2012 Baltimore Ravens season

2012 Baltimore Ravens season
Head coach	John Harbaugh
General manager	Ozzie Newsome
Owner	Stephen Bisciotti
Home field	M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st AFC North
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 24–9 Won Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 38–35 (2OT) Won AFC Championship (Patriots) 28–13 Won Super Bowl XLVII (49ers) 34–31
Pro Bowlers	RB Ray Rice FB Vonta Leach G Marshal Yanda DT Haloti Ngata FS Ed Reed KR Jacoby Jones

The 2012 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's 17th season in the National Football League. While the Ravens failed to improve on their 12–4 record from 2011, they did still manage to clinch the AFC North division title in Week 16 and finish the regular season with a 10–6 record, sending them to their fifth straight playoffs, where they advanced to the AFC Championship Game for the second consecutive season, and then to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2000. They won their second Super Bowl victory, 34–31 against the 49ers. It was the first time in franchise history that the Ravens won consecutive division titles. This marks head coach John Harbaugh's fifth season as the head coach of the franchise and fifth consecutive post-season appearance. The Ravens played their home games at M&T Bank Stadium.

The Ravens dedicated their season to former owner and founder Art Modell, who died on September 6, 2012.^[1] On Week 1, all team members wore an "Art" decal on their helmets, and for the rest of their season, they wore an "Art" patch on the left side of their jerseys.

Ray Lewis, the last remaining member of the original Ravens roster from 1996 and the 2000 Super Bowl championship team, announced just after the regular season finale before the playoffs that he would be retiring after the conclusion of the season. Following three dramatic postseason matchups including a thrilling 38–35 double OT victory against the top-seeded Denver Broncos, his final game was a victory in Super Bowl XLVII.

Roster changes

Against Pittsburgh on December 2

Additions: S Sean Considine, CB Corey Graham, WR Jacoby Jones, DT Ryan McBean, DT Ma'ake Kemoeatu, S James Ihedigbo
Losses: OLB Jarret Johnson, DE Cory Redding, G Ben Grubbs, S Haruki Nakamura, S Tom Zbikowski, DT Brandon McKinney
Re-signed Players: ILB Jameel McClain, ILB Brendon Ayanbadejo, RB Ray Rice (franchised), CB Lardarius Webb
Releases: CB Domonique Foxworth, CB Chris Carr, WR Lee Evans, K Billy Cundiff

2012 draft class

Round 1 pick 29 traded.^[a]

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
2	35^[a]	Courtney Upshaw	OLB	Alabama
2	60	Kelechi Osemele	G	Iowa State
3^[b]	84	Bernard Pierce	RB	Temple
4^[c]	98^[a]	Gino Gradkowski	C	Delaware
4^[c]	130^[d]	Christian Thompson	S	South Carolina State
5	169^[d]	Asa Jackson	CB	Cal Poly
6	198	Tommy Streeter	WR	Miami (Fl)
7	236	DeAngelo Tyson	DE	Georgia

Notes

^{^[a]} The team traded its first-round selection (#29) to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the #35 overall selection in the second round, as well as the Vikings' fourth-round selection (#98 overall).
^{^[b]} The team traded up from its original third-round selection (#91 overall) to the #84 overall selection, also giving the Atlanta Falcons their fifth-round pick (#164 overall).
^{^[c]} The team traded its original fourth-round selection (#124 overall) to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for wide receiver Lee Evans.
^{^[d]} Compensatory selection.

Staff

2012 Baltimore Ravens staff

Front office

Owner – Steve Bisciotti
President – Dick Cass
General Manager/Executive Vice President – Ozzie Newsome
Assistant General Manager – Eric DeCosta
Vice President of Football Administration – Pat Moriarty
Director of Pro Personnel – Vince Newsome
Director of College Scouting – Joe Hortiz
Senior Personnel Assistant – George Kokinis
Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Chad Alexander

Head coaches

Head Coach – John Harbaugh

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Cam Cameron (Weeks 1–14) Jim Caldwell (Weeks 15-Playoffs)
Quarterbacks – Jim Caldwell
Running Backs – Wilbert Montgomery
Wide Receivers – Jim Hostler
Tight Ends – Wade Harman
Offensive Line – Andy Moeller
Assistant Offensive Line – Todd Washington
Offensive Quality Control – Jason Brooks
Senior Offensive Assistant – Craig Ver Steeg
Running Game Coordinator – Juan Castillo

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Dean Pees
Defensive Line – Clarence Brooks
Inside Linebackers – Don Martindale
Linebackers – Ted Monachino
Secondary – Teryl Austin
Defensive Quality Control – Matt Weiss

Special teams coaches

Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Jerry Rosburg
Assistant Special Teams – Chris Hewitt

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Bob Rogucki
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Juney Barnett

Final roster

Source at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 2013)

2012 Baltimore Ravens final roster

Quarterbacks

5 Joe Flacco
2 Tyrod Taylor

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

51 Brendon Ayanbadejo ILB
56 Josh Bynes ILB
59 Dannell Ellerbe ILB
54 Adrian Hamilton OLB
99 Paul Kruger OLB
52 Ray Lewis ILB
50 Albert McClellan ILB
55 Terrell Suggs OLB
91 Courtney Upshaw OLB

Defensive backs

23 Chykie Brown CB
38 Omar Brown S
37 Sean Considine FS
24 Corey Graham CB
32 James Ihedigbo SS
25 Asa Jackson CB
39 Chris Johnson CB
31 Bernard Pollard SS
20 Ed Reed FS
22 Jimmy Smith CB
29 Cary Williams CB

Special teams

Reserve lists

28 Damien Berry RB (IR)
47 Ricky Brown ILB (IR)
26 Emanuel Cook SS (IR)
41 Anthony Levine FS (IR)
58 Michael McAdoo OL (IR)
98 Ryan McBean NT (IR)
53 Jameel McClain ILB (IR)
34 Bobby Rainey RB (IR)
76 Jah Reid OT (IR)
11 Tommy Streeter WR (IR)
33 Christian Thompson SS (IR)
21 Lardarius Webb CB (IR)
15 LaQuan Williams WR (IR)

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
53 Active, 13 Inactive, 8 Practice squad

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	August 9	at Atlanta Falcons	W 31–17	1–0	Georgia Dome	Recap
2	August 17	Detroit Lions	L 12–27	1–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
3	August 23	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 48–17	2–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
4	August 30	at St. Louis Rams	L 17–31	2–2	Edward Jones Dome	Recap

