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Revision as of 01:00, 23 November 2009

2009 Baltimore Ravens season
OwnerStephen Bisciotti
General managerOzzie Newsome
Head coachJohn Harbaugh
Home fieldM&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record5-5
Division place3rd AFC North
Playoff finishTBD
Uniform
File:AFCN-Uniform-BAL.PNG

The 2009 Baltimore Ravens season is the franchise's 14th season as a team in the National Football League (NFL). The Ravens look to improve upon their 11-5 record from 2008, in which they reached the playoffs and the AFC Championship Game.

Offseason

Rex Ryan, a longtime fixture on the Ravens' sidelines, departed for New York to become the New York Jets head coach after the Ravens fell to the Steelers in the 2008 AFC Championship game.

Other notable offseason departures include linebacker Bart Scott and safety Jim Leonhard, both of whom left Baltimore to follow Rex Ryan to New York, and longtime placekicker Matt Stover. On March 5, 2009, Stover told reporters that the Ravens were "going in a different direction".[1] When Stover's tenure ended with the Ravens, the team severed ties with one of its two remaining players from the Ravens' first season in 1996; the other being Ray Lewis.

2009 NFL Draft

The Baltimore Ravens had six selections going into in the 2009 NFL Draft, which was held in Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York on April 25 and April 26, 2009.

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 23 Michael Oher OT Mississippi
2 57 Paul Kruger DE/OLB Utah
3 88 Lardarius Webb CB Nicholls State
5 137 Jason Phillips ILB TCU
5 149 Davon Drew TE East Carolina
6 185 Cedric Peerman RB Virginia

Schedule

Strength of schedule

The Ravens, in addition to facing its AFC North counterparts, will face opponents from the AFC West Division and the NFC North Division. They will also face the Indianapolis Colts from the AFC South Division and the New England Patriots from the AFC East Division based on the 2002 - 2009 NFL scheduling formula because of their second place finish in the AFC North Division.[2]

The Ravens have the fifth easiest strength of schedule in the NFL based on its aforementioned opponents' win to loss ratio from the 2008 season, with its opponents winning 43.8% of their scheduled games in 2008.[3]

The 2009 NFL schedule was released on April 14, 2009.[4]

Preseason

Week Date Kickoff (EDT) Opponent Results Game Site TV NFL.com Recap
Final score Team record
1 August 14 7:30 PM EDT Washington Redskins W 23-0 1-0 M&T Bank Stadium Fox Recap
2 August 24 8:00 PM New York Jets W 24-23 2-0 M&T Bank Stadium ESPN Recap
3 August 29 8:00 PM at Carolina Panthers W 17-13 3-0 Bank of America Stadium CBS Recap
4 September 3 7:30 PM at Atlanta Falcons W 20-3 4-0 Georgia Dome CBS Recap

Regular season

Week Date Kickoff (ET) Opponent Results Game Site TV NFL Recap
Final score Team record
1 September 13 1:00 PM Kansas City Chiefs W 38-24 1-0 M&T Bank Stadium CBS Recap
2 September 20 4:15 PM at San Diego Chargers W 31-26 2-0 Qualcomm Stadium CBS Recap
3 September 27 1:00 PM Cleveland Browns W 34-3 3-0 M&T Bank Stadium CBS Recap
4 October 4 1:00 PM at New England Patriots L 27-21 3-1 Gillette Stadium CBS
5 October 11 1:00 PM Cincinnati Bengals L 17-14 3-2 M&T Bank Stadium CBS
6 October 18 1:00 PM at Minnesota Vikings L 33-31 3-3 Mall of America Field CBS
7 Bye
8 November 1 1:00 PM Denver Broncos W 30-7 4-3 M&T Bank Stadium CBS
9 November 8 1:00 PM at Cincinnati Bengals L 17-7 4-4 Paul Brown Stadium CBS
10 November 16 8:30 PM at Cleveland Browns W 16-0 5-4 Cleveland Browns Stadium ESPN
11 November 22 1:00 PM Indianapolis Colts L 17-15 5-5 M&T Bank Stadium CBS
12 November 29 8:20 PM [a] Pittsburgh Steelers M&T Bank Stadium NBC
13 December 7 8:30 PM at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field ESPN
14 December 13 1:00 PM Detroit Lions M&T Bank Stadium Fox
15 December 20 1:00 PM Chicago Bears M&T Bank Stadium Fox
16 December 27 1:00 PM [a] at Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field CBS
17 January 3, 2010 4:15 PM at Oakland Raiders Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum CBS

