Best Games In Ravens History

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There have been a lot of great, memorable games in Baltimore Ravens history. The Super Bowl is an obvious one. Here you can give your favorite games in team history. Here are my top 10:

10) Hello, Monday Night Football! In 2005, the Ravens literally trampled star QB Brett Favre and the rest of the Green Bay Packers, 48-3. Ed Reed made a monstorous hit on Green Bay WR Donald Driver while Ravens QB Kyle Boller threw three TD passes.

9) Qadry "Q" Ismail gets 257 yards and 3 TDs in a 1999 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh.

8) Jermaine Lewis returns two punts for TDs in a 2000 win against the New York Jets in 2000. Two weeks earlier, Lewis's son Geronemo was stillborn.

7) The Baltimore Ravens begin their stay in town on a good note, beeting the Oakland Raiders 19-14 at Memorial Stadium in 1996. It was the Ravens' first ever game. Ray Lewis got an INT and QB Vinny Testaverde scored the franchise's first TD.

6) The Ravens knock off the Dallas Cowboys, 33-24 in the last game ever played in Texas Stadium. WR Derrick Mason scored a TD with a dislocated shoulder. Enjoy the party, Jerry!

5) Jamal Lewis rushes for a then-NFL record 296 yards and 3 TDs in 2003 as the Ravens edged the Cleveland Browns.

4) Ed Reed gets two picks, one for an NFL record 108-yd return for a TD in a 36-7 Ravens win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Baltimore in 2008. The Ravens forced four turnovers and star Eagles QB Donovan McNabb was benched. Oh and LB Antwaan Barnes also pulled down the pants of Eagles RB Brian Westbrook.

3) The New England Patriots are shocked by 21 points in the First Quarter to spark a 34-14 Ravens victory in the 2009 AFC Wild Card Game. Four turnovers were forced by the Ravens and Pats QB Tom Brady threw three picks.

2) Ravens beat the Tennesse Titans, 24-10 in the AFC Wild Card 2000. Ray Lewis pick-six.

1) Ravens romp the new York Giants, 34-7 in Super Bowl XXXV. The Ravens forced 5 turnovers and MLB Ray Lewis won MVP honors.

[TDubbs]

Number 4 was the first Football game i had ever watched. I fell in love with this team and these players. Have never looked back.

[jus'_crAzy]

How about the 16-0 Pats@Ravens back in 2007???

We lost, but it was still one of the better games that I've ever seen.

[berad]

I've only been watching since 2004 so I won't count anything before then...

[b]5. Ravens @ Redskins 2004[/b] - the game that got me to be a fan. We won a come-from-behind 17-10 game without scoring an offensive TD! That's insane. We were down 0-10 at half-time before Ed Reed had his incredibly athletic sack-strip-recovery-TD of Brunell and B.J. Sams broke a huge punt return TD. Ray Lewis laid down the law in that game and instantly became my favorite player. Kyle Boller threw three interceptions and we still won the battle of 95. It's the reason I became a fan so it will always hold a special place in my heart.

[b]4. Ravens vs Chargers 2006[/b] - 2-0 Chargers versus 3-0 Ravens. The battle of the heavyweights. Chargers came in as the ESPN media-darlings and Shawne Merriman was the supposed heir to the [i]"best LB in the game"[/i] title. Hmph. Ray Lewis and the run-D held Tomlinson in check but Phillip Rivers got some TD passes over our pass-D. Steve McNair drove us down the field in the 4th quarter and threw a game-winning TD pass to Todd Heap who absorbed a Merriman hit and then jumped over him, into the endzone. Game was capped by Jarret Johnson blowing up Phillip Rivers for the Chargers' first sack of the year. Ravens 4-0.

[b]3. Ravens @ Cowboys 2008[/b] - we helped demolish Texas Stadium by demolishing the Cowboys. Allegedly hand-picked by the Cowboys as a home-coming game, we shut Jerry Jones' team down. Great game, all-around. Jared Gaither playing with one arm. Derrick Mason catching tough passes and recovering fumbles with one arm. Joe Flacco playing well in the spotlight. And, of course, the running game, breaking off two huge runs in the 4th quarter on back-to-back drives - [i]"Are you kidding me?!"[/i] Ravens earned a lot of respect from that game and sealed their first playoff berth with John Harbaugh at the helm.

[b]2. Ravens @ Jets 2010[/b] - we came into the New Meadowlands with the Jets talking smack. Rex even talked-down on Ed Reed and Ray Lewis; but Ray responded, [i]"Bottom line is there ain’t no man over that that’s just gonna flat out whoop me"[/i]. Even though the scoreboard only indicated a 1-point win, make no mistake, it was a butt-whooping. We were the more physical team and we made Rex and Bart wish they never left Baltimore. [i]"The game ain't played through tongues. The game is played when you buckle up your chin strap."[/i] Goosebumps.

