At the helm is senior quarterback Scott Hosch, who has completed 30 of 46 passes for 487 yards, six touchdowns, and only one interception this season.

The Georgetown defense will need to bring pressure against Hosch and close running lanes if it hopes to break the Crimson’s undefeated streak.

This may be a tall task for a team that gave up over 300 yards of offense—including 100 rushing yards—and 16 points in a close victory last week against a Columbia squad curently mired in a 23 game winless streak.

The Hoyas might be able to best the Crimson if they can protect the football Friday night. Georgetown has yet to drop a game when it does not turn the ball over.

But there’s a third player for this week’s matchup that may cause more turnovers than usual—the impending weather. With the threat of heavy rain, both teams will need to pay extra attention to protecting the football.

“We have been eyeing the forecast, and we see there might be a monsoon so we’ve changed the game plan a little,” said senior tight end Ben Braunecker. “We expect it to be pretty sloppy, not a lot of passing going on…. [We want to] keep it simple and try to out-physical them.”

Regardless of the weather, however, the team is excited to return to Friday night football.

“Our kids love night games,” Murphy said. “That’s how they grew up in high school football.”