2009 Baltimore Ravens season
| 2009 Baltimore Ravens season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | John Harbaugh |
| General manager | Ozzie Newsome |
| Owner | Stephen Bisciotti |
| Home field | M&T Bank Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–7 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC North |
| Playoff finish |
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 33–14 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 20–3 |
| Pro Bowlers | 5 |
| AP All-Pros |
Ray Lewis (1st team) Ray Rice (2nd team) Le'Ron McClain (2nd team) Haloti Ngata (2nd team) Ed Reed (2nd team) |
| Uniform | |
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The 2009 Baltimore Ravens season was the franchise's 14th season as a team in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise entered the season off an 11–5 record in their previous season, a playoff berth, but a loss in the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game against the eventual Super Bowl XLIII champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens recorded nine victories to seven losses, although they were unable to win the AFC North division title. However, due to various playoff clinching scenarios in the AFC, the Ravens were able to clinch a wild card playoff berth against the New England Patriots, which they won. They, however, lost in the AFC playoffs divisional round against the Indianapolis Colts; with this loss, the 2009 season came to an end for the Ravens. For head coach John Harbaugh, this was his second year with the franchise, compiling an overall record of 20–12 in the regular season.
Rex Ryan, a longtime fixture on the Ravens' sidelines, departed for New York to become the New York Jets head coach after the Ravens fell to the Steelers in the 2008 AFC Championship game.
Other notable offseason departures include linebacker Bart Scott and safety Jim Leonhard, both of whom left Baltimore to follow Rex Ryan to New York, and longtime placekicker Matt Stover. On March 5, 2009, Stover told reporters that the Ravens were "going in a different direction". When Stover's tenure ended with the Ravens, the team severed ties with one of its two remaining players from the Ravens' first season in 1996; the other being Ray Lewis.
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