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BALTIMORE RAVENS GAME INFORMATION UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER BALTIMORERAVENS.COM TWITTER: @RAVENS 1 Winning Drive Owings Mills, MD 21117 ph: 410-701-4000 fx: 410-701-4100 SUPER BOWL XXXV CHAMPIONS (2000) SUPER BOWL XLVII CHAMPIONS (2012) BALTIMORE (0-1) AT OAKLAND (0-1) SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2015 • 4:05 P.M. ET • O.CO COLISEUM (56,063) JUST THE FACTS COACH HARBS SAYS • The Baltimore Ravens (0-1) face the Oakland Raiders (0-1) on Sunday “We have one objective this week: find a way to beat the Raiders in (Sept. 20) at the O.co Coliseum. Kickoff is set for 4:05 p.m. ET (1:05 p.m. Oakland this Sunday. Nothing else matters. This is our sole focus. We’ll PT) in a West Coast battle that marks the Ravens’ second-straight road spend the week training at San Jose State, and we’ll have a curfew. We game to begin the 2015 NFL campaign. did some studying about the benefits of staying out West instead of • Leading up to this weekend’s game, the Ravens will spend the entire flying back and forth to Baltimore, and we believe this will benefit us. week practicing at San Jose State University in California. Baltimore arrived In speaking with the leaders on our team, they thought a curfew would in San Jose late Sunday night (Sept. 13) following the season opener at help keep our focus. We’ll stay out West again next month when we have Denver. A majority of the team’s operations (e.g. meeting/video rooms, back-to-back games at San Francisco and Arizona.” medical training space and dining area) are stationed at a local hotel. • In last Sunday’s game at Denver, Baltimore fell, 19-13, to the Broncos WHAT’S GOING ON? in an exciting, defensive-heavy showdown that didn’t contain an offensive • Baltimore’s defensive unit was stout in Week 1 at Denver, holding the TD. A late rally came up short when a QB Joe Flacco pass intended for TE Broncos to 219 yards of offense and just 4 FGs. Denver’s “O” only entered was picked off in the end zone with 36 seconds remaining. Crocket Gillmore the red zone once, while QB Peyton Manning was sacked four times and The defeat spoiled a stellar effort from Baltimore’s defense, which hassled picked off by on a 24-yard INT-TD return. Denver’s 219 QB Peyton Manning all day and held Denver to 219 total yards of offense. CB Jimmy Smith total yards are the fewest gained by a Manning-led Broncos’ offense. Manning, who was sacked four times, threw for 175 yards and no TDs. He was also picked off by CB Jimmy Smith, who posted a 24-yard INT-TD • The Ravens’ defensive success in Week 1 picked up where the unit left that gave Baltimore a 10-9 third-quarter lead. Flacco, who was consistently off in 2014. Over the NFL’s last five regular season weeks (dating back to pressured by Denver’s “D,” completed 18 of 32 passes for 117 yards and 2 Dec. 7, 2014), Baltimore’sdefense has... INTs, one of which was returned 51 yards for a TD by CB Aqib Talib. 4 Permitted a league-low 3 TDs (1 rushing and 2 receiving). • The 2015 campaign marks head coach John Harbaugh’s eighth season 4 Posted an NFL-high 22 sacks. in Baltimore, where the Ravens have produced an 82-46 overall record 4 Allowed just 257.6 yards per game, second fewest only to Seattle (239.4). (72-41 regular season) under his guidance. Baltimore’s 82 total victories 4 Permitted just 168.4 passing yards per game, second to only Indy (156.0). since Harbaugh’s 2008 arrival rank as the NFL’s second most (NE has 92). Note: Baltimore’s team has allowed 15.8 points per game since 12/7/14. That figure includes the INT-TD thrown by QB Joe Flacco at Denver. • Five of the Ravens’ first seven games in 2015 are on the road. This seven- game stretch includes two back-to-back far-west trips and four battles vs. 2014 playoff teams. After Oakland, the Ravens return to Baltimore for NOTE THE QUOTE their home opener against AFC North foe Cincinnati (Sept. 27). Baltimore then travels to rival Pittsburgh for a Thursday night special on Oct. 1. MMQB.com’s Peter King on the Ravens’ ability to focus on and push forward: “They just keep on ticking. They have to replace guys all MEDIA & PRACTICE SCHEDULE the time, but they’ve got the quarterback, they’ve got (ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC) the coaching staff. And, I think they do a really, really Wed. Sept. 16 10:45 a.m. ... John Harbaugh Podium Session at Hotel good job of knowing what’s important and keeping 1:45 p.m. ..... Practice / Media Viewing at San Jose State 3 p.m. ......... Player Availabilty at San Jose State