the ravens have been a team for 22 years.
the ravens have been a team for 22 years.
how long have the ravens been a team?
22 years
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in week 1, on september 7, the baltimore ravens lost to the cincinnati bengals, 23–16. the next day, on september 8, 2014, tmz released additional footage from an elevator camera showing rice punching palmer. the baltimore ravens terminated rice's contract as a result, and was later indefinitely suspended by the nfl. although starting out 0–1 for two straight seasons and having received unwanted media attention for the ray rice incident, on september 11, 2014, the ravens rallied back and beat the pittsburgh steelers 26–6 on thursday night football, to improve to 1–1 . on the sunday after the thursday night victory, the ravens headed to cleveland for a third straight division game with the browns. in a tough fought game, the baltimore ravens won 23–21 with a game-winning 32-yard field goal by justin tucker as time expired. on september 28, the ravens hosted the carolina panthers, and in a fabulous offensive performance, defeated the carolina panthers 38–10; with this victory the ravens have defeated every visiting franchise at least once at home (and at m&t bank stadium). the very next week, the ravens traveled to indianapolis to play the colts in week 5. however, three turnovers and qb joe flacco being sacked four times resulted in a 20–13 loss, breaking the 3–2 ravens win streak. in week 6, joe flacco led the ravens to an impressive 48–17 victory over the tampa bay buccaneers. flacco threw 5 touchdown passes in the first 16:03 of the game, an nfl record, to put the contest out of reach early in the 2nd quarter. in week 7, the ravens hosted the atlanta falcons and won 29–7. the next week, the ravens traveled to cincinnati for a key divisional game. both defenses forced key turnovers in a game that no passing touchdowns were thrown. in the waning seconds of the 4th quarter as baltimore trailed, flacco threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to steve smith that seemingly won the game. however, smith was controversially called for offensive pass interference on bengals safety george iloka, who looked to have flopped, that negated the touchdown. the ravens ended up losing 27–24 and being swept by the bengals for the first time since 2009. the next week, the ravens traveled to pittsburgh for another key division match. two unfortunate turnovers led to an offensive surge by the steelers and ben roethlisberger throwing six touchdowns on an injury riddled baltimore secondary, humbling the ravens 43–23. afterwards, the ravens made some changes to their secondary, cutting cornerbacks chykie brown and dominique franks, and signing former ravens cornerback danny gorrer. the ravens hosted the tennessee titans in week 10, winning 21–7, and going into their bye week 6–4. after the bye week, the ravens traveled down to new orleans for an interconference battle with the new orleans saints on monday night football. in the third quarter, with the score tied 17–17, new ravens free safety will hill stepped in front of a drew brees pass and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown. running back justin forsett had a career night, running for 182 yards and 2 touchdowns, as the ravens won 34–27, improving their record to 7–4 and a 4–0 sweep of the nfc south. in week 13 against the san diego chargers, the ravens loss in heartbreaking fashion 34–33, allowing the chargers to score 21 points in the 4th quarter. the ravens rebounded the next week against the miami dolphins winning 27–10, and the defense sacking dolphins quarterback ryan tannehill six times. the defense was even more dominant against the jacksonville jaguars in a 20–12 win, sacking rookie quarterback blake bortles eight times. in week 16, the ravens traveled to houston to take on the texans. in one of joe flacco's worst performances, the offense sputtered against the houston defense and flacco threw three interceptions, including two inside the ravens own 20 yard line, falling to the texans 25–13. with their playoff chances and season hanging in the balance, the ravens took on the browns in week 17 at home. after three quarters had gone by and down 10–3, joe flacco led the ravens on a comeback scoring 17 unanswered points in the 4th quarter, winning 20–10. with the win, and the kansas city chiefs defeating the san diego chargers, the ravens clinched their sixth playoff berth in seven seasons, and the first since winning super bowl xlvii.
history of the baltimore ravens