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2016 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 2016 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 21st in the National Football League (NFL) and their ninth under head coach John Harbaugh. With a week 12 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, the Ravens improved upon their 5–11 record from 2015, finishing the season 8–8. Despite the improvement, the Ravens failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year after losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day in Week 16. It was the first time the Ravens missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons since 2004–2005, and their first consecutive non-winning seasons since 1996–1999. They did, however, improve their position in the division, finishing in second place after finishing in third place for the previous three seasons. Draft Notes * The Ravens traded their fifth-round selection and center Gino Gradkowski to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos' fourth-round selection. However, Gradkowski was released by the Broncos prior to the season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC North
The American Football Conference – Northern Division or AFC North is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division was adopted after the restructuring of the 2002 NFL season, when the league realigned divisions after expanding to 32 teams. This is the only division in the NFL in which no member team has hosted a Super Bowl in their stadiums. Formation The AFC North currently has four members: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers. The original four members of the AFC Central were the Browns, Bengals, Steelers and Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans). The AFC North is the only AFC division that does not contain a charter team from the original American Football League. However, the Cincinnati Bengals were an AFL expansion team in the 1968 AFL season (the Steelers and Browns joined the AFC in 1970), although the Bengals joining the AFL was contingent on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland. The Baltimore Ravens were established in 1996 after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans in 1995 to relocate the franchise from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland. As part of a settlement between the league and the city of Cleveland, Ohio, Modell was required to leave the Browns' history, team colors, and records in Cleveland for a replacement team and replacement personnel that would resume play in 1999. In return, he was allowed to take his own personnel and team to Baltimore, where such personnel would then form an expansion team. The team is now owned by Steve Bisciotti and valued at $2.98 billion, making the Ravens the 33rd- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team
The 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. They competed as an independent. The 2015 Fighting Irish squad was arguably the most explosive offense that Brian Kelly has coached at Notre Dame. During the regular season, the Irish were one of twenty-one schools in the country to average 200 or more passing yards and rushing yards per game. The Irish had fourteen plays of over 50 yards during the season, which ranked 13th in the country and was a school record. They also had two touchdowns of over 90 yards, (a 91-yard touchdown run by C.J. Prosise and a 98-yard touchdown run by Josh Adams). The Irish only had two in the previous 126 years of Notre Dame football. The running game was dominant. The 5.76 yards per carry were fifth in the country. They finished the regular season averagin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offensive Tackle
Offensive may refer to: * Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative * Offensive (military), an attack * Offensive language ** Fighting words or insulting language, words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace ** Pejorative, or slur words ** Profanity Profanity, also known as cursing, cussing, swearing, bad language, foul language, obscenities, expletives or vulgarism, is a socially offensive use of language. Accordingly, profanity is language use that is sometimes deemed impolite, rud ..., strongly impolite, rude or offensive language See also * * Offense (other) * Offender (other) * Charm offensive (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Stanley
Ronnie Garrison Stanley (born March 18, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame. Stanley was drafted by the Ravens 6th overall in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft and earned Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors in 2019. Early years Stanley attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here, he played varsity basketball and football, with his main sport being the latter. He was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit, and was rated as the 15th best offensive tackle prospect of his class. In December 2011, Stanley committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football. College career Stanley played in two games as a true freshman in 2012 in a reserve role. As a sophomore in 2013, he started all 13 games at right tackle, and was part of an offensive line that allowed just eight sacks and ranked second in the FBS in fewest sacks al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 1999 season was the Baltimore Ravens' fourth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the first under head coach Brian Billick. Though they missed the playoffs, they played tough against top division rival Jacksonville and trounced the eventual AFC Champion Titans to help finish the season strong with an 8–8 record. Offseason New logo The Ravens were forced to switch their helmet logo for the 1999 season. Security guard Frederick Bouchat contended that he had created the Ravens’ logo—a “B” inside a winged shield—that had been used from 1996 through 1998. Bouchat sued the team for $10 million, and although he received no damages, a judge upheld a jury's verdict supporting the claim The team's new logo—the profile of a raven's head with the letter "B"—was voted on by 7,000 fans in a poll by ''The Baltimore Sun''. The updated logo remains in use by the team. NFL Draft Staff Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season Standings NFL 2001 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 1996 season was the Baltimore Ravens' inaugural season in the National Football League and first under coach Ted Marchibroda. