AFC Championship Game

Ravens Return Engagement

The Baltimore Ravens earned a 28-13 victory in the AFC Championship Game at New England, a rematch of a last year's AFC Championship Game and a Week 3 Ravens' home win (31-30). It marked the 11th time in 16 opportunities since 1990 that a team won the AFC Championship Game against an opponent it defeated in the regular season.

AFC Championship Games that were rematches of regular-season meetings since 1990:

Seasons Season Winner Opponent AFC Championship Game Result
Source: NFL *Met twice during season. Teams split; ** Met twice during season. Tennessee and Pittsburgh won both games
1990BuffaloL.A. RaidersBuffalo, 51-3
1992Buffalo/Miami *Buffalo/Miami *Buffalo, 29-10
1993Kansas CityBuffaloBuffalo, 30-13
1994San DiegoPittsburghSan Diego, 17-13
1996New EnglandJacksonvilleNew England, 20-6
1997PittsburghDenverDenver, 24-21
1999Tennessee **JacksonvilleTennessee, 33-14
2002Oakland TennesseeOakland, 41-24
2003New England IndianapolisNew England, 24-14
2004PittsburghNew EnglandNew England, 41- 27
2006IndianapolisNew EnglandIndianapolis, 38-34
2007New EnglandSan DiegoNew England, 21-12
2008Pittsburgh **Baltimore Pittsburgh, 23-14
2009New York JetsIndianapolisIndianapolis, 30-17
2010New York JetsPittsburghPittsburgh, 24-19
2012BaltimoreNew EnglandBaltimore, 28-13

Ravens Home and Away

The Ravens (9-5, .643), which advanced to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history (Super Bowl XXXV), improved its NFL-best postseason road winning percentage (minimum 10 games) with a victory at New England

The teams with the highest home and highest road winning percentages all-time in the postseason (minimum 10 games):

Best Home Winning Percentage, Postseason Best Road Winning Percentage, Postseason
Team Record Win Pct. Team Record Win Pct.
Source: NFL
Green Bay16-4.800Baltimore9-5.643
Oakland19-5.792New England7-9.438
New England14-4.777Green Bay10-13.435
Buffalo10-3.769Pittsburgh7-10.412
Denver13-4.765New York Jets7-10.412
Washington13-4.765   

Brady Sets Bunch of Records

On Sunday, New England quarterback Tom Brady passed for 320 yards, his sixth career 300-yard passing game in the playoffs. Only Peyton Manning (8) has more 300-yard passing games than Brady in postseason history (Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana, 6; Kurt Warner, 6).

Brady (5,949) surpassed Manning (5,679), Montana (5,772) and BRETT FAVRE (5,855) for the most postseason passing yards in NFL history.

Player Postseason Passing Yards Player Postseason Passing TDs
Source: NFL
Tom Brady5,629Joe Montana45
Brett Favre5,855Brett Favre44
Joe Montana5,772Tom Brady42
Peyton Manning5,679Peyton Manning32
John Elway4,964Dan Marino32

 

A Valuable Match-Up

The 2012 AFC Championship Game marked the second time in NFL history a Super Bowl MVP quarterback (Tom Brady, XXXVIII and XXXVI) and MVP linebacker (Ray Lewis, XXXV) played each other in a Conference Championship Game. The only other occurrence was when the two players faced off in last year's AFC Championship Game.

On two previous occasions, Super Bowl offensive and defensive MVPs other than a quarterback and linebacker have met in a conference championship game or Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XIII (1979), Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy White (XII) and Harvey Martin (XII) of the Dallas Cowboys matched up against Pro Football Hall of Famers Franco Harris (IX) and Lynn Swann (X) of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the 2009 AFC Championship Game, Lewis competed against Hines Ward (XL) of the Steelers

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