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	September 10	Cincinnati Bengals	W 44–13	1–0	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
2	September 16	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 23–24	1–1	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
3	September 23	New England Patriots	W 31–30	2–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
4	September 27	Cleveland Browns	W 23–16	3–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
5	October 7	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 9–6	4–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
6	October 14	Dallas Cowboys	W 31–29	5–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
7	October 21	at Houston Texans	L 13–43	5–2	Reliant Stadium	Recap
8	Bye
9	November 4	at Cleveland Browns	W 25–15	6–2	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Recap
10	November 11	Oakland Raiders	W 55–20	7–2	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
11	November 18	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 13–10	8–2	Heinz Field	Recap
12	November 25	at San Diego Chargers	W 16–13 (OT)	9–2	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
13	December 2	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–23	9–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
14	December 9	at Washington Redskins	L 28–31 (OT)	9–4	FedExField	Recap
15	December 16	Denver Broncos	L 17–34	9–5	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
16	December 23	New York Giants	W 33–14	10–5	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
17	December 30	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–23	10–6	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

Playoff round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
Wild Card	January 6, 2013	Indianapolis Colts (5)	W 24–9	11–6	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
Divisional	January 12, 2013	at Denver Broncos (1)	W 38–35 (2OT)	12–6	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Recap
AFC Championship	January 20, 2013	at New England Patriots (2)	W 28–13	13–6	Gillette Stadium	Recap
Super Bowl XLVII	February 3, 2013	vs. San Francisco 49ers (N2)	W 34–31	14–6	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap

Game summaries

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week One: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	10	3	0	13
Ravens	10	7	17	10	44

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C), clear
Game attendance: 71,064
Referee: Matt Nicks
TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 46-yard field goal, 12:53 (BAL 3–0)
BAL – Ray Rice 7-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 6:03 (BAL 10–0)

Second quarter

CIN – Mike Nugent 34-yard field goal, 14:52 (BAL 10–3)
BAL – Anquan Boldin 34-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 12:25 (BAL 17–3)
CIN – BenJarvus Green-Ellis 6-yard run, Mike Nugent XP good, 00:18 (BAL 17–10)

Third quarter

CIN – Mike Nugent 19 yard field foal, 08:59 (BAL 17–13)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 10-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 05:18 (BAL 24–13)
BAL – Justin Tucker 40-yard field goal, 01:13 (BAL 27–13)
BAL – Ed Reed intercepted Andy Dalton for 34 yards, Justin Tucker XP good, 00:13 (BAL 34–13)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Ray Rice 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 03:03 (BAL 41–13)
BAL – Justin Tucker 39-yard field goal, 12:53 (BAL 44–13)

Top passers

CIN – Andy Dalton (22–37, 221 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (35–39, 399 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

CIN – BenJarvus Green-Ellis (18 rushes, 91 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (10 rushes, 68 yards, 2 TD)

Top receivers

CIN – Andrew Hawkins (8 rec, 86 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Dennis Pitta (5 rec, 73 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

CIN – Reggie Nelson (8)
BAL – Ray Lewis (14)

The Ravens started their season at home against the Bengals. They jumped out to a 3–0 lead in the first quarter with Justin Tucker's 46-yard field goal. This was followed up by Ray Rice's 7-yard run to make the score 10–0. The Bengals got on the board in the 2nd quarter with Mike Nugent's 34-yard field goal to shorten the lead to 10–3. However, the Ravens were able to pull away as Joe Flacco found Anquan Boldin on a 34-yard touchdown pass to move ahead 17–3. The Bengals responded coming within 7 when Benjarvus Green-Ellis ran for a 6-yard touchdown making the score 17–10 at halftime. In the 3rd quarter, the Bengals were able to get within 4 points with Nugent kicking a 19-yard field goal shortening the Ravens' lead to 4 17–13. However, the Ravens overpowered the Bengals scoring 27 unanswered points as Flacco found Dennis Pitta on a 10-yard pass to move ahead 24–13 followed up by Tucker scoring a 40-yard field goal moving them ahead 27–13. This was followed by an Ed Reed interception that was returned 34 yards for a touchdown moving the team ahead 34–13. In the 4th quarter, the Ravens scored again off of Rice's 1-yard run for a 41–13 lead and finished the game off of Tucker's 39-yard field goal to make the final score 44–13.

Ed Reed returned an interception for a 34-yard touchdown, making Reed the all-time leader in career interception return yards with 1,497. The previous record of 1,483 yards was held by Rod Woodson.

Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week Two: Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	7	10	0	6	23
Eagles	7	0	10	7	24

at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date: September 16
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 69,144
Referee: Robert Frazer
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf

Game information

First quarter

PHI – LeSean McCoy 1-yard run, Alex Henery XP good, 5:43 (PHI 7–0)
BAL – Vonta Leach 5-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 2:12 (BAL 7–7)

Second quarter

BAL – Jacoby Jones 21-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 8:38 (BAL 14–7)
BAL – Justin Tucker 56-yard field goal, 0:04 (BAL 17–7)

Third quarter

PHI – Jeremy Maclin 23-yard pass from Michael Vick, Alex Henery XP good, 10:46 (BAL 17–14)
PHI – Alex Henery 23-yard field goal, 5:33 (PHI 17–17)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 51-yard field goal, 11:33 (BAL 20–17)
BAL – Justin Tucker 48-yard field goal, 4:48 (BAL 23–17)
PHI – Michael Vick 1-yard run, Alex Henery XP good, 1:57 (PHI 24–23)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (22–42, 232 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)
PHI – Michael Vick (23–32, 371 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (16 rushes, 99 yards, 0 TD)
PHI – LeSean McCoy (25 rushes, 81 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Dennis Pitta (8 rec, 65 yards, 0 TD)
PHI – Brent Celek (8 rec, 157 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Lardarius Webb (7)
PHI – Nate Allen (10)

Baltimore took the lead in the second quarter and held it for most of the game, but with 1:57 remaining in the fourth quarter Michael Vick ran for a one-yard touchdown. With the surprising loss, the Ravens fell to 1–1.

Week 3: vs. New England Patriots

Week Three: New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	13	7	7	3	30
Ravens	0	14	7	10	31

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: September 23
Game time: 8:20 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 71,269
Referee: Bruce Hermansen
TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya

Game information

First quarter

NE – Stephen Gostkowski 37-yard field goal, 7:52 (NE 3–0)
NE – Brandon Bolden 2-yard run, Stephen Gostkowski XP good, 7:14 (NE 10–0)
NE – Stephen Gostkowski 49-yard field goal, 1:22 (NE 13–0)

Second quarter

BAL – Torrey Smith 25-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:53 (NE 13–7)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 20-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 1:53 (BAL 13–14)
NE – Julian Edelman 7-yard pass from Tom Brady, Stephen Gostkowski XP good, 0:07 (NE 20–14)

Third quarter

BAL – Ray Rice 7-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 11:42 (BAL 20–21)
NE – Danny Woodhead 3-yard run, Stephen Gostkowski XP good, 6:52 (NE 27–21)

Fourth quarter

NE – Stephen Gostkowski 20-yard field goal, 14:19 (NE 30–21)
BAL – Torrey Smith 5-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:08 (NE 30–28)
BAL – Justin Tucker 27-yard field goal, 0:02 (BAL 30–31)