[b]1. Ravens / Steelers 2006[/b] - both games. Can't separate them because they are the best feeling I've had as a Ravens fan. Shutting them down with a combined score of 58-7. Wow. Those games a perfect to me. Perfect. Watch the highlights, if you don't know.

[FerrariFan87]

Agree about the 2006 games against Pittsburgh... but Super Bowl XXXV will be number one until we win our next one.

[mdrsharon]

all great, but the emotionality of winning the Super Bowl is absolutely number 1!
Let's hope we do it again this year, actually I am hoping we even get to play...

[Romo Ravens]

Super Bowl is number one, but being able to shut up Ryan and Jerry Jones by beating them in their own houses, especially when Jerry wanted to play us and Ryan wanted to open up the season against us since he thought he would get a win. Neither team is nothing special, and we proved that.

[codizzle]

He said since 2004 but i agree with ya guys..

Havent done a list yet but jets vs ravens 2010 would be kn there.. I live in arkansas and i dont know if i have ever had more people ask me questions before a game than that one besides a steelers game maybe...

Jets were talking and talking about everything and then they started trashing ray and ed.. I was ready to put the pads on myself and shut em up. I just wish we had put some more points on the board to correctly portray the real feel of the game.. We straight hit em in the mouth and shut them up... Ravens style baby. Cant beat us at our own game kids

[Romo Ravens]

I wonder if Jets fans know that their team is trying to be an exact copy of the Ravens? How sad

[codizzle]

[quote name='Romo Ravens' timestamp='1300391756' post='655506']
I wonder if Jets fans know that their team is trying to be an exact copy of the Ravens? How sad
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thats what made it even better lol.. All of them made it to be this huge game with their talk and of course from the new stadium aspect it was but we just went about business as usual.. We let ray ray do the talking and he said it perfectly and then we shut em uo poont blank.. Especially dustin keller lol he got the worst of it i believe well besides rex maybe who inserted his foot in his mouth a few too many times (too easy ill leave that one alone)

[JEEPercreepermd]

10. 06 games vs Steelers- Never in the rivalry between these two teams has one just completely dominated the other in consecutive games like the Ravens did in 2006.
9. Ravens 36- Eagles 7- I am surrounded by Philly fans who have little respect for any other team and always seemed to turn their nose up at the Ravens until this game. We absolutely demolished them.

8. 2008 divisional playoffs vs Titans- The Ravens defense was on it's heels but kept finding ways to wrestle the ball from the Titan's offense. Harbaugh made a great challenge on an out of bounds catch that resulted in a missed FG and Stover made his last clutch kick as a Raven with 40 seconds left to send the Ravens to the AFC Championship game.

7. 07 vs Patriots- Reguardless of the final score, the Ravens had the Pats beat several times that night and the whole world knew how lucky they were to escape that one.


6. Ravens over Oakland AFC Championship Game- Oakland was supposed to be the best offense in the AFC and we completely suffocated them.

5. Ravens beat Cowboys in 08- What a magical win that was. Nobody was giving the Ravens a chance to win the last game at the toilet bowl and not only did the Ravens win that game, they emberassed them on National TV when both McGahee and Mclain sealed the win with back to back touchdown runs on the first play of each drive.

4. Ravens 33- Patriots 14- Earlier that year, the Ravens were IMHO robbed ANOTHER win over the Pats by terrible officiating. I can't remember seeing the Patriots being absolutely slapped around like they were on that afternoon. What a beautiful feeling that was.

3. Ravens over titans in 2000 regular season- The Ravens handed Tennesee it's first loss at home, Trent Dilfer's best game as a Raven imo

2. Ravens vs Jets 2010- it's only #2 because I forgot to list it earlier lol. But nonetheless one of the top 10 games that i'll remember.

1. Superbowl- Even with the greatest defense ever, all the media hype was on New York well because they are New York. Nobody was beating the Ravens on that night, I've never seen a more spectacular defensive performance since by any team. The Ravens had a chance to shut them out if it weren't for a kick return touchdown by New York. Although it won't ever be recognized as one of the best super bowls ever, it's only because it was never a game from the start. New York had no chance.

[berad]

[quote name='codizzle' timestamp='1300391665' post='655504']
[b]He said since 2004[/b] but i agree with ya guys..

Havent done a list yet but jets vs ravens 2010 would be kn there.. I live in arkansas and i dont know if i have ever had more people ask me questions before a game than that one besides a steelers game maybe...

Jets were talking and talking about everything and then they started trashing ray and ed.. I was ready to put the pads on myself and shut em up. I just wish we had put some more points on the board to correctly portray the real feel of the game.. We straight hit em in the mouth and shut them up... Ravens style baby. Cant beat us at our own game kids
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That was just me. I didn't watch the NFL and, by extension, the Ravens before 2004 so I have no recollection of the original games - just seeing footage, after the fact, once the obsession set in - so I can't really comment on what felt "best", personally.

I'm sure to anyone who was a fan before or during 2000, the Super Bowl trumps all, as it should.

