This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

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2008 Baltimore RavensW2008 Baltimore Ravens↗

NFL · AFC North · 11–5 (.688) · 2nd in division · PF 385 · PA 244 · Coach John Harbaugh · Lost Conference Championship

◀ 2007 2009 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1037	918
EPA per play	-0.02	-0.23
Pass EPA per play	-0.03	-0.25
Rush EPA per play	-0.01	-0.20
Success rate	40.3%	35.3%
Pass rate	45.0%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (19 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2008-09-07	1	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–10	1–0	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-09-21	3	vs Cleveland Browns	W 28–10	2–0	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-09-29	4	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–23 OT	2–1	Heinz Field
2008-10-05	5	vs Tennessee Titans	L 10–13	2–2	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-10-12	6	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 3–31	2–3	Lucas Oil Stadium
2008-10-19	7	@ Miami Dolphins	W 27–13	3–3	Dolphin Stadium
2008-10-26	8	vs Oakland Raiders	W 29–10	4–3	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-11-02	9	@ Cleveland Browns	W 37–27	5–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2008-11-09	10	@ Houston Texans	W 41–13	6–3	Reliant Stadium
2008-11-16	11	@ New York Giants	L 10–30	6–4	Giants Stadium
2008-11-23	12	vs Philadelphia Eagles	W 36–7	7–4	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-11-30	13	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 34–3	8–4	Paul Brown Stadium
2008-12-07	14	vs Washington Redskins	W 24–10	9–4	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-12-14	15	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–13	9–5	M&T Bank Stadium
2008-12-20	16	@ Dallas Cowboys	W 33–24	10–5	Texas Stadium
2008-12-28	17	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 27–7	11–5	M&T Bank Stadium
2009-01-04	WC	@ Miami Dolphins	W 27–9		Dolphin Stadium
2009-01-10	Div	@ Tennessee Titans	W 13–10		LP Field
2009-01-18	Conf	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–23		Heinz Field

Roster (65)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
2	Todd Bouman	QB	6-2	236	St. Cloud State University; South Dakota State	11	ACT
5	Joe Flacco	QB	6-6	245	Delaware; Pittsburgh	0	ACT
10	Troy Smith	QB	6-0	217	Ohio State	1	ACT
33	Le'Ron McClain	FB	6-0	260	Alabama	1	ACT
42	Lorenzo Neal	FB	5-11	255	Fresno State	15	ACT
23	Willis McGahee	RB	6-0	235	Miami	5	ACT
27	Ray Rice	RB	5-8	206	Rutgers	0	ACT
38	Jalen Parmele	RB	5-11	225	Toledo	0	ACT
12	Ernie Wheelwright	WR	6-5	220	Minnesota	0	DEV
15	Terrance Copper	WR	6-0	207	East Carolina	4	ACT
16	Yamon Figurs	WR	5-11	175	Kansas State; Garden City CC	1	ACT
17	Marcus Maxwell	WR	6-3	210	Oregon; Diablo Valley College	3	RES
81	Marcus Smith	WR	6-1	225	New Mexico	0	ACT
85	Derrick Mason	WR	5-10	197	Michigan State	11	ACT
87	Demetrius Williams	WR	6-2	202	Oregon	2	RES
89	Mark Clayton	WR	5-10	190	Oklahoma	3	ACT
83	Daniel Wilcox	TE	6-1	250	Appalachian State; Georgia Military	7	ACT
84	Edgar Jones	TE	6-4	262	Southeast Missouri State	1	ACT
86	Todd Heap	TE	6-5	252	Arizona State	7	ACT
60	Jason Brown	C	6-3	320	North Carolina	3	ACT
21	Chris McAlister	CB	6-1	210	Arizona; Mt. San Antonio	9	RES
22	Samari Rolle	CB	6-0	175	Florida State	10	ACT
29	Derrick Martin	CB	5-10	198	Wyoming	2	RES
31	Fabian Washington	CB	5-11	175	Nebraska	3	ACT
35	Corey Ivy	CB	5-9	190	Oklahoma	9	ACT
41	Frank Walker	CB	5-11	200	Tuskegee University	5	ACT
24	Anwar Phillips	DB	6-0	187	Penn State	2	DEV
90	Trevor Pryce	DE	6-5	290	Clemson; Michigan	11	ACT
91	Marques Douglas	DE	6-2	290	Howard	9	ACT
92	Haloti Ngata	DE	6-4	340	Oregon	2	ACT
68	Brandon McKinney	DT	6-2	345	Michigan State	2	ACT
20	Ed Reed	FS	5-11	205	Miami	6	ACT
36	Jim Leonhard	FS	5-8	188	Wisconsin	3	ACT
65	Chris Chester	G	6-3	303	Oklahoma	2	ACT
66	Ben Grubbs	G	6-3	310	Auburn	1	ACT
73	Marshal Yanda	G	6-3	305	Iowa; North Iowa Area Community College	1	RES
76	David Hale	G	6-6	310	Weber State	0	ACT
51	Brendon Ayanbadejo	ILB	6-1	225	UCLA	9	ACT
52	Ray Lewis	ILB	6-1	240	Miami	12	ACT
56	Tavares Gooden	ILB	6-1	242	Miami	0	RES
57	Bart Scott	ILB	6-2	242	Southern Illinois	6	ACT
3	Matt Stover	K	5-11	180	Louisiana Tech	18	ACT
6	Steven Hauschka	K	6-4	210	N.C. State; Middlebury	0	ACT
58	Robert McCune	LB	6-0	245	Louisville	3	ACT
70	Matt Katula	LS	6-6	265	Wisconsin	3	ACT
94	Justin Bannan	NT	6-3	312	Colorado	6	ACT
96	Lamar Divens	NT	6-3	340	Tennessee State; Vanderbilt	0	RES
97	Kelly Gregg	NT	6-0	320	Oklahoma	9	RES
50	Antwan Barnes	OLB	6-1	251	Florida International	1	ACT
53	Jameel McClain	OLB	6-1	245	Syracuse	0	ACT
55	Terrell Suggs	OLB	6-3	265	Arizona State	5	ACT
59	Nick Greisen	OLB	6-1	250	Wisconsin	6	ACT
95	Jarret Johnson	OLB	6-3	260	Alabama	5	ACT
4	Sam Koch	P	6-1	222	Nebraska	2	ACT
25	Evan Oglesby	SS	5-11	182	North Alabama	3	ACT
26	Dawan Landry	SS	6-1	212	Georgia Tech	2	RES
28	Tom Zbikowski	SS	5-11	200	Notre Dame	0	ACT
39	Daren Stone	SS	6-3	215	Maine	1	ACT
43	Haruki Nakamura	SS	5-10	205	Cincinnati	0	ACT
64	Oniel Cousins	T	6-4	315	Texas-El Paso	0	ACT
69	Chad Slaughter	T	6-8	340	Alcorn State	8	ACT
71	Jared Gaither	T	6-9	335	Maryland	1	ACT
74	Mike Kracalik	T	6-8	340	San Diego State	3	CUT
78	Adam Terry	T	6-8	335	Syracuse	3	ACT
79	Willie Anderson	T	6-5	340	Auburn	12	ACT