Top passers

NE – Tom Brady (28–41, 335 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (28–39, 382 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

NE – Stevan Ridley (13 rushes, 37 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (20 rushes, 101 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

NE – Wes Welker (8 rec, 142 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Torrey Smith (6 rec, 127 yards, 2 TD)

Top tacklers

NE – Jerod Mayo (11)
BAL – Cary Williams (10)

This game was played in the shadow of the death of WR Torrey Smith's brother, who had died in a motorcycle crash the night before. The Ravens entered the game hoping to be able to avenge the AFC Championship loss of the previous season, which came at the hands of the Patriots. New England started off fast as they drew to a 13–0 lead in the first quarter. However Baltimore scored 2 straight touchdowns to take the lead with 1:47 left to go in the half. Then Brady scored a touchdown right at the end of the half to retake the lead 20–14. The second half started off with a touchdown pass from Flacco to Dennis Pitta to put the Ravens on top 21–20. Then the Patriots retook the lead when Tom Brady scored a touchdown. After that the Baltimore defense began to step it up and held the Pats to a field goal. Then the momentum shifted as Baltimore scored a touchdown (Flacco to Torrey Smith). After forcing a Patriots punt, the Ravens drove down the field to score a field goal as time expired to win the game 31–30.

The Ravens avenged the AFC Championship loss and improved to 2–1 and continued their unbeaten record at home from the previous year along with continuing their streak of winning after a loss.

Based on Torrey Smith's performance through personal hardship, this game was ranked #9 on NFL.com's Top 20 NFL Games of 2012 as Showing Up.^[2] Smith finishes with six receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns.

Week 4: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week Four: Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	7	3	6	16
Ravens	0	9	14	0	23

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: September 27
Game time: 8:20 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), cloudy/showers
Game attendance: 70,944
Referee: Gene Steratore
TV announcers (NFLN): Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan

Game information

First quarter Second quarter

BAL – Torrey Smith, 18-yard pass from Joe Flacco, two-point conversion attempt failed, 12:57 (BAL 6–0)
BAL – Justin Tucker, 45-yard field goal, 10:03 (BAL 9–0)
CLE – Trent Richardson, 1-yard run, Phil Dawson XP good, 2:32 (BAL 9–7)

Third quarter

BAL – Joe Flacco, 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:53 (BAL 16–7)
CLE – Phil Dawson, 51-yard field goal, 6:52 (BAL 16–10)
BAL – Cary Williams, 63-yard interception return, 0:15 (BAL 23–10)

Fourth quarter

CLE – Phil Dawson, 50-yard field goal, 12:11 (BAL 23–13)
CLE – Phil Dawson, 52-yard field goal, 4:33 (BAL 23–16)

Top passers

CLE – Brandon Weeden (25–52, 320 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (28–46, 356 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

CLE – Trent Richardson (14 rushes, 47 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (18 rushes, 49 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

CLE – Greg Little (4 rec, 77 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Anquan Boldin (9 rec, 131 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

CLE – Dimitri Patterson (11)
BAL – Albert McClellan (8)

With their ninth straight win over the Browns, the Ravens improved to 3–1.

Week 5: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Five: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	3	0	6	0	9
Chiefs	0	3	0	3	6

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Date: October 7
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 68,803
Referee: Pete Morelli
TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 28-yard field goal, 1:24 (BAL 3–0)

Second quarter

KC – Ryan Succop 30-yard field goal, 2:52 (KC 3–3)

Third quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 26-yard field goal, 8:04 (BAL 6–3)
BAL – Justin Tucker 39-yard field goal, 0:01 (BAL 9–3)

Fourth quarter

KC – Ryan Succop 31-yard field goal, 4:34 (BAL 9–6)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (13–27, 187 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)
KC – Matt Cassel (9–15, 92 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (17 rushes, 102 yards, 0 TD)
KC – Jamaal Charles (31 rushes, 140 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Anquan Boldin (4 rec, 82 yards, 0 TD)
KC – Dwayne Bowe (6 rec, 60 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Ray Lewis (10)
KC – Tamba Hali, Derrick Johnson (6)

The Ravens improved to 4–1 by winning a game where five total field goals were scored by both teams. With the Bengals' loss to the Dolphins the Ravens moved into first place in the AFC North.

Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week Six: Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	3	10	9	29
Ravens	3	14	7	7	31

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: October 14
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 71,384
Referee: Mike Carey
TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick and Laura Okmin

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 38-yard field goal, 7:54 (BAL 0–3)
DAL – Felix Jones 22-yard run, Dan Bailey XP good, 3:26 (DAL 7–3)

Second quarter

DAL – Dan Bailey 42-yard field goal, 11:33 (DAL 10–3)
BAL – Ray Rice 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 7:33 (BAL 10–10)
BAL – Torrey Smith 19-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 1:05 (BAL 10–17)

Third quarter

DAL – Dan Bailey 43-yard field goal, 11:42 (BAL 13–17)
BAL – Jacoby Jones 108-yard kickoff return, Justin Tucker XP good, 11:37 (BAL 13–24)
DAL – Dez Bryant 7-yard pass from Tony Romo, Dan Bailey XP good, 3:24 (BAL 20–24)

Fourth quarter

DAL – Dan Bailey 34-yard field goal, 8:26 (BAL 23–24)
BAL – Ray Rice 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:49 (BAL 23–31)
DAL – Dez Bryant 4-yard pass from Tony Romo, two-point conversion attempt failed, 0:36 (BAL 29–31)

Top passers

DAL – Tony Romo (25–36, 261 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (17–26, 234 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

DAL – DeMarco Murray (14 rushes, 93 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (16 rushes, 63 yards, 2 TD)

Top receivers

DAL – Dez Bryant (13 rec, 95 yards, 2 TD)
BAL – Anquan Boldin (5 rec, 98 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

DAL – Victor Butler (5)
BAL – Ray Lewis (14)

With their fourth straight win, the Ravens improved to 5–1, and became 4–0 all-time against the Cowboys. This was also their 14th straight regular season home win.