[codizzle]

[quote name='berad' timestamp='1300394231' post='655523']
That was just me. I didn't watch the NFL and, by extension, the Ravens before 2004 so I have no recollection of the original games - just seeing footage, after the fact, once the obsession set in - so I can't really comment on what felt "best", personally.

I'm sure to anyone who was a fan before or during 2000, the Super Bowl trumps all, as it should.
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yea i got ya.. Just referring to post beneath ya.. Its hard for me to remember anything from our first few years so i understand ur logic completely

[berad]

[quote name='codizzle' timestamp='1300395716' post='655538']
yea i got ya.. Just referring to post beneath ya.. Its hard for me to remember anything from our first few years so i understand ur logic completely
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Ohh, okay, didn't see that one. Now I feel silly for explaining what you already knew

[Milton145]

Started watching football in 2008. So the most entertaining game I've witnessed was the Vikings game even though we lost. But the best team win we've had since I've been watching is the Pats Wildcard Game last year.

[wayne]

People also have to remember in the Ravens - Cowboys game which was the last game in the Texas Stadium, Ed had two picks that game.

Also, that playoff whooping on the Pats a few years back was definitely one of my favorites and I have to throw in the Colts - Ravens game in 06. Even though we lost the game, that was the best D I have witness with my own eyes as we held Peyton and the Colts to 5 field goals. Our D was so good we were batting passes down from our own players that would have been picks.

[kagejb]

Even though we lost, the game against the 2007 Patriots was surely one of the best games I've seen. It was heartbreaking, but a great game nonetheless.

[RavensAllTheWay]

Another good one that gets way overlooked is our 37-27 win at Cleveland in 2008.

It was an even first half. Then the Browns go and get a quick 14 (on one of them, the guy was short of the goaline, but we didn't challenge), but our young team, filled with rookies at key positions, didn't falter and we fought back. Rice had a season high 154 yds rushing, and it was Flaccos best game in his career up to that point. His first ever multi-TD pass game. Suggs second pick six in three weeks finished it off for an inspiring comeback win at a rivals house.

[Militant X 1]

ok....there are many games that we can "obviously" choose from but i will choose 2.

-Ravens close down the old Cowboys Stadium with a win....especially since Jerry Jones "requested" the Ravens be the opponents for the last game in that stadium. dumb move Jerry! lol!

-Ravens win in OT vs the Texans this season due to a Josh Wilson "Walk-Off" INT for a TD. i will NEVER forget that game! : )

P52B

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='RavensAllTheWay' timestamp='1300404638' post='655611']
Another good one that gets way overlooked is our 37-27 win at Cleveland in 2008.

It was an even first half. Then the Browns go and get a quick 14 (on one of them, the guy was short of the goaline, but we didn't challenge), but our young team, filled with rookies at key positions, didn't falter and we fought back. Rice had a season high 154 yds rushing, and it was Flaccos best game in his career up to that point. His first ever multi-TD pass game. Suggs second pick six in three weeks finished it off for an inspiring comeback win at a rivals house.
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Agreed, that was definitely a great comeback win. I was getting flashbacks of the final drive of the Browns-Ravens game in baltimore in 2007 with the crazy FG at the end, when Derrick Anderson started moving the ball a little on us when they got it back, then Suggs slammed the door on them once and for all. Wow, the Brownies haven't beaten us since 07 lol

[Mahatma_Sloth]

i voted for the SB (duh!) but a game that absolutely sticks out in my mind was a loss 2003 Ravens Vs. Colts was an absolute chess match

[Alexir]

2 personal favorites werent up there.

Shutting out and destroying Big Ben in 2006 @ Home.

2007 vs Patriots. That was a great battle until the last minute....

[Passepartout]

When the Ravens beat the Pats in Foxborough! That was a classic!

[ryan23945]

gotta go with the super bowl on this one, for obvious reasons

the 07 pats game was good, but it was a loss, rexs timeout on 4th down still irks me

[Jamal]

[quote name='Romo Ravens' timestamp='1300391756' post='655506']
I wonder if Jets fans know that their team is trying to be an exact copy of the Ravens? How sad
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Not sure how thats sad tbh. We are one of the better organizations in the NFL.

As they say, imitation is the ultimate sign of respect.

[ryan23945]

[quote name='Jamal' timestamp='1300564125' post='656506']
Not sure how thats said tbh. We are one of the better organizations in the NFL.

As they say, imitation is the ultimate sign of respect.
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not to mention they have gone further in the playoffs both years since obtaining rex, no much of an imitation

[Ravens Lover]

As far as best game ever the Super Bowl wins hands down, but I put the Dallas game just with what Mase did and the late game entertainment was awesome

[Bltravens]

2000 AFC Divisional round against the Titans...its arguably the most intense physical football game I've ever seen. Some of our Steelers games have been close but that Titans game was ridiculous. Its the best pure football game I've ever seen.

Ravens absolutely murdered the Giants in the Super Bowl game, the only instance I can remember where the game was indoubt was the gift holding penalty that negated a pick 6 on a screen pass from Dilfer.