Depth chart, week 20

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Jason Brown	Chris Chester
FB	Le'Ron McClain	Lorenzo Neal
LG	Ben Grubbs	Chris Chester	David Hale
LT	Jared Gaither	Adam Terry	Oniel Cousins
QB	Joe Flacco	Troy Smith	Todd Bouman
RB	Willis McGahee	Ray Rice	Jalen Parmele
RG	Chris Chester	Adam Terry	Oniel Cousins
RT	Willie Anderson	Adam Terry	Chad Slaughter
TE	Todd Heap	Daniel Wilcox	Edgar Jones
WR	Mark Clayton	Derrick Mason	Marcus Smith

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Ed Reed	Haruki Nakamura	Daren Stone
LCB	Fabian Washington	Frank Walker
LDT	Justin Bannan	Marques Douglas
LILB	Ray Lewis	Nick Greisen	Robert McCune
LOLB	Jarret Johnson	Jameel McClain	Edgar Jones
NT	Haloti Ngata	Brandon McKinney
RCB	Samari Rolle	Corey Ivy	Evan Oglesby
RDT	Trevor Pryce	Marques Douglas
RILB	Bart Scott	Brendon Ayanbadejo
ROLB	Terrell Suggs	Antwan Barnes
SS	Jim Leonhard	Tom Zbikowski

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Sam Koch	Todd Bouman
K	Matt Stover	Steven Hauschka
KO	Steven Hauschka	Matt Stover
KR	Tom Zbikowski	Jim Leonhard	Yamon Figurs
LS	Matt Katula	Nick Greisen
P	Sam Koch
PR	Jim Leonhard	Yamon Figurs	Ed Reed

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Terrell Suggs	ED	2008	1	$8.5M	$8.5M	$8.5M	7.3%
Jonathan Ogden	LT	2004	6	$50.0M	$8.3M	$14.4M	10.3%
Ed Reed	S	2006	6	$38.1M	$6.4M	$13.0M	6.2%
Jonathan Ogden	LT	2008	3	$18.5M	$6.2M	$0	5.3%
Steve McNair	QB	2006	4	$22.0M	$5.5M	$11.0M	5.4%
Trevor Pryce	IDL	2006	5	$24.5M	$4.9M	$5.0M	4.8%
Joe Flacco	QB	2008	5	$23.8M	$4.8M	$8.4M	4.1%
Jarret Johnson	ED	2007	5	$20.0M	$4.0M	$5.4M	3.7%
Haloti Ngata	IDL	2006	5	$11.9M	$2.4M	$8.3M	2.3%
Ben Grubbs	LG	2007	5	$7.9M	$1.6M	$5.2M	1.4%
Dwan Edwards	IDL	2008	1	$1.4M	$1.4M	$400,000	1.2%
Ray Rice	RB	2008	4	$3.2M	$789,750	$1.5M	0.7%
Chris Chester	RG	2006	4	$2.9M	$730,000	$1.3M	0.7%
Dwan Edwards	IDL	2004	5	$3.0M	$601,000	$1.5M	0.7%
Marshal Yanda	RG	2007	3	$1.6M	$539,233	$502,700	0.5%
Le'Ron McClain	FB	2007	3	$1.4M	$464,667	$279,000	0.4%
Jameel McClain	LB	2008	1	$298,000	$298,000	$3,000	0.3%
Joe Reitz	LG	2008	1	$297,000	$297,000	$2,000	0.3%
Joe Reitz	LG	2008	1	$88,400	$88,400	$0	0.1%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2008 (5)

Date	Trade
2008-04-26	BLT → JAX: 2008 round 1 pick 8 JAX → BLT: 2008 round 1 pick 26, 2008 round 3 pick 71, 2008 round 3 pick 89, 2008 round 4 pick 125
2008-04-26	BLT → HST: 2008 round 1 pick 26, 2008 round 3 pick 89, 2008 round 6 pick 173 HST → BLT: 2008 round 1 pick 18
2008-04-26	BLT → SEA: 2008 round 2 pick 38 SEA → BLT: 2008 round 2 pick 55, 2008 round 3 pick 86
2008-04-27	BLT → OAK: 2008 round 4 pick 125 OAK → BLT: Fabian Washington
2008-08-28	BLT → TB: 2008 round None TB → BLT: Marques Douglas

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