However, Baltimore also lost Ray Lewis to a potentially season-ending triceps injury and Lardarius Webb with a season-ending ACL injury.^[3]

Week 7: at Houston Texans

Week Seven: Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	3	0	7	3	13
Texans	9	20	7	7	43

at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas

Date: October 21
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (retractable roof closed)
Game attendance: 71,708
Referee: Tony Corrente
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 51-yard field goal, 11:01 (BAL 3–0)
HOU – Joe Flacco sacked in end zone by Connor Barwin for a Safety, 4:54 (BAL 3–2)
HOU – Kevin Walter 25-yard pass from Matt Schaub, Shayne Graham XP good, 0:36 (HOU 3–9)

Second quarter

HOU – Johnathan Joseph 52-yard interception return, Shayne Graham XP good, 15:00 (HOU 3–16)
HOU – Owen Daniels 1-yard pass from Matt Schaub, Shayne Graham XP good, 6:03 (HOU 3–23)
HOU – Shayne Graham 33-yard field goal, 2:00 (HOU 3–26)
HOU – Shayne Graham 29-yard field goal, 0:06 (HOU 3–29)

Third quarter

BAL – Tandon Doss 15-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 10:42 (HOU 10–29)
HOU – Arian Foster 1-yard run, Shayne Graham XP good, 3:00 (HOU 10–36)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 54-yard field goal, 12:28 (HOU 13–36)
HOU – Arian Foster 2-yard run, Shayne Graham XP good, 8:54 (HOU 13–43)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (21–43, 147 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT)
HOU – Matt Schaub (23–37, 256 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (9 rushes, 42 yards, 0 TD)
HOU – Arian Foster (19 rushes, 98 yards, 2 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Torrey Smith (4 rec, 41 yards, 0 TD)
HOU – Andre Johnson (9 rec, 86 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Dannell Ellerbe (12)
HOU – Glover Quin (6)

Days before the game, the team was fined $20,000 for not adding Ed Reed to the injury report.^[4]

The Ravens drew first blood as Justin Tucker nailed a 51-yard field goal as they moved head 3–0. However, the Texans in the first and second quarters combined would see a total of 29 unanswered points after Connor Barwin sacked Joe Flacco in the end zone for a safety and cut the lead to a point as the lead was now 3–2 Ravens followed by Matt Schaub finding Kevin Walter in the end zone on a 25-yard touchdown pass to take a 9–3 lead. The Texans followed up in the 2nd quarter with Johnathan Joseph returning an interception 52 yards for a touchdown, which was then followed by a 1-yard pass from Schaub to Owen Daniels, and then 2 straight field goals from Shayne Graham from 33 and 29 yards out respectively making the lead 16–3, 23–3, 26–3, and then 29–3 at halftime. The Ravens got right back to work in the 3rd quarter as Flacco connected with Tandon Doss on a 15-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 29–10 but the Texans pulled away as Arian Foster ran for a 1-yard touchdown increasing the lead to 36–10. The Ravens tried to rally a huge comeback in the 4th quarter but could only come up with Tucker's 54-yard field goal making the game score 36–13 and lastly Foster ran for a 2-yard touchdown to make the final score 43–13 seeling the game for the Texans.

It was the first loss ever to the Texans in franchise history and first loss to a Houston NFL team since 1996. The Ravens headed into their bye week 5–2 while also dropping their record to 5–1 against the Texans in the regular season and 6–1 against them overall.

Week 9: at Cleveland Browns

Week Nine: Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	14	0	0	11	25
Browns	0	9	3	3	15

at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Date: November 4
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 65,449
Referee: Jeff Triplette
TV announcers (CBS): Marv Albert and Rich Gannon

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Ray Rice, 8-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 8:37 (BAL 7–0)
BAL – Bernard Pierce, 12-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:08 (BAL 14–0)

Second quarter

CLE – Phil Dawson, 32-yard field goal, 9:22 (BAL 14–3)
CLE – Phil Dawson, 28-yard field goal, 1:47 (BAL 14–6)
CLE – Phil Dawson, 29-yard field goal, 0:05 (BAL 14–9)

Third quarter

CLE – Phil Dawson, 33-yard field goal, 2:42 (BAL 14–12)

Fourth quarter

CLE – Phil Dawson, 41-yard field goal, 8:50 (CLE 14–15)
BAL – Torrey Smith, 19-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Joe Flacco pass to Anquan Boldin for two-point conversion, 4:33 (BAL 22–15)
BAL – Justin Tucker, 43-yard field goal, 2:53 (BAL 25–15)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (15–24, 153 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
CLE – Brandon Weeden (20–37, 176 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (25 rushes, 98 yards, 1 TD)
CLE – Trent Richardson (25 rushes, 105 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Anquan Boldin (5 rec, 57 yards, 0 TD)
CLE – Greg Little (5 rec, 52 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Dannell Ellerbe (9)
CLE – D'Qwell Jackson (9)

By winning their tenth straight game against the Browns, the Ravens improved to 6–2.

Week 10: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week Ten: Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	10	7	3	20
Ravens	10	17	21	7	55

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: November 11
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 71,339
Referee: Ron Winter
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 48-yard field goal, 8:55 (BAL 0–3)
BAL – Joe Flacco 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 3:18 (BAL 0–10)

Second quarter

OAK – Sebastian Janikowski 32-yard field goal, 10:05 (BAL 3–10)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 5-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 7:55 (BAL 3–17)
BAL – Justin Tucker 34-yard field goal, 3:20 (BAL 3–20)
OAK – Darrius Heyward-Bey 55-yard pass from Carson Palmer, Sebastian Janikowski XP good, 1:46 (BAL 10–20)
BAL – Ray Rice 7-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:27 (BAL 10–27)

Third quarter

BAL – Torrey Smith 47-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 13:49 (BAL 10–34)
OAK – Denarius Moore 30-yard pass from Carson Palmer, Sebastian Janikowski XP good, 10:37 (BAL 17–34)
BAL – Torrey Smith 20-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:27 (BAL 17–41)
BAL – Sam Koch 7-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 5:44 (BAL 17–48)

Fourth quarter

OAK – Sebastian Janikowski 47-yard field goal, 12:58 (BAL 20–48)
BAL – Jacoby Jones 105-yard kickoff return, Justin Tucker XP good, 12:47 (BAL 20–55)

Top passers

OAK – Carson Palmer (29–45, 368 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (21–33, 341 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

OAK – Marcel Reece (13 rushes, 48 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (13 rushes, 35 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

OAK – Denarius Moore (4 rec, 90 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Dennis Pitta (5 rec, 67 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

OAK – Tyvon Branch, Philip Wheeler (7)
BAL – Bernard Pollard (11)

The Ravens got their 15th straight home win (16 including playoffs) by defeating the Raiders. Baltimore set a franchise record for points in a game with 55 – improving on the previous record of 48 set against the Detroit Lions on December 13, 2009 – as the team improved to 7–2. Jacoby Jones returned a kickoff for a 105-yard touchdown, making him the first player in league history to have two career kickoff returns of at least 105 yards. Jones had returned a kickoff for 108 yards in Week 6 against the Cowboys.

