The 2014 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 19th in the National Football League (NFL) and their seventh under head coach John Harbaugh. The Ravens improved upon their 8–8 record from 2013, when they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2007. Additionally, the Ravens scored a franchise record 409 points and quarterback Joe Flacco passed for a career-high 27 touchdowns and 3,986 yards.
2014 Baltimore Ravens season | |
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Owner | Stephen Bisciotti |
General manager | Ozzie Newsome |
Head coach | John Harbaugh |
Offensive coordinator | Gary Kubiak |
Defensive coordinator | Dean Pees |
Home field | M&T Bank Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 10–6 |
Division place | 3rd AFC North |
Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 30–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Patriots) 31–35 |
Pro Bowlers | OLB Elvis Dumervil RB Justin Forsett ILB C. J. Mosley G Marshal Yanda |
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The Ravens clinched the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs following their Week 17 win against the Browns. This was their first time making the playoffs in the post-Ray Lewis era, having failed the make the playoffs the previous season. After winning the AFC wild card game against their divisional rival Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens were ultimately defeated in the AFC Divisional Round by the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, failing to upset them on the road in a repeat of the Ravens' 2012 Super Bowl winning-season. After this, the Ravens would not qualify to make the postseason again until 2018.
The season was not without controversy, however, as TMZ released a video of star running back Ray Rice punching his wife Janay Palmer then dragging her out of the Revel Casino's elevator in Atlantic City. On September 8, 2014 after seeing the video, the Ravens released Rice.
2014 Baltimore Ravens draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 17 | C.J. Mosley * | LB | Alabama | |
2 | 48 | Timmy Jernigan | DT | Florida State | |
3 | 79 | Terrence Brooks | FS | Florida State | |
4 | 99 | Crockett Gillmore | TE | Colorado State | |
4 | 134 | Brent Urban | DT | Virginia | |
4 | 138 | Lorenzo Taliaferro | FB | Coastal Carolina | |
5 | 175 | John Urschel | G | Penn State | |
6 | 194 | Keith Wenning | QB | Ball State | |
7 | 218 | Michael Campanaro | WR | Wake Forest | |
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
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Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 7 | San Francisco 49ers | W 23–3 | 1–0 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap |
2 | August 16 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 37–30 | 2–0 | AT&T Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 23 | Washington Redskins | W 23–17 | 3–0 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap |
4 | August 28 | at New Orleans Saints | W 22–13 | 4–0 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Recap |
During the first preseason game vs the 49ers the Ravens won the third "Harbowl", as coach John Harbaugh defeated his brother Jim Harbaugh for the third time (following the Thanksgiving game in 2011 and Super Bowl XLVII).
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap | |
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1 | September 7 | Cincinnati Bengals | L 16–23 | 0–1 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
2 | September 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 26–6 | 1–1 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
3 | September 21 | at Cleveland Browns | W 23–21 | 2–1 | FirstEnergy Stadium | Recap | |
4 | September 28 | Carolina Panthers | W 38–10 | 3–1 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
5 | October 5 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 13–20 | 3–2 | Lucas Oil Stadium | Recap | |
6 | October 12 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 48–17 | 4–2 | Raymond James Stadium | Recap | |
7 | October 19 | Atlanta Falcons | W 29–7 | 5–2 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
8 | October 26 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 24–27 | 5–3 | Paul Brown Stadium | Recap | |
9 | November 2 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 23–43 | 5–4 | Heinz Field | Recap | |
10 | November 9 | Tennessee Titans | W 21–7 | 6–4 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
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12 | November 24 | at New Orleans Saints | W 34–27 | 7–4 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Recap | |
13 | November 30 | San Diego Chargers | L 33–34 | 7–5 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
14 | December 7 | at Miami Dolphins | W 28–13 | 8–5 | Sun Life Stadium | Recap | |
15 | December 14 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 20–12 | 9–5 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap | |
16 | December 21 | at Houston Texans | L 13–25 | 9–6 | NRG Stadium | Recap | |
17 | December 28 | Cleveland Browns | W 20–10 | 10–6 | M&T Bank Stadium | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bengals | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
Ravens | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Ravens | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Browns | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
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Panthers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Ravens | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Ravens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
Colts | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 48 |
Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
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Joe Flacco would break an NFL record for fastest time for throwing 5 touchdown passes (16 minutes) since the AFL–NFL merger.[1]
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Ravens | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Ravens | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
Bengals | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
Steelers | 0 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 43 |
at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Titans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Ravens | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
Saints | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
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The Ravens were the only AFC North team to defeat all of their NFC South opponents.
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 34 |
Ravens | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Dolphins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
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Jaguars | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Ravens | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Texans | 3 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
at NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
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Browns | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Ravens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
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With the win, the Ravens finished the season 10–6. The team also improved to 13–1 against the Browns in the Flacco-Harbaugh era. Thanks to the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the San Diego Chargers, the Ravens secured the sixth seed in the NFL playoffs.
Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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Wild Card | January 3, 2015 | at Pittsburgh Steelers (3) | W 30–17 | 1–0 | Heinz Field | Recap |
Divisional | January 10, 2015 | at New England Patriots (1) | L 31–35 | 1–1 | Gillette Stadium | Recap |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ravens | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Steelers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Ravens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Patriots | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
(3) Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 9–3 | 436 | 368 | W4 |
(5) Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 3–3 | 7–5 | 365 | 344 | L1 |
(6) Baltimore Ravens | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 409 | 302 | W1 |
Cleveland Browns | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 4–8 | 299 | 337 | L5 |
# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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1[a] | New England Patriots | East | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 4–2 | 9–3 | .514 | .487 | L1 |
2[a] | Denver Broncos | West | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 6–0 | 10–2 | .521 | .484 | W1 |
3[b] | Pittsburgh Steelers | North | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 4–2 | 9–3 | .451 | .486 | W4 |
4[b] | Indianapolis Colts | South | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 6–0 | 9–3 | .479 | .372 | W1 |
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5 | Cincinnati Bengals | North | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .498 | .425 | L1 |
6 | Baltimore Ravens | North | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .475 | .378 | W1 |
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7[c] | Houston Texans | South | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 8–4 | .447 | .299 | W2 |
8[c] | Kansas City Chiefs | West | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .512 | .500 | W1 |
9[c] | San Diego Chargers | West | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2–4 | 6–6 | .512 | .403 | L1 |
10[c] | Buffalo Bills | East | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 5–7 | .516 | .486 | W1 |
11 | Miami Dolphins | East | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .512 | .406 | L1 |
12 | Cleveland Browns | North | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2–4 | 4–8 | .479 | .371 | L5 |
13 | New York Jets | East | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 1–5 | 4–8 | .543 | .375 | W1 |
14[d] | Jacksonville Jaguars | South | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 1–5 | 2–10 | .514 | .313 | L1 |
15[d] | Oakland Raiders | West | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 1–5 | 2–10 | .570 | .542 | L1 |
16 | Tennessee Titans | South | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 1–5 | 2–10 | .506 | .375 | L10 |
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