Английская Википедия:1996 Baltimore Ravens season

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The 1996 season was the Baltimore Ravens' inaugural season in the National Football League. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens were officially a new franchise, but they retained a large portion of the roster of the 1995 Cleveland Browns team, as well as front office staff and some members of the coaching staff. Due to technically, but not officially, being the previous season's Browns team under a new name, they did not receive the number 1 overall draft selection or have an expansion draft as a true expansion franchise would.

Baltimore had remained without an NFL football franchise for 12 years after the Baltimore Colts relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1996, however, the NFL approved Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell's proposal to relocate the existing Browns organization to Baltimore, although the records and name of the Browns would remain in Cleveland, Ohio and the Baltimore franchise would officially be an expansion franchise. After Modell established the franchise in Baltimore, the team was named the "Baltimore Ravens" via a poll conducted by The Baltimore Sun. Because the Browns were temporarily deactivated under the terms of the settlement (they resumed play in 1999), the Ravens assumed the Browns' place in the American Football Conference (AFC) Central Division. More than 50,000 season tickets were sold.

Modell decided not to retain 1995 Browns coach Bill Belichick, who was fired. He instead hired former Baltimore Colts coach Ted Marchibroda. Marchibroda had previously been in his second stint coaching the Colts, guiding them to the 1995 AFC Championship Game, but could not come to terms on a contract extension in Indianapolis. Modell came to terms with Marchibroda only six days after he left the Colts organization to bring him back to Baltimore.

As an organization, the Ravens failed to improve on the 1995 Browns' 5–11 record. They finished their first season with a 4–12 record under Marchibroda, who would finish with a 41–33 regular season record in Baltimore. At the Ravens’ first-ever regular season game, a then-record attendance of 64,124 was present in their win against the Oakland Raiders, 19–14, on September 1 at home. Their second victory came in Week 5, against the New Orleans Saints at home, in which they became 2–2. In Week 7, the Ravens traveled to Indianapolis to play Baltimore's (and Marchibroda's) previous team. They, however, lost 26–21 and fell to 2–4. Their only other two victories were recorded at home in Week 9 against the St. Louis Rams and Week 14 against the Steelers.

Although not a winning season, quarterback Vinny Testaverde and safety Eric Turner were voted into the Pro Bowl, and wide receivers Michael Jackson and Derrick Alexander became the fourth receiving duo to surpass the 1,000-yard receiving mark. The Ravens held second-half leads in ten of their final eleven games; they ultimately went 3–7 in games decided by one possession.

Michael Jackson's 1,201 receiving yards is 2nd in franchise history after Mark Andrews in 2021, and his 14 touchdown receptions still stands as a franchise single-season record.

Offseason

Prior to the season, the Ravens hired several coaches, including head coach Ted Marchibroda and defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis. Offensive guard Jeff Blackshear was acquired for a future 4th round draft pick. The Ravens traded 3rd, 4th, and 7th round draft picks for the Broncos’ second round selection (#55 overall).

Preseason

Schedule

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1	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–9	1–0	Memorial Stadium
2	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at New York Giants	W 37–27	2–0	Giants Stadium
3	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Green Bay Packers	L 15–17	2–1	Memorial Stadium
4	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Buffalo Bills	W 37–14	3–1	Rich Stadium

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 1	Oakland Raiders	W 19–14	1–0	Memorial Stadium	64,124
2	September 8	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–31	1–1	Three Rivers Stadium	57,241
3	September 15	at Houston Oilers	L 13–29	1–2	Astrodome	20,082
4	Bye
5	September 29	New Orleans Saints	W 17–10	2–2	Memorial Stadium	61,063
6	October 6	New England Patriots	L 38–46	2–3	Memorial Stadium	63,569
7	October 13	at Indianapolis Colts	L 21–26	2–4	RCA Dome	56,978
8	October 20	at Denver Broncos	L 34–45	2–5	Mile High Stadium	70,453
9	October 27	St. Louis Rams	W 37–31 (OT)	3–5	Memorial Stadium	60,256
10	November 3	Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–24	3–6	Memorial Stadium	60,743
11	November 10	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 27–30	3–7	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	64,628
12	November 17	at San Francisco 49ers	L 20–38	3–8	3Com Park	51,596
13	November 24	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 25–28 (OT)	3–9	Memorial Stadium	57,384
14	December 1	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–17	4–9	Memorial Stadium	51,822
15	December 8	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 14–21	4–10	Riverfront Stadium	43,022
16	December 15	at Carolina Panthers	L 16–27	4–11	Ericcson Stadium	70,075
17	December 22	Houston Oilers	L 21–24	4–12	Memorial Stadium	52,704

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

External links

• 1996 Baltimore Ravens at Pro-Football-Reference.com