Week 11: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week Eleven: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	10	0	3	0	13
Steelers	7	0	3	0	10

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: November 18
Game time: 8:20 p.m. EST
Game weather: 46 °F (8 °C), clear
Game attendance: 63,446
Referee: Walt Anderson
TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya

Game information

First quarter

PIT – Byron Leftwich 31-yard run, Shaun Suisham XP good, 14:29 (PIT 0–7)
BAL – Justin Tucker 26-yard field goal, 8:26 (PIT 3–7)
BAL – Jacoby Jones 63-yard punt return, Justin Tucker XP good, 3:33 (BAL 10–7)

Second quarter Third quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 39-yard field goal, 6:55 (BAL 13–7)
PIT – Shaun Suisham 22-yard field goal, 0:37 (BAL 13–10)

Fourth quarter

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (20–32, 164 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT)
PIT – Byron Leftwich (18–39, 201 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (20 rushes, 40 yards, 0 TD)
PIT – Jonathan Dwyer (12 rushes, 55 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Anquan Boldin (8 rec, 79 yards, 0 TD)
PIT – Emmanuel Sanders (3 rec, 82 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Dannell Ellerbe (12)
PIT – Keenan Lewis (10)

The Ravens got their third straight win against the Steelers while picking up their 12th-straight regular season division rival win and improved to 8–2.

Week 12: at San Diego Chargers

Week Twelve: Baltimore Ravens at San Diego Chargers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Ravens	0	0	3	10	3	16
Chargers	0	10	0	3	0	13

at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Date: November 25
Game time: 4:05 p.m. EST/1:05 p.m. PST
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 57,882
Referee: Gene Steratore
TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts

Game information

First quarter Second quarter

SD – Malcom Floyd 21-yard pass from Philip Rivers, Nick Novak XP good, 9:48 (SD 0–7)
SD – Nick Novak 47-yard field goal, 3:08 (SD 0–10)

Third quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 43-yard field goal, 12:23 (SD 3–10)

Fourth quarter

SD – Nick Novak 30-yard field goal, 7:55 (SD 3–13)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 4-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:23 (SD 10–13)
BAL – Justin Tucker 38-yard field goal, 0:03 (BAL 13–13)

Overtime

BAL – Justin Tucker 38-yard field goal, 1:12 (BAL 16–13)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (30–51, 355 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
SD – Philip Rivers (23–36, 228 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (22 rushes, 97 yards, 0 TD)
SD – Ryan Mathews (19 rushes, 72 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Torrey Smith (7 rec, 144 yards, 0 TD)
SD – Danario Alexander (5 rec, 74 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Bernard Pollard (8)
SD – Corey Lynch (10)

The game went into overtime with a field goal by Tucker. The field goal was set up by conversion of a 4th and 29 play where Joe Flacco completed a short pass to Ray Rice and Rice raced 29 yards on the ground for the first down, which would become the 2012 best play of the year. With the surprising win, the Ravens move into 9–2, getting revenge for the previous year's loss in San Diego on Sunday Night Football.

Week 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week Thirteen: Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	3	7	10	23
Ravens	0	13	7	0	20

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: December 2
Game time: 4:25 p.m. EST
Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 71,442
Referee: Alberto Riveron
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

Game information

First quarter

PIT – Shaun Suisham 46-yard field goal, 7:52 (PIT 3–0)

Second quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 45-yard field goal, 13:57 (BAL 3–3)
BAL – Justin Tucker 23-yard field goal, 9:38 (BAL 3–6)
BAL – Anquan Boldin 28-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 3:23 (BAL 3–13)
PIT – Shaun Suisham 41-yard field goal, 0:37 (BAL 6–13)

Third quarter

PIT – Jonathan Dwyer 16-yard run, Shaun Suisham XP good, 11:14 (PIT 13–13)
BAL – Ray Rice 34-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 5:00 (BAL 13–20)

Fourth quarter

PIT – Heath Miller 7-yard pass from Charlie Batch, Shaun Suisham XP good, 7:37 (PIT 20–20)
PIT – Shaun Suisham 42-yard field goal, 0:03 (PIT 23–20)

Top passers

PIT – Charlie Batch (25–36, 276 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (16–34, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

PIT – Jonathan Dwyer (16 rushes, 49 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (12 rushes, 78 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

PIT – Heath Miller (5 rec, 97 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Anquan Boldin (5 rec, 81 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

PIT – James Harrison (7)
BAL – Corey Graham (11)

With 3rd-string QB Charlie Batch at the helm, the Steelers handed the Ravens their first home loss since December 5, 2010 and the Ravens fell to 9–3. This also snapped their 12-game winning streak over division rivals and 3-game winning streak over the Steelers.

Week 14: at Washington Redskins

Week Fourteen: Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Ravens	7	14	0	7	0	28
Redskins	14	0	6	8	3	31

at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Date: December 9
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 81,178
Referee: John Parry
TV announcers (CBS): Marv Albert and Rich Gannon

Game information

First quarter

WAS – Josh Morgan 4-yard pass from Robert Griffin III, Kai Forbath XP good, 9:45 (WAS 0–7)
BAL – Anquan Boldin 19-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 7:12 (BAL 7–7)
WAS – Alfred Morris 1-yard run, Kai Forbath XP good, 2:59 (WAS 7–14)

Second quarter

BAL – Anquan Boldin 31-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 10:23 (BAL 14–14)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 14-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 8:46 (BAL 21–14)

Third quarter

WAS – Kai Forbath 48-yard field goal, 10:31 (BAL 21–17)
WAS – Kai Forbath 49-yard field goal, 1:28 (BAL 21–20)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Ray Rice 7-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:52 (BAL 28–20)
WAS – Pierre Garçon 11-yard pass from Kirk Cousins, Kirk Cousins 2-yard run for two-point conversion, 0:36 (WAS 28–28)

Overtime

WAS – Kai Forbath 34-yard field goal, 11:47 (WAS 28–31)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (16–21, 182 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT)
WAS – Robert Griffin III (15–26, 246 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (20 rushes, 121 yards, 1 TD)
WAS – Alfred Morris (23 rushes, 122 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Anquan Boldin (3 rec, 78 yards, 2 TD)
WAS – Pierre Garçon (5 rec, 87 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Jameel McClain (8)
WAS – Perry Riley (15)

With the loss to the Redskins the Ravens fell to 9–4 and 0–2 on the road against NFC East teams. Also, it was the first consecutive loss for the Ravens since Week 6 of their 2009 season.

