2018 Baltimore Ravens season

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2018 Baltimore Ravens season
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Owner Steve Bisciotti
General manager Ozzie Newsome
Head coach John Harbaugh
Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg
Defensive coordinator Don Martindale
Home field M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place1st AFC North
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Chargers) 17–23
Pro Bowlers
4
AP All-Pros
3
Uniform
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The 2018 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 23rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 11th under head coach John Harbaugh, and their 17th and final season under general manager Ozzie Newsome.

Contents

In Week 6, the Ravens set a franchise record, sacking Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota 11 times in a 21–0 win.

After struggling to a 4–5 start, the Ravens went on a 6–1 run to finish 10–6 on the season, thanks to the emergence of rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson, who replaced longtime QB Joe Flacco due to injury. The Ravens clinched the AFC North after defeating the Cleveland Browns in Week 17, reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2014 and winning their division for the first time since 2012; they also finished the regular season ranked first in total defense. However they lost to the Los Angeles Chargers 23–17 in the Wild Card playoffs, which was the first time since 2006 that the Ravens went one-and-done and their first Wild Card playoff loss since 2003.

Draft

External videos
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2018 Baltimore Ravens draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
125 Hayden Hurst   TE South Carolina from Tennessee
132 Lamar Jackson  *  QB Louisville from Philadelphia
383 Orlando Brown Jr.  *  OT Oklahoma
386 Mark Andrews  *  TE Oklahoma from Kansas City
4118 Anthony Averett   CB Alabama
4122 Kenny Young   ILB UCLA from Kansas City
4132 Jaleel Scott   WR New Mexico State from Philadelphia
5162 Jordan Lasley   WR UCLA from Tennessee
6190 DeShon Elliott   S Texas
6212 Greg Senat   OT Wagner from Oakland
6215 Bradley Bozeman   C Alabama from Tennessee
7238 Zach Sieler   DE Ferris State from Arizona
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Draft trades

Staff

2018 Baltimore Ravens staff

Front office

Head coaches

  • Head coach – John Harbaugh
  • Assistant head coach/interim offensive coordinator – Greg Roman
  • Assistant to the head coach – Dan Parsons

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Juney Barnett
  • Performance coach – Steve Saunders
  • Staff assistant – performance – Brian Ellis
  • Staff assistant – performance – Ron Shrift
  • Staff assistant – performance – Travis Switzer
  • Analytics assistant – performance – Sam Rosengarten

Final roster

2018 Baltimore Ravens final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 11 inactive, 11 practice squad

Preseason

Schedule

On February 13, the NFL announced that the Ravens will play the Chicago Bears in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 2, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. [3]

The remainder of the Ravens' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 11, 2018.

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
HOF August 2vs. Chicago Bears W 17–161–0 Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium (Canton) Recap
1August 9 Los Angeles Rams W 33–72–0 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
2August 20at Indianapolis Colts W 20–193–0 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap
3August 25at Miami Dolphins W 27–104–0 Hard Rock Stadium Recap
4August 30 Washington Redskins W 30–205–0M&T Bank Stadium Recap

Regular season

Schedule

The Ravens' 2018 schedule was announced on April 19.

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1 September 9 Buffalo Bills W 47–31–0 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
2 September 13at Cincinnati Bengals L 23–341–1 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
3 September 23 Denver Broncos W 27–142–1M&T Bank Stadium Recap
4 September 30at Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–143–1 Heinz Field Recap
5 October 7at Cleveland Browns L 9–12 (OT)3–2 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap
6 October 14at Tennessee Titans W 21–04–2 Nissan Stadium Recap
7 October 21 New Orleans Saints L 23–244–3M&T Bank Stadium Recap
8 October 28at Carolina Panthers L 21–364–4 Bank of America Stadium Recap
9 November 4 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–234–5M&T Bank Stadium Recap
10 Bye
11 November 18 Cincinnati Bengals W 24–215–5M&T Bank Stadium Recap
12 November 25 Oakland Raiders W 34–176–5M&T Bank Stadium Recap
13 December 2at Atlanta Falcons W 26–167–5 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap
14 December 9at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–27 (OT)7–6 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
15 December 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 20–128–6M&T Bank Stadium Recap
16 December 22at Los Angeles Chargers W 22–109–6 StubHub Center Recap
17 December 30 Cleveland Browns W 26–2410–6M&T Bank Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: Baltimore Ravens 47, Buffalo Bills 3

Week 1: Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Bills00303
Ravens141214747

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

In a blowout win over the Bills, Ravens QB Joe Flacco passed for three touchdowns before being relieved by rookie Lamar Jackson, while Bills QB Nathan Peterman was benched for rookie Josh Allen after posting a 0.0 passer rating.

