-high six turnovers, led by All-American[5] defensive linemen Sam Cox (Sr), who had eight tackles, two forced fumbles, and his program-record 25th career sack. However, Hopkins super-star[6][7] and all-time Centennial Conference leading quarterback[8] Hewitt Tomlin (Sr) threw for 484 yards. In the end, McDaniel narrowly missed upsetting their rival 28–24.[9]

2014

On November 15, 2014, the schools met for the 93rd time in 120 years of competition (1894–2014), the 67th time in which the game marked the end of the regular season. Johns Hopkins head coach Jim Margraff entered the game as the winningest coach in school and Maryland state history with 176 wins, surpassing legendary Morgan State University head coach Edward P. Hurt, who won 174 games from 1929–59. [10] The undefeated and seventh-ranked Blue Jays won 48–17.[11]

Game Results

Rankings are complete from 2001 onwards.

Johns Hopkins victories

McDaniel victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1894 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 16–0 2 1897 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 10–0 3 1898 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 10–0 4 1899 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 12–0 5 1900 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 16–0 6 1901 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 11–0 7 1902 Westminster, MD Tie 6–6 8 1904 Westminster, MD Tie 0–0 9 1907 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 4–0 10 1908 Baltimore, MD Tie 4–4 11 1909 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 18–16 12 1910 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 15–5 13 1911 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 6–0 14 1912 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 13–6 15 1913 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 12–0 16 1914 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 6–0 17 1915 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 35–12 18 1916 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 21–0 19 1917 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 9–0 20 1918 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 28–0 21 1919 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 31–6 22 1920 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 49–0 23 1921 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 44–0 24 1922 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 35–0 25 1923 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 17–0 26 1931 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 40–0 27 1947 Baltimore, MD Tie 14–14 28 1948 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 7–6 29 1949 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 35–7 30 1950 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 14–6 31 1951 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 33–6 32 1952 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 12–0 33 1953 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 46–0 34 1954 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 12–7 No. Date Location Winner Score 35 1955 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 33–0 36 1956 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 7–0 37 1957 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 19–0 38 1958 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 20–13 39 1959 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 10–0 40 1960 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 18–17 41 1961 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 30–6 42 1962 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 14–6 43 1964 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 35–12 44 1965 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 24–6 45 1966 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 33–7 46 1967 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 13–6 47 1968 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 46–23 48 1969 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 30–27 49 1970 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 36–20 50 1971 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 14–13 51 1972 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 27–9 52 1973 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 16–8 53 1974 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 28–21 54 1975 B Johns Hopkins 21–11 55 1976 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 29–7 56 1977 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 21–13 57 1978 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 27–13 58 1979 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 9–0 59 1980 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 35–30 60 1981 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 20–14 61 1982 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 22–0 62 1983 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 21–3 63 1984 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 26–0 64 1985 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 30–7 65 1986 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 21–20 66 1987 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 21–16 67 1988 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 14–7 68 1989 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 31–13 No. Date Location Winner Score 69 1990 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 31–21 70 1991 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 24–21 71 1992 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 21–9 72 1993 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 20–3 73 1994 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 28–21 74 1995 Westminster, MD Tie 14–14 75 1996 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 13–3 76 1997 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 21–3 77 1998 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 17–0 78 1999 Westminster, MD Western Maryland 37–7 79 2000 Baltimore, MD Western Maryland 41–7 80 2001 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 21–14 81 2002 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 27–7 82 2003 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 17–3 83 2004 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 12–9 84 2005 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 14–5 85 2006 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 48–7 86 2007 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 31–3 87 2008 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 27–10 88 2009 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 38–14 89 2010 Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins 34–10 90 2011 Westminster, MD #12 Johns Hopkins 28–24 91 2012 Baltimore, MD #16 Johns Hopkins 49–7 92 2013 Westminster, MD #12 Johns Hopkins 52–21 93 2014 Baltimore, MD #7 Johns Hopkins 48–17 94 2015 Westminster, MD #8 Johns Hopkins 49–24 95 2016 Baltimore, MD #7 Johns Hopkins 48–28 96 2017 Westminster, MD #21 Johns Hopkins 56–21 97 2018 Baltimore, MD #16 Johns Hopkins 42–17 98 2019 Westminster, MD Johns Hopkins 42–0 Series: Johns Hopkins leads 58–35–5 Source:[12]

References

1. "Johns Hopkins University Football Record Book" (PDF). Johns Hopkins University. p. 99-100.
2. Lighter, James E. Fearless and Bold. Westminster: McDaniel College, 2007. 392. Print.
3. "Johns Hopkins at McDaniel – McDaniel College". Mcdanielathletics.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
4. "Johns Hopkins secures share of title – McDaniel College". Mcdanielathletics.com. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
5. "Cox earns All-America honors – McDaniel College". Mcdanielathletics.com. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
6. "Hopkins QB Tomlin is Gagliardi Trophy finalist – Baltimore Sun". Articles.baltimoresun.com. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
7. "Hopkins' Tomlin a Finalist for Gagliardi Trophy". D3football.com. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
8. "Final Football Release – Centennial Conference". Centennial.org. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
9. "Cox records eight tackles, two forced fumbles – McDaniel College". Mcdanielathletics.com. 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
10. "Hopkins' Margraff sets state record for college football wins". Baltimore Sun. November 2, 2014.
11. "McDaniel at Johns Hopkins". McDaniel College.
12. "Johns Hopkins University Football Record Book". Retrieved 22 April 2020.