2001 Baltimore Ravens season
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The 2001 season was the Baltimore Ravens' sixth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the third under head coach Brian Billick.
Fresh off their victory trip from Super Bowl XXXV, bad news struck the 2001 Ravens as running back Jamal Lewis suffered a knee injury in training camp and would miss the entire season. This weakened the Ravens’ running game. Trent Dilfer was allowed to leave in free agency, and the Ravens elected to have a quarterback room that had Elvis Grbac as the primary starter with Randall Cunningham as the backup. Grbac went 8-6 as a starter but threw 15 touchdowns to 18 interceptions while Cunningham won both of his two starts. Terry Allen led the Ravens in rushing with 658 yards while Jason Brookins had five rushing touchdowns. On the receiving side, Qadry Ismail had 1,059 receiving yards on 74 receptions for seven touchdowns while Shannon Sharpe had a Pro Bowl season with 73 receptions for 811 yards as a tight end. Jermaine Lewis returned 42 punts for 519 yards to go along with 42 kick returns for 1,039 yards and was a Pro Bowl player. Ray Lewis had a league-high 162 combined tackles with three interceptions while Peter Boulware had a career-high 15 sacks.
The Ravens were swept by the Browns for the first time since they returned to Cleveland, and the Ravens also failed to equal their 12–4 record from 2000, instead going 10–6 but eventually reaching the postseason for the second consecutive year. They easily shut down the Miami Dolphins, 20–3 in the wild-card round, but were unable to stop the 13–3 Pittsburgh Steelers, in the next round, due to a series of turnovers and penalties.
This was the final season Randall Cunningham, Dale Hellestrae, Erik Williams and Carnell Lake would play in the NFL.
Offseason
Throughout training camp, the team was the first to be covered by and featured on the HBO series Hard Knocks.
Draft
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Staff
Roster
Schedule
Preseason
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| 1 | Template:Dow tooltip | at Philadelphia Eagles | Canceled | |
| 2 | Template:Dow tooltip | at New York Jets | L 3–16 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Template:Dow tooltip | Carolina Panthers | L 17–20 | 0–2 |
| 4 | Template:Dow tooltip | New York Giants | W 38–9 | 1–2 |
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Regular season
| style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Week | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Date | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Opponent | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Result | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Record | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Venue | style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Attendance |
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| 1 | September 9 | Chicago Bears | W 17–6 | 1–0 | PSINet Stadium | 69,365 |
| 2Template:Efn-ua | September 23 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 10–21 | 1–1 | Paul Brown Stadium | 51,121 |
| 3 | September 30 | at Denver Broncos | W 20–13 | 2–1 | Invesco Field at Mile High | 75,082 |
| 4 | October 7 | Tennessee Titans | W 26–7 | 3–1 | PSINet Stadium | 69,494 |
| 5 | October 14 | at Green Bay Packers | L 23–31 | 3–2 | Lambeau Field | 59,866 |
| 6 | October 21 | at Cleveland Browns | L 14–24 | 3–3 | Cleveland Browns Stadium | 72,818 |
| 7 | October 28 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 18–17 | 4–3 | PSINet Stadium | 69,439 |
| 8 | November 4 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 13–10 | 5–3 | Heinz Field | 62,906 |
| 9 | Template:Dow tooltip | at Tennessee Titans | W 16–10 | 6–3 | Adelphia Coliseum | 68,798 |
| 10 | November 18 | Cleveland Browns | L 17–27 | 6–4 | PSINet Stadium | 69,353 |
| 11 | November 25 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | W 24–21 | 7–4 | Alltel Stadium | 53,530 |
| 12 | December 2 | Indianapolis Colts | W 39–27 | 8–4 | PSINet Stadium | 69,382 |
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| 14 | December 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 21–26 | 8–5 | PSINet Stadium | 69,506 |
| 15 | December 23 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 16–0 | 9–5 | PSINet Stadium | 68,987 |
| 16 | Template:Dow tooltip | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–22 | 9–6 | Raymond James Stadium | 65,619 |
| 17Template:Efn-ua | Template:Dow tooltip | Minnesota Vikings | W 19–3 | 10–6 | PSINet Stadium | 69,465 |
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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Postseason
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| Wild Card | January 13, 2002 | at Miami Dolphins | W 20–3 | CBS 4:30pm | 72,251 |
| Divisional | January 20, 2002 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 10–27 | CBS 1:00pm | 63,976 |
Division standings
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Game summaries
AFC Wild Card game vs Miami Dolphins
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| Ravens | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Dolphins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida
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- Game attendance: 72,251
- Referee: Mike Carey
- TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Phil Simms (color commentator), Armen Keteyian, and Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporters)
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AFC Divisional Playoff vs Pittsburgh Steelers
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| Ravens | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Steelers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 12:30 pm EST
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- Game attendance: 63,976
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- TV announcers: (CBS) Dick Enberg (play by play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator), Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporter)
Notes
References
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