their eye on the prize of what’s important.” Thur. Sept. 17 1:45 p.m. ..... Practice / Media Viewing at San Jose State 3 p.m. .......... Three Coordinators at the Podium INJURY REPORT & Player Availability at San Jose State • Six-time Pro Bowler and 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Fri. Sept. 18 12 p.m. ....... Practice / Media Viewing at San Jose State OLB 1:15 p.m. ..... John Harbaugh & Player Availability at SJSU Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon in Week 1’s game at Denver and will miss the remainder of the 2015 season. Starting LT Eugene Monroe WEDNESDAY CONFERENCE CALLS (concussion) left the Broncos game in the first quarter and did not return. Ravens: CB Jimmy Smith at 10:45 a.m. PT; John Harbaugh at 11 a.m. PT • Starting DT Timmy Jernigan (knee), CB Rashaan Melvin (hamstring) Raiders: Jack Del Rio at 10:30 a.m. PT; Player TBD at 2:30 p.m. PT and RB Lorenzo Taliaferro (knee) missed the game in Denver. CALLING THE ACTION • Baltimore’s 2015 first-round choice, WR Breshad Perriman, missed Television: CBS (WJZ Ch. 13 - Baltimore) the Denver game and did not play during the preseason after sustaining - Spero Dedes (play-by-play) - Solomon Wilcots (analyst) a knee injury on the first day of training camp (July 30). S Matt Elam, - Scott Kaplan (sideline) the Ravens’ 2013 first-round draft pick who has started 26 of 32 games, - Ryan Galvin (producer) - Andy Goldberg (director) was placed on Injured Reserve after sustaining a torn biceps on Aug. 1. Local Radio: WBAL (1090 AM) & 98Rock (97.9 FM) Baltimore’s 2014 fourth-round pick DE Brent Urban, who also suffered - Gerry Sandusky (play-by-play) - Stan White & Qadry Ismail (analysts) a torn biceps (Aug. 6), is on Injured Reserve - Designated for Return. TE Dennis Pitta (hip) is on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. Kevin Byrne - Senior V.P. Public/Community Relations n Chad Steele - V.P. of Public Relations n Patrick Gleason - Asst. Director of Public Relations n Tom Valente - Public Relations Coordinator Marisol Renner - Publications/Public Relations Specialist n Chase Russell - Public Relations Intern n Sydney Wade - Public Relations Intern TEAM INFORMATION 2015 SCHEDULE 2015 ADDITIONS/DEPARTURES Date Opponent Time/Result Key Additions 2014 GP/GS Sun., Sept. 13 at Denver Broncos L 13-19 CB Kyle Arrington (NE) - FA (three-year contract). .14/4 Sun., Sept. 20 at Oakland Raiders 4:05 p.m. S Kendrick Lewis (Hou.) - FA (three-year contract). .16/16 Sun., Sept. 27 CINCINNATI BENGALS 1:00 p.m. QB Matt Schaub (Oak.) - FA (one-year contract). 11/0 Thurs., Oct. 1 at Pittsburgh Steelers 8:25 p.m. (CBS/NFL) Sun., Oct. 11* CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 p.m. Key Free Agents Retained Sun., Oct. 18* at San Francisco 49ers 4:25 p.m. RB Justin Forsett - UFA (three-year contract) . .16/14 Mon., Oct. 26 at Arizona Cardinals 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) S Will Hill III - RFA (two-year contract). 10/8 Sun., Nov. 1* SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 1:00 p.m. K Justin Tucker - RFA (2nd-round tender) . .16/0 Sun., Nov. 8 BYE Key Players Lost Sun., Nov. 15* JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 p.m. TE Owen Daniels (Den.) - UFA. 15/13 Sun., Nov. 22* ST. LOUIS RAMS 1:00 p.m. WR/RS Jacoby Jones (SD) - released. 16/0 Mon., Nov. 30 at Cleveland Browns 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) OLB Pernell McPhee (Chi.) - UFA . 16/0 Sun., Dec. 6* at Miami Dolphins 1:00 p.m. DT Haloti Ngata (Det.) - traded. .12/12 Sun., Dec. 13* SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 8:30 p.m. (NBC) WR Torrey Smith (SF) - UFA. 16/16 Sun., Dec. 20* KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 1:00 p.m. S Darian Stewart (Den.) - UFA. 16/14 Sun., Dec. 27* PITTSBURGH STEELERS 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sun., Jan. 3* at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 p.m. Returning Starters All Game Times Eastern * Flexible Scheduling Games • This season, the Ravens have returned 18 of 22 starters from the 2014 campaign (nine on offense and nine on defense). • For the first time in team history, Baltimore returned all five starting offensive linemen: LT Eugene Monroe, LG Kelechi Osemele, C Jeremy SPOTLIGHT: JIMMY SMITH Zuttah, four-time Pro Bowl RG Marshal Yanda and RT Rick Wagner. Pos: CB Ht: 6-2 Wt: 206 Exp. (NFL/Ravens): 5/5 Colorado Colton, CA College: Hometown: NOTE OF THE WEEK Following a season-ending foot injury in 2014, what are your personal goals in 2015? “My first goal is, obviously, Ravens ILBs C.J.