Week 2: Cincinnati Bengals 34, Baltimore Ravens 23

Week 2: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens0143623
Bengals14140634

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game information

Week 3: Baltimore Ravens 27, Denver Broncos 14

Week 3: Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Broncos1400014
Ravens10107027

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

Week 4: Baltimore Ravens 26, Pittsburgh Steelers 14

Week 4: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens1403926
Steelers0140014

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game information

Week 5: Cleveland Browns 12, Baltimore Ravens 9 (OT)

Week 5: Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
Quarter1234OTTotal
Ravens303309
Browns0630312

at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 67,431
  • Referee: Clay Martin
  • TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, James Lofton and John Schriffen
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 6: Baltimore Ravens 21, Tennessee Titans 0

Week 6: Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens777021
Titans00000

at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 4:25 p.m. EDT/3:25 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), rain
  • Game attendance: 64,441
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon and Steve Tasker
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 7: New Orleans Saints 24, Baltimore Ravens 23

Week 7: New Orleans Saints at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Saints0701724
Ravens0107623

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

Week 8: Carolina Panthers 36, Baltimore Ravens 21

Week 8: Baltimore Ravens at Carolina Panthers – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens707721
Panthers7173936

at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Game information

Week 9: Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Baltimore Ravens 16

Week 9: Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Steelers776323
Ravens337316

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

After 10 years with the team, this would become Joe Flacco’s final start and last game as a Raven as he suffered a hip injury and was replaced by Lamar Jackson, who went on to start the final 7 games of the season. Flacco was ultimately traded to the Denver Broncos during the off-season.

Week 11: Baltimore Ravens 24, Cincinnati Bengals 21

Week 11: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Bengals0714021
Ravens768324

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 70,077
  • Referee: Walt Coleman
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon and Steve Tasker
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

On his first drive as the starting quarterback for the Ravens, Lamar Jackson orchestrated an 11 play, 75 yard drive with Alex Collins running the ball in for a touchdown. During the drive Jackson did not throw a single pass but rushed 5 times for 46 yards. [4]

Week 12: Baltimore Ravens 34, Oakland Raiders 17

Week 12: Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Raiders737017
Ravens31071434

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: November 25
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C), partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 70,035
  • Referee: Clay Martin
  • TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, James Lofton and Amanda Balionis
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 13: Baltimore Ravens 26, Atlanta Falcons 16

Week 13: Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens7361026
Falcons370616

at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Game information

Week 14: Kansas City Chiefs 27, Baltimore Ravens 24 (OT)

Week 14: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter1234OTTotal
Ravens01077024
Chiefs71007327

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: December 9
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C), sunny
  • Game attendance: 74,336
  • Referee: Tony Corrente
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 15: Baltimore Ravens 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12

Week 15: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Buccaneers093012
Ravens0107320

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Game information

Week 16: Baltimore Ravens 22, Los Angeles Chargers 10

Week 16: Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Ravens3310622
Chargers037010

at StubHub Center, Carson, California

Game information

Week 17: Baltimore Ravens 26, Cleveland Browns 24

Week 17: Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Browns7071024
Ravens10103326

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: December 30
  • Game time: 4:25 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 70,925
  • Referee: Shawn Smith
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Similar to last season, the Ravens' playoff hopes was decided on a 4th down in the waning seconds of the game. Browns QB Baker Mayfield made a quick throw that was picked by Ravens LB C.J. Mosley to seal the game for Baltimore, clinching them their first division title in 6 years and making the playoffs.

Standings

Division

AFC North
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(4) Baltimore Ravens 1060.6253–38–4389287W3
Pittsburgh Steelers 961.5944–1–16–5–1428360W1
Cleveland Browns 781.4693–2–15–6–1359392L1
Cincinnati Bengals 6100.3751–54–8368455L2

Conference

AFC
#TeamDivisionWLTPCTDIVCONFSOSSOVSTK
Division leaders
1 [lower-alpha 1] Kansas City Chiefs West1240.7505–110–2.480.401W1
2 [lower-alpha 2] New England Patriots East1150.6885–18–4.482.494W2
3 [lower-alpha 2] Houston Texans South1150.6884–29–3.471.435W1
4 Baltimore Ravens North1060.6253–38–4.496.450W3
Wild Cards
5 [lower-alpha 1] Los Angeles Chargers West1240.7504–29–3.477.422W1
6 Indianapolis Colts South1060.6254–27–5.465.456W4
Did not qualify for the postseason
7 Pittsburgh Steelers North961.5944–1–16–5–1.504.448W1
8 Tennessee Titans South970.5633–35–7.520.465L1
9 Cleveland Browns North781.4693–2–15–6–1.516.411L1
10 Miami Dolphins East790.4384–26–6.469.446L3
11 [lower-alpha 3] Denver Broncos West6100.3752–44–8.523.464L4
12 [lower-alpha 3] Cincinnati Bengals North6100.3751–54–8.535.448L2
13 [lower-alpha 3] Buffalo Bills East6100.3752–44–8.523.411W1
14 Jacksonville Jaguars South5110.3131–54–8.549.463L1
15 [lower-alpha 4] New York Jets East4120.2501–53–9.506.438L3
16 [lower-alpha 4] Oakland Raiders West4120.2501–53–9.547.406L1
Tiebreakers [lower-alpha 5]
  1. 1 2 Kansas City finished ahead of LA Chargers based on division record.
  2. 1 2 New England finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head victory.
  3. 1 2 3 Denver finished ahead of Cincinnati and Buffalo based on strength of victory. Cincinnati finished ahead of Buffalo based on record vs. common opponents. Cincinnati's cumulative record against Baltimore, Indianapolis, the Los Angeles Chargers and Miami was 3–2, compared to Buffalo's 1–4 cumulative record against the same four teams.
  4. 1 2 NY Jets finished ahead of Oakland based on strength of victory.
  5. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

