(Display error fix: Setting / 3D Option / HTML 5 Stereo view) AFC Wild Card 03.01.15 Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore forced three turnovers and scored on 6 of 9 possessions to defeat Pittsburgh on the road for the first time in franchise playoff history. The Steelers scored first with a 43-yard drive, including a 22-yard completion from Ben Roethlisberger to Martavis Bryant, that ended on a 45-yard Shaun Suisham field goal. Baltimore responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive that gave them a 7–3 lead on Bernard Pierce's 5-yard touchdown run with 12:28 left in the second quarter. Roethlisberger struck back with an 18-yard completion to Antonio Brown and a 30-yarder to tight end Heath Miller that set up Suisham's 22-yard field goal. Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco countered with a 23-yard pass to Steve Smith, Sr. and a 19-yard completion to Owen Daniels on the way to a 28-yard field goal by Justin Tucker, making the score 10–6. With 42 seconds left in the half, Suisham kicked a 47-yard field goal that cut the score to 10–9 going into halftime. On the Ravens' opening drive of the second half, Flacco completed a 17-yard pass to Torrey Smith on 3rd-and-12, allowing the team to hang on to the ball and drive to a 45-yard field goal by Tucker. Then after a Steelers punt, Flacco hooked up with Steve Smith for a 40-yard completion before throwing an 11-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith, increasing the team's lead to 20–9. Early in the 4th quarter, Pittsburgh defensive end Stephon Tuitt recovered a fumble from running back Justin Forsett on the Ravens' 45-yard line. Roethlisberger completed a 44-yard pass to Brown on the next play, and eventually got the ball into the end zone with a 6-yard toss to Bryant. Their two-point conversion attempt failed, but the Steelers had cut their deficit to one score at 20–15. However, they would get no closer. Baltimore responded with a 23-yard reception by Daniels that set up Tucker's 52-yard field goal. Then linebacker Terrell Suggs intercepted a pass from Roethlisberger, and Flacco increased the Ravens' lead to 30–15 with a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Crockett Gillmore on the next play. The Steelers responded with a drive to the Baltimore 14-yard line, but came up empty when safety Darian Stewart picked off a pass from Roethlisberger in the end zone. Pittsburgh did manage two more points when lineman Shamarko Thomas blocked Sam Koch's punt, knocking the ball through the end zone for a safety. But after the free kick, Stewart put the game away by recovering a fumble from Miller. Roethlisbeger finished the day 31-for-44 for 334 yards and a touchdown, with 2 interceptions. His top target was Brown, who caught 9 passes for 117 yards. Flacco was 18-for-29 for 255 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Steve Smith was the Ravens top receiver with 5 receptions for 101 yards. The win gave the Ravens their first postseason victory over the Steelers in four tries, having previously lost to them in 2001, 2008, and 2010, all at Heinz Field. It is the Steelers' first loss in the playoffs against a division opponent since losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1947 NFL Eastern Division playoff, and first-ever postseason loss to an AFC Central/AFC North rival since the 1970 merger.

• published: 04 Aug 2015
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