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore had remained without an NFL football franchise for 12 years after the Baltimore Colts relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1996, however, the NFL approved Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell's proposal to relocate the existing Browns organization to Baltimore, although the records and name of the Browns would remain in Cleveland, Ohio and the Baltimore franchise would officially be an expansion franchise. After Modell established the franchise in Baltimore, the team was named the "Baltimore Ravens" via a poll conducted by ''The Baltimore Sun'' as the team was assigned to play in the American Football Conference (AFC) Central Division; afterwards, over 50,000 tickets were sold for the entire season. The Ravens would finish their first season with a 4–12 record unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 2005 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's tenth season in the National Football League (NFL). They were unable to improve upon their previous output of 9–7, instead going 6–10 and missing the playoffs for the second straight season. The Ravens played on Christmas Day for the first time, defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Baltimore. As of 2021, Baltimore’s 48–3 win over the Green Bay Packers stands as the biggest blowout in ''Monday Night Football'' history. Draft Staff Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season Schedule In addition to their regular games with AFC North division rivals, the Ravens played games against the AFC South and NFC North according to the NFL’s division schedule, and also played against the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos, who in 2004 finished in the same position as the Ravens (second) in the two remaining AFC divisions. Standings References {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 Baltimore Ravens Season Baltimore Ravens se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 2004 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's ninth season in the NFL. They were unable to improve upon their previous output of 10–6 and a playoff appearance, instead going 9–7 and missing the playoffs. The 2004 season was the subject of the John Feinstein non-fiction book ''Next Man Up'';Feinstein, J (2005), ''Next Man Up'', Little, Brown & Co. / Hachette the result of Feinstein spending the season behind the scenes with the team. It was highlighted by then-37-year-old Deion Sanders making a comeback after three years out of football. Meanwhile, Jamal Lewis, who was coming off a historic 2003 season, was arrested for drug charges and earned a two-game suspension by the NFL. He would finish the season with just 1,006 yards rushing as the Ravens were one of the worst offenses in the NFL in 2004. Ed Reed, who had 9 interceptions for the season, was named Defensive Player of the Year. For the season, the Ravens introduced black alternate uniforms for the first time in fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League Christmas Games
Christmas Day and Christmas Eve games in the National Football League (NFL) are an occasional part of the league's schedule. In contrast to Thanksgiving Day games, however, they are not an annual occurrence, since Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday while Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24–25, can fall at any day of the week. The NFL held two Divisional Playoff games on Christmas Day in when the regular season only spanned a 14-week period. This proved unpopular, and the league avoided any more games on Christmas Day until . Since then, the NFL has occasionally held games on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in some years, as part of week 16 or 17 of the regular season. As of the end of the 2022 season, there have been 27 Christmas Day games in the NFL's history, all broadcast nationally. Two games were played each Christmas Day from to , to , and . For the first time, three Christmas Day games were played in . The NFL has typically scheduled games on Christmas D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Pittsburgh Steelers Season
The 2016 season was the 84th in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League (NFL). It also marked the 17th season under leadership of general manager Kevin Colbert and the 10th under head coach Mike Tomlin. For the first time since 2004, tight end Heath Miller was not on the opening day roster, as he announced his retirement on February 19, 2016. After going 4-5 in their first nine games, the Steelers ended their season on a high note, winning all of their last seven. The Steelers were the first team since the 2011 Green Bay Packers to play on both Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The Steelers won the AFC North for the second time in three years and made the playoffs for the third straight year. The team also improved upon their 10–6 record from 2015. Le'Veon Bell made his career first playoff appearance with the Steelers in the 2016–17 playoffs. The Steelers went on to defeat the Miami Dolphin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Baltimore Ravens Season
The 2015 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 20th in the National Football League (NFL) and their eighth under head coach John Harbaugh. Although picked by some, including ''Sports Illustrated'' Peter King, to reach the Super Bowl, they had a disappointing season due to devastating injuries to team starters. 14 of their games were decided by 8 points or less and Joe Flacco, Justin Forsett, Steve Smith, Sr., and Terrell Suggs all suffered season ending injuries. They were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 14 with a loss to the Seattle Seahawks, in which they also suffered their ninth loss, resulting their first losing season in the Harbaugh era and first since the collapse of the Brian Billick era. Ultimately the Ravens finished with a 5–11 record and twenty-two players ended the season on Injured Reserve. The 5–11 record is their worst since the 2007 season. On a side note, as of 2022, their 20-19 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on September 3 remains the last time the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