Schedule

RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultRecordVenueRecap
Wild Card January 6, 2019 Los Angeles Chargers (5)L 17–230–1 M&T Bank Stadium Recap

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card Round: vs (5) Los Angeles Chargers

Wild Card Round: (5) Los Angeles Chargers at (4) Baltimore Ravens – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Chargers6601123
Ravens0031417

at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: January 6, 2019
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), sunny
  • Game attendance: 70,432
  • Referee: Clete Blakeman
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson and Jay Feely
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

The Chargers recorded six sacks, jumped out to a 23–3 lead and halted a late Ravens rally, forcing Lamar Jackson to fumble on the final drive to earn a trip to New England.

On the Ravens' second possession of the game, Chargers defensive end Melvin Ingram forced a fumble from Kenneth Dixon that was recovered by safety Adrian Phillips, giving Los Angeles the ball on the Baltimore 14-yard line. Three plays later, Michael Badgley kicked a 21-yard field goal to give Los Angeles a 3–0 lead. Then the Chargers' defense forced a punt, which Desmond King returned 42 yards to the Ravens' 42-yard line, setting up a 53-yard Badgley field goal that increased their lead to 6–0. Early in the second quarter, Phillips intercepted a pass from Jackson to give the Chargers a first down on the Ravens' 44-yard line. From there, they drove 27 yards to go up 9–0 on Badgley's third field goal. Following another Ravens punt, Los Angeles drove 53 yards in 12 plays to score on Badgley's fourth field goal on the last play of the half, giving them a 12–0 lead.

King returned the second half kickoff 72 yards to the Ravens' 35-yard line, but this time the Chargers failed to score when Badgley's field goal attempt was blocked by Za'Darius Smith. After a Ravens punt, linebacker Patrick Onwuasor forced a fumble from Chargers tight end Virgil Green that was recovered by linebacker C. J. Mosley on the Los Angeles 21-yard line. This set up Justin Tucker's 33-yard field goal, cutting the score to 12–3 with 8:34 left in the third quarter. At the end of Los Angeles' next possession, the Ravens got another scoring opportunity when Javorius Allen blocked Donnie Jones's punt, resulting in Baltimore taking over on the Chargers' 40-yard line; they only managed to gain 4 yards with their next three plays and Tucker's 50-yard field goal attempt was wide right. Los Angeles then drove 60 yards in 10 plays, featuring a 28-yard completion from Philip Rivers to Mike Williams on the Ravens' 15-yard line. On the next play, Melvin Gordon ran the ball 14 yards to the 1-yard line. The Ravens managed to keep Los Angeles out of the end zone for the next three plays, but Gordon scored with a 4th down 1-yard touchdown run on the first play of the 4th quarter; Rivers completed a pass to Williams for a two-point conversion, giving the Chargers a 20–3 lead.

A sack by Ingram on the Ravens' ensuing drive forced them to punt from their 14-yard line and Sam Koch's 31-yard kick gave the Chargers good field position on the Ravens' 45-yard line. Los Angeles then drove 16 yards, including a 9-yard scramble by Rivers on 3rd-and-8, to score on Badgley's 5th field goal, from 47 yards, that gave them a 23–3 lead. Taking the ball back with 9:02 left, Baltimore drove 75 yards in eight plays, including Jackson's 29-yard completion to Willie Snead on 4th-and-11. On the next play, Jackson threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to receiver Michael Crabtree, making the score 23–10. The Chargers recovered Baltimore's ensuing onside kick attempt, but still had to punt after three plays. Baltimore went on to drive 85 yards in 12 plays, the longest a 39-yard completion from Jackson to Dixon. On the last play, Jackson threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Crabtree, narrowing their gap to 23–17 with 2:06 left. Baltimore then forced a punt with 45 seconds to go, giving them one last chance to drive for a winning touchdown, but Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu forced a fumble while sacking Jackson and Ingram recovered it to give Los Angeles the victory.

Rivers completed 22-of-32 passes for 160 yards and rushed for 15 yards. Ingram finished the game with seven tackles (two for a loss of yards), two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Phillips had five tackles (three solo), an interception and a fumble recovery. King returned a kickoff for 72 yards and had four punt returns for 46 yards. Jackson completed 14-of-29 passes for 194 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception; he was also Baltimore's leading rusher with 9 carries for 54 yards. Onwausor had seven tackles (six solo), a sack and a forced fumble.

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