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BALTIMORE RAVENS (10-5) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (9-6)
SERIES
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RAVENS |
BENGALS |
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SERIES LEADER |
19-14 |
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STREAKS |
Past 4 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Harbaugh: 6-3 |
Lewis: 10-9 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 33-14 vs. Giants |
W 13-10 at Steelers |
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LAST GAME |
9/10/12: Bengals 13 at Ravens 44. Baltimore QB Joe Flacco passes for 299 yards & 2 TDs & RB Ray Rice adds 2 rush TDs. Ravens S Ed Reed has 34-yard INT-TD on Kickoff Weekend. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
1/1/12: Ravens 24, Bengals 16. Rice rushes for 191 yards on 24 carries with TD runs of 70 & 51 yards. Baltimore TE Dennis Pitta has 6 catches & TD in Week 17 win. |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 134 (Bal.), 113 (Cin). XM: 232 (Cin). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Flacco: 313-523-3,783-22-10-88.1 |
Dalton: 319-513-3,591-26 (3C)-16-87.0 |
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RUSHING |
Rice: 254-1,138-4.5-9 |
Green-Ellis: 278-1,094-3.9-6 |
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RECEIVING |
Boldin: 65-921-14.2-4 |
Green: 95-1,324 (2C)-13.9-11 (T1C) |
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OFFENSE |
352.5 |
342.3 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
+10 (3C) |
+3 |
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DEFENSE |
361.7 |
317.5 (3C) |
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SACKS |
Kruger: 8 |
Atkins: 13 |
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INTs |
E. Reed, Ca. Williams: 4 (T3C) |
Crocker, Nelson: 3 |
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PUNTING |
Koch: 48.1 |
Huber: 46.5 |
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KICKING |
Tucker (R): 127 (3C) (40/40 PAT; 29/31 FG) |
Nugent: 92 (35/35 PAT; 19/23 FG) |
NOTES
RAVENS: Have reached playoffs for 5th consecutive season. Captured AFC North title for 2nd straight year…QB JOE FLACCO has career-best 3,783 passing yards in ’12. Needs 217 passing yards to join VINNY TESTAVERDE (4,177 in ’96) as only 2nd Raven to reach 4,000 in season. Posted 13th career game with 300+ passing yards last week & Bal. is 12-1 (.923) in those games…RB RAY RICE (1,138 rush, 478 rec.) needs 84 scrimmage yards to reach 1,700 for 4th season in row. Has 17 career games with 100+ rush yards & Bal. is 14-3 (.823) in those games. Rookie RB BERNARD PIERCEhad career-high 123 rush yards last week…WR TORREY SMITH (99) needs catch to reach 100 career. Has career-high 8 TD rec. WR ANQUAN BOLDIN(921) needs 79 rec. yards to reach 1,000 for 6th time of career…TE DENNIS PITTA (7) needs TD rec. to set single-season club record among TEs (TODD HEAP, 7 in ’05)…S ED REED has 10 career INTs vs. Cin…DT HALOTI NGATA has at least 5 sacks for 3rd season in row…KR-WR JACOBY JONES has NFL-best 32.1 KR avg…BENGALS: Reached postseason in consecutive seasons for 1st time since ’81-82…Have won 6 of past 7…QB ANDY DALTON is 18-13 (.581) as starter, highest all-time win pct. by Bengals QB (min. 20 starts). Has 95.1 4th quarter rating in ’12…In past 2 at home,RB BEN JARVUS GREEN-ELLIS is averaging 109 rush yards/game. Has career-high 1,094 rush yards in ’12…WR A.J. GREEN (1,324) needs 117 rec. yards to surpass CHAD JOHNSON (1,440, ’07) for single-season club record. Green (95) needs 5 rec. to become 3rd Bengal to reach 100 in season (T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH, 112 in ’07; CARL PICKENS, 100 in ’96)…Defense (47) needs 1.5 sacks to surpass franchise record of 48 in ’01…DT GENO ATKINS (13) needs half sack for most by Bengal in season since 1982 (EDDIE EDWARDS, 13 in 1983). Since ’10, leads NFL DTs with 23.5 sacks…DE MICHAEL JOHNSON has career-high 9.5 sacks in ’12…CB LEON HALL had 17-yard INT-return TD last week…S REGGIE NELSON has 3 INTs in past 4 games.