Editing Baltimore Ravens (section)

====2008: Arrival of Harbaugh and Flacco====
{{main|2008 Baltimore Ravens season}}
[[File:7 Boller 5 Flacco.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Joe Flacco]] (right) and [[Kyle Boller]] during 2008 training camp.]]
With rookies at head coach ([[John Harbaugh]]) and quarterback ([[Joe Flacco]]), the Ravens entered the 2008 campaign with much uncertainty.<ref name="c254">{{cite web |last=Ok |first=Lindsey |title=On this day in 2008, Ravens open season with new coach and new quarterback |website=Ravens Wire |publisher=USA Today |date=September 7, 2017 |url=https://ravenswire.usatoday.com/2017/09/07/on-this-day-in-2008-ravens-open-season-with-new-coach-and-new-quarterback/ |access-date=August 16, 2024}}</ref> Baltimore smartly recovered in 2008, winning eleven games and achieving a wild card spot in the postseason. On the strength of four interceptions, one resulting in an [[Ed Reed]] touchdown, the Ravens began its postseason run by winning a rematch over Miami 27–9 at [[Dolphin Stadium]] on January 4, 2009, in a wild-card game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290104015&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |title="Pennington throws four interceptions in loss," ''The Associated Press'', Sunday, January 4, 2009. |access-date=December 22, 2009 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107130627/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290104015&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |url-status=dead}}</ref> Six days later, they advanced to the [[AFC Championship Game]] by avenging a Week 5 loss to the Titans 13–10 at [[LP Field]] on a [[Matt Stover]] field goal with 53 seconds left in regulation time.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290110010&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132258/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290110010&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines|date=June 4, 2011}} "Stover's FG with 53 seconds left boots Ravens into AFC Championship Game".</ref> The Ravens fell one victory short of [[Super Bowl XLIII]] by losing to the Steelers 23–14 at [[Heinz Field]] on January 18, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290118023 |title="Polamalu's INT return secures Steelers' Super Bowl berth," ''The Associated Press'', Sunday, January 18, 2009. |access-date=December 22, 2009 |archive-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218171027/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290118023 |url-status=dead}}</ref>