The Ravens fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron the next day, promoting Jim Caldwell to the position.^[5]

Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Fifteen: Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	14	14	3	34
Ravens	0	0	3	14	17

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: December 16
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 71,317
Referee: Pete Morelli
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf

Game information

First quarter

DEN – Matt Prater 27-yard field goal, 7:16 (DEN 3–0)

Second quarter

DEN – Jacob Hester 1-yard run, Matt Prater XP good, 11:59 (DEN 10–0)
DEN – Chris Harris 98-yard interception return, Matt Prater XP good, 0:30 (DEN 17–0)

Third quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 45-yard field goal, 12:22 (DEN 17–3)
DEN – Eric Decker 51-yard pass from Peyton Manning, Matt Prater XP good, 10:02 (DEN 24–3)
DEN – Knowshon Moreno 6-yard run, Matt Prater XP good, 7:44 (DEN 31–3)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Dennis Pitta 31-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 14:47 (DEN 31–10)
DEN – Matt Prater 36-yard field goal, 5:16 (DEN 34–10)
BAL – Dennis Pitta 61-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:32 (DEN 34–17)

Top passers

DEN – Peyton Manning (17–28, 204 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (20–40, 254 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

DEN – Knowshon Moreno (22 rushes, 118 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Ray Rice (12 rushes, 38 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

DEN – Eric Decker (8 rec, 133 yards, 1 TD)
BAL – Dennis Pitta (7 rec, 125 yards, 2 TD)

Top tacklers

DEN – Champ Bailey (6)
BAL – Josh Bynes (13)

The Ravens lost their third straight game and fell to 9–5. However, they clinched a playoff berth following the Steelers' loss to the Cowboys later in the evening.

Week 16: vs. New York Giants

Week Sixteen: New York Giants at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	7	0	0	7	14
Ravens	14	10	3	6	33

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: December 23
Game time: 4:25 p.m. EST
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 71,470
Referee: Carl Cheffers
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Torrey Smith 6-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 7:42 (BAL 7–0)
BAL – Joe Flacco 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 4:27 (BAL 14–0)
NYG – David Wilson 14-yard run, Lawrence Tynes XP good, 1:34 (BAL 14–7)

Second quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 23-yard field goal, 6:09 (BAL 17–7)
BAL – Ray Rice 27-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 1:10 (BAL 24–7)

Third quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 21-yard field goal, 5:21 (BAL 27–7)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 30-yard field goal, 11:12 (BAL 30–7)
BAL – Justin Tucker 29-yard field goal, 7:30 (BAL 33–7)
NYG – Domenik Hixon 13-yard pass from Eli Manning, Lawrence Tynes XP good, 3:24 (BAL 33–14)

Top passers

NYG – Eli Manning (14–28, 150 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (25–36, 309 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

NYG – Ahmad Bradshaw (9 rushes, 39 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Bernard Pierce (14 rushes, 123 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

NYG – Rueben Randle (1 rec, 43 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Anquan Boldin (7 rec, 93 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

NYG – Antrel Rolle (10)
BAL – Dannell Ellerbe (5)

With the win the Ravens not only improved to 10–5 but also clinched the AFC North division title (by having four wins in division games).

Week 17: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week Seventeen: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	7	0	0	10	17
Bengals	0	7	6	10	23

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Date: December 30
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 26 °F (−3 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 61,565
Referee: Ron Winter
TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Anthony Allen 2-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:22 (BAL 7–0)

Second quarter

CIN – Marvin Jones 11-yard pass from Andy Dalton, Josh Brown XP good, 0:45 (BAL 7–7)

Third quarter

CIN – Josh Brown 47-yard field goal, 6:20 (CIN 7–10)
CIN – Josh Brown 32-yard field goal, 2:29 (CIN 7–13)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Tyrod Taylor 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 12:58 (BAL 14–13)
CIN – Josh Brown 38-yard field goal, 7:20 (CIN 14–16)
CIN – Carlos Dunlap 14-yard interception return, Josh Brown XP good, 6:13 (CIN 14–23)
BAL – Justin Tucker 49-yard field goal, 1:26 (CIN 17–23)

Top passers

BAL – Tyrod Taylor (15–25, 149 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)
CIN – Andy Dalton (10–15, 78 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Bernard Pierce (22 rushes, 89 yards, 0 TD)
CIN – Brian Leonard (10 rushes, 34 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Ed Dickson (6 rec, 64 yards, 0 TD)
CIN – Brandon Tate (3 rec, 53 yards, 0 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Josh Bynes (9)
CIN – Vontaze Burfict (18)

The Ravens allowed their starters to come out for a few minutes in the first quarter, then played their second-string players for the rest of the game. With the loss to the Bengals, the Ravens finished the season 10–6.

Postseason

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. #5 Indianapolis Colts

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: #5 Indianapolis Colts at #4 Baltimore Ravens – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	6	3	0	9
Ravens	0	10	7	7	24

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Date: January 6, 2013
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 71,379
Referee: Mike Carey^[6]
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

Game information

First quarter Second quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 23-yard field goal, 11:23 (BAL 0–3)
IND – Adam Vinatieri 47-yard field goal, 2:31 (IND 3–3)
BAL – Vonta Leach 2-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:55 (BAL 3–10)
IND – Adam Vinatieri 52-yard field goal, 0:03 (BAL 6–10)

Third quarter

BAL – Dennis Pitta 20-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 8:33 (BAL 6–17)
IND – Adam Vinatieri 26-yard field goal, 0:44 (BAL 9–17)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Anquan Boldin 18-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:22 (BAL 9–24)

Top passers

IND – Andrew Luck (28–54, 288 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT)
BAL – Joe Flacco (12–23, 282 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT)

Top rushers

IND – Vick Ballard (22 rushes, 91 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Bernard Pierce (13 rushes, 103 yards, 0 TD)

Top receivers

IND – Reggie Wayne (9 rec, 114 yards, 0 TD)
BAL – Anquan Boldin (5 rec, 145 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

IND – Antoine Bethea (10)
BAL – Ray Lewis (13)

Ray Lewis lines up in the backfield for the final play of the Ravens' 24–9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in the Wildcard Round of the 2012–2013 NFL Playoffs. This would be Lewis' final play in Baltimore.

By winning the AFC North title, the Ravens hosted the Colts — a team that once played in Baltimore until moving to Indianapolis in 1984 — in the Wild Card round. This relocation remains a controversial issue. The Ravens had faced the Colts in the playoffs twice before, losing both times without scoring any touchdowns in divisional rounds: in 2006 and 2009.

The Ravens, with Ray Lewis playing in his final home game,^[7] limited the Colts to three field goals while Joe Flacco managed a pair of touchdown throws. The Colts head coach Chuck Pagano was a part of the Ravens coaching staff from 2008 to 2011, serving as defensive coordinator during the 2011 season. The Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell was the head coach of the Colts from 2009 to 2011. Before the game Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians was hospitalized with an illness.

