Week 17 NFL Capsule: Ravens @ Raiders

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 31, 2009 3:16 PM EST

Direct from the NFL, this is what this is the report on this week's game in Oakland, were if the Ravens win, they guarantee themselves a spot in the post season.

BALTIMORE RAVENS (8-7) AT OAKLAND RAIDERS (5-10)

SERIES

	RAVENS	RAIDERS
SERIES LEADER	4-1
STREAKS	Past 2
COACHES VS. OPP.	Harbaugh: 1-0	Cable: 0-1
LAST WEEK	L 23-20 at Steelers	L 23-9 at Browns
LAST GAME	10/26/08: Raiders 10 at Ravens 29. Baltimore rookie QB Joe Flacco throws 70-yard TD pass to WR Demetrius Williams & runs for another as Ravens win.
LAST GAME AT SITE	12/14/03: Raiders 20, Ravens 12. Raiders QB Rick Mirer passes for 186 yards and 1 TD & Oakland defense limits Baltimore to 4 FGs.
BROADCAST	CBS (1:15 PM PT): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms. Westwood One Radio: Kevin Kugler, Mark Malone. SIRIUS: 122 (Bal.), 91 (Oak.). XM: 110 (Bal.).

STATS

PASSING	Flacco: 304-480-3,511-21-12-89.5	Frye: 35-62-401-0-4-49.2
RUSHING	Rice: 240-1,269-5.3-7	Bush: 113-571-5.1-3
RECEIVING	Rice (RB): 74-683-9.2-1	Z. Miller (TE): 59-767-13.0-2
OFFENSE	352.6	262.2
TAKE/GIVE	+8 (T2C)	-11
DEFENSE	298.9 (3L)	364.1
SACKS	Pryce: 6.5	Ellis: 7
INTs	Foxworth, Landry: 4	Huff, C. Johnson: 3
PUNTING	Koch: 43.8	Lechler: 51.1 (1L)
KICKING	Cundiff: 74 (20/20 PAT; 18/21 FG)	Janikowski: 88 (16/16 PAT; 24/27 FG)

NOTES

RAVENS: Can clinch playoff spot with win…Ravens (370) need 22 points to surpass franchise scoring record of 391 in ’03… QB JOE FLACCO has 89.5 passer rating in ’09 & can set franchise record for highest passer rating in single-season (VINNY TESTAVERDE, 88.7 in ’96). In only regular-season start against Raiders, Flacco had 1 TD vs. 0 INTs & 81.9 passer rating…RB RAY RICE (1,269) needs 96 rush yards to surpass JAMAL LEWIS (1,364 in 2000) for 2nd-most rush yards in season in Ravens history. Rice (1,952) needs 48 scrimmage yards to become 2nd Raven to reach 2,000 in season (Lewis, 2,271 in ’03)…DERRICK MASON (72) needs 8 catches to reach 80 in 3 consecutive seasons & for 6th time in career…TE TODD HEAP has 4 TD rec. in past 2. Heap (6) needs 1 TD rec. to tie his franchise season record among TEs (7 in ’05)…Defense is 2nd in AFC & tied for 5th in NFL w/21 INTs in ’09...CB DOMONIQUE FOXWORTH has 3 INTs in past 2 & aims for 3rd consecutive game with INT…DT TREVOR PRYCE has 7 career sacks vs. Oak…CB CHRIS CARR spent 3 seasons w/Oakland (2005-07)…RAIDERS: Club has 3-2 all-time regular-season record in Jan. games…Raiders are 1-0 against Ravens in reg. season at home…In 2 career starts vs. Ravens (w/Browns), QB CHARLIE FRYE has 1-1 record & has completed 43 of 70 passes (61.4 pct.) for 497 yards with 2 TDs & 80.5 passer rating. Frye had 333 passing yards last week, team-high for ’09…In past 2, RB DARREN MC FADDEN has totaled 152 yards (97 rush, 55 receiving). RB MICHAEL BUSH is averaging 92.5 rush yards per game in past 2 w/rush TD…TE ZACH MILLER (767) needs 33 rec. yards to become 3rd TE in club history to reach 800 in season. Had career-high 9 catches last week. Miller (59) needs 4 rec. to surpass DAVE CASPER (62 in ’78) for 5th-most rec. by TE in season in club history. Rookie WR LOUIS MURPHY leads team w/4 TD catches in ’09…DE MATT SHAUGHNESSY (Round 3, Wisc.) is tied for lead among AFC rookies w/4 sacks…LB KIRK MORRISON leads team w/123 tackles.

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