Ray Rice returns from injury for AFC Conference Game

AFC Championship  Patriots @ Ravens
The Patriots opening drive of the game hit a wall on
3rd & 11 at their 25.When Raven DE  Brayton sacked
Brady forcing a punt.Baltimore got good field position
at their 48. Fullback L.McClain left the game for good
with a broken collarbone.
Flacco threw late to Boldin on a square out and Patriot
CB McCourty jumped infront and raced 71yds for a
New England TD. 7-0 PAT's
With the help of Ray Rice the Ravens put together a
11 play 74yd drive ending with a 10yd TD pass to
A.Boldin. 7-7

Boldin uses his strength to get in for the TD

Baltimore managed to chalk up 92yds of offense to the Patriots -9
at the end of the first quarter.


Both teams failed to get anything going at the start of the 2nd quarter.
New Englands second 3 and out led to a Raven scoring drive covering
52yds in 8 plays,and ending with a 14yd M.Clayton TD catch with
3.45 left in the half. 14-7 Ravens

Clayton splits the defenders and runs in for a TD

Brady dinked and dunked his way downfield on a 14 play 60yd drive ending with a
42yd FG. 14-10 Ravens

Halftime stats
J.Flacco 9 of 15 101yds 2TD's 1INT
R.Rice   10 rushes 54yds 0TD's
M.Clayton  2 rec 35yds 1TD

Patriots
T.Brady  5 of 13  35yds  0TD's 0INT's
M.Bush 5 rushes 11yds
W.Welker  2 rec 17yds

Again both offenses would go three and out this time
in the 3rd quarter.But it was J.Millers great return
skills that would light up the scoreboard for the Ravens.
As he cut left,then right for a 67yd punt return for the TD.
21-10 Ravens
Brady opened up the offense on New Englands next drive
and found R.Moss for 40yds on 3rd & 3.Taking the ball
down to the Raven 2yd line.It took 3 plays for the Patriots
to get the TD finding Moss in the endzone form 5 yards out.
RB Bell ran the 2 point conversion in to close the gap 21-18 Ravens
Baltimore went 3 and out and punted to the Patriot 6.

Brady settling down led New England on an 11 play drive in the
4th quarter.And with 4.25 left in the game New England tied the
score with a 44yd FG  21-21

Raven QB J.Flacco knew the offense could not go 3 and out again.
And put together a 7 play 73yd drive.And on 3rd & Goal.
rolled out to the right,and ran in for the winning TD from
4 yards out. 28-21 Ravens

Flacco's TD run sends Ravens to the Superbowl

J.Flacco  14 of 25 166yds 2TD's 1INT
R.Rice 15 rushes 65yds 0TD's
A.Boldin  5 rec 64yds 1TD
Ed Reed  5 tackles

Patriots
T.Brady 18 of 32 189yds 1TD 0INT's
M.Bush 9 rushes 25yds 0TD's
W.Welker 9 rec 82yds 0TD's
V.Wilfolk  7 tackles 3 for loss 1 sack

NFC Championship

Saints 13 - 27 Cowboys  [T.Romo 26 of 37 295yds 2TD's 1INT for Cowboys]

SUPERBOWL Ravens v Cowboys