The win also marked the first time in NFL history that a starting QB has won at least 1 playoff game in his first 5 seasons as Flacco's playoff record improved to 6–4 and the teams' overall record improved to 11–6.^[8]

AFC Divisional Playoff Game: at #1 Denver Broncos

AFC Divisional Playoff Game: #4 Baltimore Ravens at #1 Denver Broncos – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Ravens	14	7	7	7	0	3	38
Broncos	14	7	7	7	0	0	35

at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado

Date: January 12, 2013
Game time: 4:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. MST
Game weather: 13 °F (−11 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 76,732
Referee: Bill Vinovich
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf and Solomon Wilcots

Game information

First quarter

DEN – Trindon Holliday 90-yard punt return , Matt Prater XP good, 12:32 (DEN 0–7)
BAL – Torrey Smith 59-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 10:39 (BAL 7–7)
BAL – Corey Graham 39-yard interception return, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:58 (BAL 14–7)
DEN – Brandon Stokley 15-yard pass from Peyton Manning, Matt Prater XP good, 4:09 (DEN 14–14)

Second quarter

DEN – Knowshon Moreno 14-yard pass from Peyton Manning, Matt Prater XP good, 7:32 (DEN 14–21)
BAL – Torrey Smith 32-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:43 (BAL 21–21)

Third quarter

DEN – Trindon Holliday 104-yard kickoff return, Matt Prater XP good, 15:00 (DEN 21–28)
BAL – Ray Rice 1-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:23 (BAL 28–28)

Fourth quarter

DEN – Demaryius Thomas 17-yard pass from Peyton Manning, Matt Prater XP good, 7:18 (DEN 28–35)
BAL – Jacoby Jones 70-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 0:41 (BAL 35–35)

Overtime

Second overtime

BAL – Justin Tucker 47-yard field goal, 13:24 (BAL 38–35)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (18–34, 331 yards, 3 TD)
DEN – Peyton Manning (28–43, 290 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (30 rushes, 131 yards, 1 TD)
DEN – Ronnie Hillman (22 rushes, 83 yards)

Leading receivers

BAL – Torrey Smith (3 rec, 98 yards, 2 TD)
DEN – Eric Decker (6 rec, 84 yards)

Top tacklers

BAL – Ray Lewis (17)
DEN – Von Miller (9)

The Ravens faced the Denver Broncos for the second time in the playoffs, having defeated them 21–3 in the 2000 Wild Card playoffs, and also faced Peyton Manning for the third time in a playoff run.

The Broncos clawed to a 35–28 lead but had to punt back to the Ravens in the final two minutes. In the signature play of the game—a deep touchdown strike by Joe Flacco to Jacoby Jones which has come to be known as the Mile-High Miracle—the Ravens tied the game after facing a 3rd-and-3, and with only :41 seconds left in the 4th quarter. After Baltimore tied the game, Manning and the Broncos took a controversial kneel down with 30-seconds left on the clock and two timeouts to take it to overtime. Later in the first overtime Manning was intercepted at his own 45-yard line, setting up the winning Ravens field goal in the opening minute of the second overtime. By improving to 1–2 against Manning in the playoffs, this was the Ravens' first victory against him since the 2001 season when he was with Indianapolis, along with their first-ever road victory against him. Synonymous with the biggest play of the game, this game goes down in Ravens lore as the Mile High Miracle. The victory improved their overall season record to 12–6.

AFC Championship: at #2 New England Patriots

AFC Championship: #4 Baltimore Ravens at #2 New England Patriots – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	0	7	7	14	28
Patriots	3	10	0	0	13

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Date: January 20, 2013
Game time: 6:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C), clear and windy
Game attendance: 68,756
Referee: Bill Leavy
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Steve Tasker

Game information

First quarter

NE – Stephen Gostkowski 31-yard field goal, 6:25 (NE 0–3)

Second quarter

BAL – Ray Rice 2-yard run, Justin Tucker XP good, 9:33 (BAL 7–3)
NE – Wes Welker 1-yard pass from Tom Brady, Stephen Gostkowski XP good, 4:22 (NE 7–10)
NE – Stephen Gostkowski 25-yard field goal, 0:04 (NE 7–13)

Third quarter

BAL – Dennis Pitta 5-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 6:14 (BAL 14–13)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Anquan Boldin 3-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 15:00 (BAL 21–13)
BAL – Anquan Boldin 11-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 11:19 (BAL 28–13)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (21–36, 240 yards, 3 TD)
NE – Tom Brady (29–54, 320 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Bernard Pierce (9 rushes, 52 yards)
NE – Stevan Ridley (18 rushes, 70 yards)

Leading receivers

BAL – Torrey Smith (4 rec, 69 yards)
NE – Wes Welker (8 rec, 117 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Ray Lewis (14)
NE – Brandon Spikes (11)

The Ravens found themselves playing against the Patriots in the AFC Championship game for the second year in a row after losing to them in heartbreaking fashion by a score of 23–20 in the 2011 AFC Championship game.

With the comeback win after trailing in the first-half, the Ravens not only improved their overall record to 13–6, but also advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time in twelve years.

Super Bowl XLVII: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ravens	7	14	7	6	34
49ers	3	3	17	8	31

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: February 3, 2013
Game time: 6:30 p.m. EST/5:30 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium)
Referee: Jerome Boger
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

Game information

First quarter

BAL – Anquan Boldin 13-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 10:42 (BAL 7–0)
SF – David Akers 36-yard field goal, 4:03 (BAL 7–3)

Second quarter

BAL – Dennis Pitta 1-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 7:15 (BAL 14–3)
BAL – Jacoby Jones 56-yard pass from Joe Flacco, Justin Tucker XP good, 1:58 (BAL 21–3)
SF – David Akers 27-yard field goal, 0:03 (BAL 21–6)

Third quarter

BAL – Jacoby Jones 108-yard kickoff return, Justin Tucker XP good, 15:00 (BAL 28–6)
SF – Michael Crabtree 31-yard pass from Colin Kaepernick, David Akers XP good, 7:28 (BAL 28–13)
SF – Frank Gore 6-yard run, David Akers XP good, 5:05 (BAL 28–20)
SF – David Akers 34-yard field goal, 3:14 (BAL 28–23)

Fourth quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 19-yard field goal, 12:57 (BAL 31–23)
SF – Colin Kaepernick 15-yard run, two-point conversion attempt failed, 10:04 (BAL 31–29)
BAL – Justin Tucker 38-yard field goal, 4:23 (BAL 34–29)
SF – Sam Koch ran out of bounds in end zone for a Safety, 0:12 (BAL 34–31)

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco (22–33, 287 yards, 3 TD)
SF – Colin Kaepernick (16–28, 302 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT)

Top rushers

BAL – Ray Rice (20 rushes, 59 yards)
SF – Frank Gore (19 rushes, 110 yards, 1 TD)

Top receivers

BAL – Anquan Boldin (6 rec, 104 yards, 1 TD)
SF – Michael Crabtree (5 rec, 109 yards, 1 TD)

Top tacklers

BAL – Dannell Ellerbe (9)
SF – Patrick Willis (10)

The Ravens advanced to their second Super Bowl in franchise history, facing the San Francisco 49ers. This would be the first time two brothers were head coaches of opposing teams in the Super Bowl with the 49ers being led by Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh's younger brother. The Ravens were designated the visiting team. After leading the entire game, the Ravens held on at the end, stopping the 49ers on four plays inside their own 10-yard line, then taking an intentional safety with four seconds remaining to milk the clock. During the 3rd quarter of the game, half of the power went out in the Superdome, leading to over a 30-minute delay in the game. They finished the season with an overall record of 14–6 with their 4–0 playoff run and improved to 2–0 in Super Bowl appearances, handing the 49ers their first Super Bowl loss as a franchise. The Ravens' win also marked the third-straight season in which a team seeded third or lower in its conference would defeat a top-seeded team from the other conference in a Super Bowl. The win distinguished the Ravens as being the only NFL team, to date, to win multiple Super Bowls without a defeat.