COLOR KEY:

  The Ravens won the game.
  The Ravens lost the game.
  Gametime is subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
a NOTE: The November 29 game vs. Pittsburgh has been confirmed as the Sunday Night Game for Week 12.[5] Due to flex-scheduling procedures involving intra-division games, the second meeting with the Steelers (at Pittsburgh in Week 16) is exempt from NBC's flex-scheduling.

Standings

AFC North
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(4) Cincinnati Bengals 10 6 0 .625 6–0 7–5 305 291 L1
(6) Baltimore Ravens 9 7 0 .563 3–3 7–5 391 261 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 0 .563 2–4 6–6 368 324 W3
Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 .313 1–5 5–7 245 375 W4

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week One: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Baltimore Ravens — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Chiefs 0 7 7 10 24
Ravens 10 0 7 21 38

The Baltimore Ravens began the 2009 season at home for the second season in a row. They hosted the Kansas City Chiefs, who struggled to a franchise-worst 2-14 record in 2008. The Ravens dominated time of possession and offensive production throughout the game, but their special teams miscues made the game much closer than the score would indicate. The Ravens found the end zone half way through the first quarter for their first touchdown of the season when Flacco found Willis McGahee for a 3 yard touchdown pass. The Ravens would later increase their advantage with a Steven Hauschka field goal. In the second quarter, a special teams miscue led to Chiefs safety Jon McGraw blocking a Sam Koch punt into the end zone, where he recovered for a touchdown. Early in the third quarter, Derrick Johnson intercepted an errant Joe Flacco pass and returned it to the Ravens 3 yard line. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle found standout receiver Dwayne Bowe for a touchdown three plays later. The Ravens would respond with an 11 play, five minute drive capped off by a 9 yard touchdown to Todd Heap. After trading touchdowns halfway through the fourth quarter, the Ravens defense forced a turnover on downs, and the Ravens offense capitalized with a Le'Ron McClain 1 yard touchdown run. The Ravens would add an additional touchdown from McGahee in the final minute of the game to open their season with a 38 - 24 win, and the second win in as many home openers. With the win, not only do the Ravens improve to 1-0, they are the only team in the AFC North to win their home opener on Kickoff Sunday; the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Tennessee Titans 13 - 10 on Kickoff Night the Thursday prior.

Week 2: at San Diego Chargers

Week Two: Baltimore Ravens vs. San Diego Chargers — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 7 14 7 3 31
Chargers 10 6 7 3 26

The Chargers host the Ravens in their home debut in San Diego after a narrow escape in the second of two AFL 50th Anniversary-themed division rivalry Monday Night matchups against the Raiders in Oakland. The Chargers jumped out to an early lead when a blown coverage led to an easy 81 yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to Darren Sproles. The Ravens answered with Willis McGahee on a 5 yard touchdown run, but the Chargers would increase their advantage on a Nate Kaeding field goal. The offensive display would continue in the second quarter, but the Ravens touchdowns were only answered by Chargers field goals. McGahee found the end zone a second time to take the lead 14 - 10, but the Chargers pulled within one on the second Kaeding field goal. Flacco then found Kelley Washington for Flacco's first touchdown pass of the day and Washington's first touchdown reception as a Raven just inside the 2-minute halftime warning. Rivers led the Chargers down the field in an attempt to answer, but the drive stalled and had to settle for the third of four Kaeding field goals. In the second half, both defenses stiffened. Todd Heap would get his second touchdown catch of the season from Flacco from 9 yards out, but the Chargers responded with a 35 yard touchdown catch from Vincent Jackson. Late in the fourth quarter, interceptions from Flacco and Rivers led to trading field goals. After a Ravens punt, Rivers led the Chargers all the way down to the Ravens 15. The Chargers went for the first down on fourth down to go for the win, but Sproles was stopped by Ray Lewis five yards in the backfield, allowing the Ravens to run the clock out. With the win, not only do the Ravens improve to 2-0, the Ravens take sole possession of first place in the AFC North.

Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week Three: Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 0 0 3 3
Ravens 10 10 7 7 34

After another high scoring affair in San Diego, the Ravens returned to Baltimore with a one game lead on the Steelers and Bengals and hosted their first AFC North Division game against the Cleveland Browns. (Coincidentally, the Bengals host the Steelers in divisional play in week three as well.) Although this was the third consecutive high scoring game for the Ravens, this was not a close contest. The Ravens struck early on the first of two touchdown runs from Willis McGahee, and would increase their advantage on a Hauschka field goal. In the second quarter, after another Hauschka field goal, McGahee found the end zone again. His second rushing TD leads the NFL with five. Although the Browns wanted to prove they were up to the challenge of contending with a quality football team, miscues thoroughly undid the Browns as quarterbacks Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn combined for four interceptions. Quinn was benched at the half in favor of Anderson, but Anderson was no better than his maligned counterpart. The third quarter only saw another touchdown for the Ravens, but was a special one for Ray Rice, as it was his first career NFL touchdown. The final minutes of the third quarter also saw the Browns longest drive of the day, but as time expired in the third quarter, the Browns were stopped short of the end zone. The fourth quarter opened with the Browns only points of the game on a field goal from Billy Cundiff, a free-agent signee since kicker Phil Dawson was inactive due to a leg injury. The final points of the contest came on the third Anderson interception, which was Ed Reed's first of the season. Flacco's touchdown was not only the longest of the season for him to date, but was the only passing touchdown all day. He hit a wide open Derrick Mason after a blown coverage in the Browns secondary for a 72 yard touchdown. With the win, the Ravens improve to 3-0 and improve to 1-0 in the AFC North.

Week 4: at New England Patriots

Week Four: Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 7 0 7 7 21
Patriots 3 14 7 3 27

Coming off their divisional home win over the Browns, the Ravens flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 4 battle with the New England Patriots. After Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter, Baltimore got into the game with quarterback Joe Flacco hooking up with wide receiver Derrick Mason on a 20-yard touchdown pass. In the second quarter, New England came back with quarterback Tom Brady's 1-yard touchdown run and running back Sammy Morris' 12-yard touchdown run.

The Ravens would reply in the third quarter with defensive end Terrell Suggs sacking Brady, causing a fumble which rolled into the Patriots' endzone, where defensive end Dwan Edwards would land on it for a touchdown. New England would come right back with Brady's 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randy Moss. Baltimore would play some catch-up in the fourth quarter as Flacco found running back Willis McGahee on a 13-yard touchdown pass, but the Patriots willingly replied with Gostkowski's 33-yard field goal. Flacco would lead a last-minute drive, but New England's stiffened and came away with the win.

With the tough loss, the Ravens fell to 3-1.

Week 5: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week Five: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 3 7 7 17
Ravens 0 7 0 7 14

Hoping to rebound from their tough road loss to the Patriots, the Ravens went home for a Week 5 AFC North duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. The winner would take the lead in the division after five weeks.

After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore's defense went to work in the second quarter with safety Ed Reed returning an interception 52 yards for a touchdown. The Bengals would answer with a 32-yard field goal from kicker Shayne Graham. Near the end of the third quarter, Cincinnati would take the lead on a 28-yard touchdown run from running back Cedric Benson. The Ravens would respond in the fourth quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco hooked up with running back Ray Rice 48-yard touchdown pass. However, late in the game, the Bengals would deliver the final strike as quarterback Carson Palmer completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Caldwell. Baltimore tried to rally, but an interception from cornerback Leon Hall eliminated any chance of a comeback.

With the loss, the Ravens fell to 3-2.

Also, the defense's 40-game streak of keeping a single rusher under 100 yards was snapped. The last time that Baltimore allowed a 100-yard rusher was Dec. 10, 2006 against the Chiefs' Larry Johnson.

Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings

Week Six: Baltimore Ravens vs. Minnesota Vikings — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 3 7 21 31
Vikings 14 0 6 13 33

Trying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Ravens flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. Baltimore would trail in the first quarter as Vikings quarterback Brett Favre completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bernard Berrian. Afterwards, the Ravens would snag the only points of the second quarter with kicker Steven Hauschka making a 29-yard field goal.

In the third quarter, Minnesota would extend its lead as kicker Ryan Longwell nailed a 40-yard field goal. Baltimore would come right back into the game with running back Ray Rice's 22-yard touchdown run, but Longwell helped out the Vikings with a 22-yard field goal. In a nerve-racking fourth quarter, Minnesota increased its lead with Favre finding Shiancoe again on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Ravens would respond with quarterback Joe Flacco's 32-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton. After Longwell gave the Vikings a 29-yard field goal, Baltimore would take the lead as Flacco completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derrick Mason and Rice getting a 33-yard touchdown run. Minnesota would regain the lead as Longwell booted a 31-yard field goal. Flacco would get the Ravens into scoring range, but Hauschka's 44-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left, preserving the Vikings' so-far perfect season.

With the loss, Baltimore went into its bye week at 3-3.

This also marked the first time that the Ravens defense allowed back-to-back 100-yard rushers since 2005 (Bengals' Rudi Johnson & Texans' Domanick Williams).

Week 8: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Eight: Denver Broncos vs. Baltimore Ravens — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 0 7 0 7
Ravens 3 3 10 14 30

Coming off their bye week, the Ravens went home for a Week 8 duel with the undefeated Denver Broncos. Baltimore took flight in the first half with kicker Steven Hauschka nailing a 43-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 35-yard field goal in the second quarter. The Ravens would immediately make their domination felt in the third quarter as rookie cornerback Lardarius Webb returned the second half's opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown. The Broncos would get on the board with running back Knowshon Moreno getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet Baltimore answered with Hauschka booting a 31-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens closed the game out in the fourth quarter as quarterback Joe Flacco found wide receiver Derrick Mason on a 20-yard touchdown pass, while running back Ray Rice got a 7-yard touchdown run.

With the win, Baltimore improved to 4-3.

Week 9: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week Nine: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 0 0 7 7
Bengals 14 3 0 0 17

Coming off their dominating home win over the Broncos, the Ravens flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 9 AFC North rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals. Baltimore would trail in the first quarter as Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Andre Caldwell, followed by running back Cedric Benson getting a 1-yard touchdown run. Cincinnati would increase their lead in the second quarter as kicker Shayne Graham booted a 23-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, the Ravens got on the board with a 2-yard touchdown run from running back Ray Rice. However, the Bengals' defense would stop any further progress from Baltimore.

With the loss, the Ravens fell to 4-4.

Week 10: at Cleveland Browns

Week Ten: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 0 16 0 16
Browns 0 0 0 0 0

Hoping to rebound from their season-sweeping losses to the Bengals, the Ravens flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 10 Monday night duel with their AFC North rival, the Cleveland Browns. After a scoreless first half, Baltimore would acquire all of their points in the third quarter. It began with running back Ray Rice getting a 13-yard touchdown run, safety Dawan Landry returning an interception 48 yards for a touchdown, and kicker Steven Hauschka booting a 44-yard field goal. Afterwards, the defense would consistently shutdown the Browns' inept offense.

With the win, the Ravens improved to 5-4.

Week 11: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week Eleven: Indianapolis Colts vs. Baltimore Ravens — Summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Colts 0
Ravens 0

References

  1. ^ http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/resources/playernews?playerId=129
  2. ^ "Explanation of new NFL Scheduling Formula". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-04-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4027503
  4. ^ http://www.nfl.com/schedules/release
  5. ^ http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-1/TitansCardinals-Game-on-Nov-29-Moved-to-315-pm-CT/069cebce-b4da-42c8-b6e8-cfcb5db83d54
Baltimore Ravens roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


As of November 7, 2024. Rookies in italics.

53 active, 8 reserve, 16 practice squad (+2 exempt)

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