Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
· National Football LeagueLamar Jackson and the Ravens draw even atop the AFC North, beating the 1st-place Steelers 34-17
Then, after one of the star quarterback's rare slip-ups, one of his teammates delivered the play of the day.
Jackson threw three touchdown passes and Marlon Humphrey scored on a fourth-quarter interception return to help the Ravens pull even with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North with a 34-17 victory over the Steelers on Saturday.
Pittsburgh (10-5) would have clinched the division with a victory, but now the teams are deadlocked after the Ravens (10-5) won for just the second time in the last 10 games in this series. Baltimore clinched a playoff berth. The Steelers had already done so.
“It was cool to get a pick-6, but clinching a spot in the playoffs, to beat the Steelers, I'm just happy that the guys came in, put in the work, and we just took care of business,” Humphrey said. “I felt that this team has had our number over the years. Just take care of business, man. I felt like the performance we put on wasn't perfect, but I felt like that's what we were supposed to do.”
Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes, the second of which tied the game at 17 with 5:14 left in the third quarter. Jackson answered with a 7-yard scoring strike to Mark Andrews, and after Pittsburgh turned the ball over on downs, a 44-yard run by Derrick Henry put the Ravens in the red zone.
That drive came to nothing when Jackson was intercepted for just the fourth time this season, but then Humphrey — who was celebrating the recent birth of his son Duke — picked off Wilson and went 37 yards to the end zone to give Baltimore a cushion in a series that’s been razor-thin of late. The previous nine games between the Steelers and Ravens were decided by seven points or fewer.
“My whole family's in town to help out with my wife and everything,” Humphrey said. “I was texting her before. I'm supposed to go pick her up from the hospital, discharge her with the baby. So there's a lot of just great things that happened this week.”
Jackson improved to 2-4 against Pittsburgh as a starter. This was his first time facing the Steelers at home since 2020.
“I feel like we've been busting our behind all season long, had ups and downs throughout this whole season, but to clinch a playoff against a great team like that, that's great,” Jackson said. “That means we're moving in the right direction.”
Henry rushed for 162 yards.
Pittsburgh entered the game with a plus-18 margin in turnovers, but the Ravens had the edge in that department Saturday. Baltimore recovered three of its own fumbles and had two big takeaways.
Jackson found Isaiah Likely for a 9-yard touchdown to open the scoring. Wilson answered with a 1-yard scoring pass to MyCole Pruitt, and the Steelers appeared poised to take the lead when the veteran quarterback broke loose for a 19-yard run in Baltimore territory.
But Ar'Darius Washington delivered a punishing hit on Wilson at the end of that play, jarring the ball loose. Kyle Van Noy recovered for the Ravens at the Baltimore 4.
The Ravens then drove 96 yards and took a 14-7 lead on Rashod Bateman.
Wilson threw a 12-yard TD to Cordarrelle Patterson to tie it in the third.
Ravens receiver Zay Flowers had five catches for 100 yards, surpassing 1,000 on the season.
Henry has exceeded 1,500 yards rushing for the fourth time. He's now up to 1,636, a mark he's only surpassed once — in his 2,027-yard campaign of 2020.
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Scoring Summary
TD | 1st Period 5:52 | Isaiah Likely 9 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Justin Tucker Kick) | |
TD | 2nd Period 14:56 | MyCole Pruitt 1 Yd pass from Russell Wilson (Chris Boswell Kick) | |
TD | 2nd Period 7:28 | Rashod Bateman 14 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Justin Tucker Kick) | |
FG | 2nd Period 1:43 | Justin Tucker 51 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 2nd Period 0:00 | Chris Boswell 51 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 3rd Period 5:14 | Cordarrelle Patterson 12 Yd pass from Russell Wilson (Chris Boswell Kick) | |
TD | 3rd Period 1:50 | Mark Andrews 7 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Justin Tucker Kick) | |
TD | 4th Period 13:06 | Marlon Humphrey 37 Yd Interception Return (Justin Tucker Kick) | |
FG | 4th Period 3:10 | Justin Tucker 23 Yd Field Goal |
Statistics
PIT | BAL | |
---|---|---|
19 | 1st Downs | 25 |
14 | Passing 1st downs | 12 |
5 | Rushing 1st downs | 11 |
0 | 1st downs from penalties | 2 |
4-10 | 3rd down efficiency | 4-10 |
0-1 | 4th down efficiency | 0-0 |
60 | Total Plays | 62 |
315 | Total Yards | 418 |
5.2 | Yards per Play | 6.7 |
11 | Total Drives | 10 |
198 | Passing | 198 |
22/33 | Comp/Att | 15/23 |
5.5 | Yards per pass | 8.3 |
1 | Interceptions thrown | 1 |
3-19 | Sacks-Yards Lost | 1-9 |
117 | Rushing | 220 |
24 | Rushing Attempts | 38 |
4.9 | Yards per rush | 5.8 |
2-2 | Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-5 |
5-29 | Penalties | 2-10 |
2 | Turnovers | 1 |
1 | Fumbles lost | 0 |
1 | Interceptions thrown | 1 |
0 | Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 |
27:35 | Possession | 32:25 |
Game Information
Location: Baltimore, MD
Attendance: 71,313 · Capacity:
2024 AFC North Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | T | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh | 10 | 5 | .667 | 0 | 353 | 299 |
Baltimore | 10 | 5 | .667 | 0 | 452 | 349 |
Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | .467 | 0 | 423 | 393 |
Cleveland | 3 | 12 | .200 | 0 | 245 | 380 |
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