Standings

AFC North
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽⁴⁾ Baltimore Ravens	10	6	0	.625	4–2	8–4	398	344	L1
⁽⁶⁾ Cincinnati Bengals	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	391	320	W3
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	8	0	.500	3–3	5–7	336	314	W1
Cleveland Browns	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	302	368	L3

Statistics

Team leaders

	Player(s)	Value
Passing Yards	Joe Flacco	3,817 Yards
Passing Touchdowns	Joe Flacco	22 TDs
Rushing Yards	Ray Rice	1,143 Yards
Rushing Touchdowns	Ray Rice	9 TDs
Receiving Yards	Anquan Boldin	921 Yards
Receiving Touchdowns	Torrey Smith	8 TDs
Points	Justin Tucker	132 Points
Kickoff Return Yards	Jacoby Jones	1167 Yards
Punt Return Yards	Jacoby Jones	341 Yards
Tackles	Bernard Pollard	98 Tackles
Sacks	Paul Kruger	9.0 Sacks
Interceptions	Cary Williams/Ed Reed	4 INTs

stats values are correct through the end of the regular season. '

League rankings

Total Offense (YPG): 343.2 (19th)
Passing (YPG): 241 (15th)
Rushing (YPG): 102.4 (23rd)
Total Defense (YPG): 372.3 (25th)
Passing (YPG): 247 (23rd)
Rushing (YPG): 125.8 (23rd)

Stats correct through week 13.

Super Bowl Ring

Team owner Steve Bisciotti stated during a press conference that the Ravens Super Bowl ring for the 2012 season was going to be white gold instead of yellow gold, at the request of players and coaches.^[9] While offensive coordinator Cam Cameron was fired after a week 14 loss to the Washington Redskins, head coach John Harbaugh stated that Cameron deserved and received a Super Bowl ring.^[10]

References

↑ Ravens Dedicate Season To Art Modell, by Ryan Mink. BaltimoreRavens.com. Retrieved on November 28, 2012.
↑ http://www.nfl.com/top20games/2012/patriots-at-ravens
↑ Reuters – Mon, Oct 15, 2012 6:25 PM EDT (2012-10-15). "Ravens hit with season-ending injuries to Lewis, Webb". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
↑ "Ravens fined $20K for not listing Ed Reed on injury report – NFL". Sports Illustrated. 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
↑ http://www.abc2news.com//dpp/sports/football/ravens/baltimore-ravens-fire-offensive-coordinator-cam-cameron
↑ FootballZebras.com. Retrieved on January 02 2013.
↑ "Ravens' Lewis says he will retire at end of season". TSN.ca. January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
↑ Rosenthal, Gregg (2013-01-06). "Bruce Arians in hospital, won't coach Indianapolis Colts". National Football League. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
↑ http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/What-Will-The-Super-Bowl-Ring-Look-Like/bdd12965-4555-4f80-987b-59b31dafa44f
↑ http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8924009/2013-super-bowl-john-harbaugh-baltimore-ravens-says-cam-cameron-deserves-super-bowl-ring

External links

Super Bowl champions

Baltimore Ravens seasons
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Bold indicates Super Bowl victory

Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII champions
2 Tyrod Taylor 4 Sam Koch 5 Joe Flacco (MVP) 9 Justin Tucker 10 Dennis Dixon 11 Tommy Streeter 12 Jacoby Jones 15 LaQuan Williams 16 David Reed 17 Tandon Doss 20 Ed Reed 21 Lardarius Webb 22 Jimmy Smith 23 Chykie Brown 24 Corey Graham 25 Asa Jackson 26 Emanuel Cook 27 Ray Rice 28 Damien Berry 29 Cary Williams 30 Bernard Pierce 31 Bernard Pollard 32 James Ihedigbo 33 Christian Thompson 34 Bobby Rainey 35 Anthony Allen 37 Sean Considine 38 Omar Brown 39 Chris Johnson 41 Anthony Levine 42 Nigel Carr 44 Vonta Leach 45 Lonyae Miller 46 Morgan Cox 47 Ricky Brown 48 Alex Silvestro 49 D. J. Bryant 50 Albert McClellan 51 Brendon Ayanbadejo 52 Ray Lewis 53 Jameel McClain 54 Adrian Hamilton 55 Terrell Suggs 56 Josh Bynes 58 Michael McAdoo 59 Dannell Ellerbe 60 Antoine McClain 62 Reggie Stephens 62 Terrence Cody 63 Bobbie Williams 66 Gino Gradkowski 69 Jack Cornell 70 Ramon Harewood 72 Kelechi Osemele 73 Marshal Yanda 74 Michael Oher 76 Jah Reid 77 Matt Birk 78 Bryant McKinnie 81 Anquan Boldin 82 Torrey Smith 83 Deonte Thompson 84 Ed Dickson 86 Billy Bajema 88 Dennis Pitta 90 Pernell McPhee 91 Courtney Upshaw 92 Haloti Ngata 93 DeAngelo Tyson 95 Bryan Hall 96 Ma'ake Kemoeatu 97 Arthur Jones 98 Ryan McBean 99 Paul Kruger
Head coach: John Harbaugh
Coaches: Teryl Austin Juney Barnett Clarence Brooks Jason Brooks Randy Brown Jim Caldwell Juan Castillo Jay Harbaugh Wade Harman Chris Hewitt Jim Hostler Don Martindale Andy Moeller Ted Monachino Wilbert Montgomery Dean Pees Bob Rogucki Jerry Rosburg Craig Ver Steeg Todd Washington Matt Weiss

Baltimore Ravens
Founded in 1996 Based in Baltimore, Maryland Headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland
Franchise	History Seasons Owners General managers Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks Draft history Ring of Honor
Stadiums	Memorial Stadium M&T Bank Stadium
Culture and lore	Baltimore's Marching Ravens (The Band That Wouldn't Die) Baltimore Ravens Cheerleaders Cleveland Browns relocation controversy Edgar, Allan, and Poe Mile High Miracle
Rivalries	Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots
Division championships (4)	2003 2006 2011 2012
Conference championships (2)	2000 2012
League championships (2)	2000 (XXXV) 2012 (XLVII)
Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division
Seasons (22)	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Championship seasons in bold

2012 NFL season

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