Baltimore Ravens No. 1 Road Team All Time In Postseason

 

RETURN ENGAGEMENT: BALTIMORE earned a 28-13 victory in the AFC Championship Game at New England, a rematch of a last year’s AFC Championship Game and a Week 3 Ravens’ home win (31-30). It marked the 11th time in 16 opportunities since 1990 that a team won the AFC Championship Game against an opponent it defeated in the regular season.

 

AFC Championship Games that were rematches of regular-season meetings since 1990: 

SEASON	SEASON WINNER	OPPONENT	AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RESULT
1990	Buffalo	L.A. Raiders	Buffalo, 51-3
1992	Buffalo/Miami *	Buffalo/Miami *	Buffalo, 29-10
1993	Kansas City	Buffalo	Buffalo, 30-13
1994	San Diego	Pittsburgh	San Diego, 17-13
1996	New England	Jacksonville	New England, 20-6
1997	Pittsburgh	Denver	Denver, 24-21
1999	Tennessee **	Jacksonville	Tennessee, 33-14
2002	Oakland	Tennessee	Oakland, 41-24
2003	New England	Indianapolis	New England, 24-14
2004	Pittsburgh	New England	New England, 41- 27
2006	Indianapolis	New England	Indianapolis, 38-34
2007	New England	San Diego	New England, 21-12
2008	Pittsburgh **	Baltimore	Pittsburgh, 23-14
2009	New York Jets	Indianapolis	Indianapolis, 30-17
2010	New York Jets	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, 24-19
2012	Baltimore	New England	Baltimore, 28-13
*Met twice during season.  Teams split; ** Met twice during season.  Tennessee and Pittsburgh won both games.

HOME AND AWAY: BALTIMORE (9-5, .643), which advanced to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history (Super Bowl XXXV), improved its NFL-best postseason road winning percentage (minimum 10 games) with a victory at New England.

 

The teams with the highest road winning percentages all-time in the playoffs (minimum 10 games):

 

BEST ROAD WINNING PERCENTAGE, POSTSEASON
TEAM	RECORD	WIN PCT.
Baltimore*	9-5	.643
New England	7-9	.438
Green Bay	10-13	.435
Pittsburgh	7-10	.412
New York Jets	7-10	.412
*Includes Sunday’s win at New England

BRADY BUNCH OF RECORDS: On Sunday, New England quarterback TOM BRADY passed for 320 yards, his sixth career 300-yard passing game in the playoffs. Only PEYTON MANNING (eight) has more 300-yard passing games than Brady in postseason history (Pro Football Hall of Famer JOE MONTANA, six; KURT WARNER, six).

Brady (5,949) surpassed Manning (5,679), Montana (5,772) and BRETT FAVRE (5,855) for the most postseason passing yards in league annals.

The quarterbacks with the most passing yards in playoff history:

 

PLAYER	POSTSEASON PASSING YARDS
Tom Brady*	5,949
Brett Favre	5,855
Joe Montana	5,772
Peyton Manning	5,679
John Elway	4,964
*Includes Sunday’s AFC Championship Game

 

A VALUABLE MATCH-UP: The 2012 AFC Championship Game marked the second time in NFL history a Super Bowl MVP quarterback (TOM BRADY, XXXVIII and XXXVI) and MVP linebacker (RAY LEWIS, XXXV) played each other in a Conference Championship Game. The only other occurrence was when the two players faced off in last year’s AFC Championship Game.

On two previous occasions, Super Bowl offensive and defensive MVPs other than a quarterback and linebacker have met in a conference championship game or Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XIII (1979), Pro Football Hall of Famer RANDY WHITE (XII) and HARVEY MARTIN (XII) of the Dallas Cowboys matched up against Pro Football Hall of Famers FRANCO HARRIS (IX) and LYNN SWANN (X) of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the 2009 AFC Championship Game, Lewis competed against HINES WARD (XL) of the Steelers.

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