Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 34°
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 71432
Ray Rice racked up 233 total yards and two touchdowns and Billy Cundiff kicked three second-half field goals, lifting the Baltimore Ravens to a 30-24 home win against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
Rice rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown and had five catches for 80 yards and another score. Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco also threw a touchdown pass to tight end Ed Dickson, who started in place of injured Todd Heap for the second consecutive game.
Baltimore squandered a two-touchdown lead as Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes - two to tight end Jimmy Graham - but Cundiff kicked field goals of 32 and 27 yards in the fourth quarter to lift the Ravens to their second straight win.
The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the defending Super Bowl champion Saints (10-4) and ensured New Orleans won't catch Atlanta in the NFC South this week.
The Saints started the day a game behind the Falcons, who played at Seattle later Sunday. The teams meet next Monday in Atlanta.
The win allowed the Ravens (10-4) to keep pace with Pittsburgh in the AFC North. They started the day a game behind the Steelers, who played at home against the Jets on Sunday afternoon.
| New Orleans | Baltimore | |
| Pierre Thomas | Player | Ray Rice |
| 6 | Attempts | 31 |
| 20 | Yards | 153 |
| 3.3 | Avg Yards | 4.9 |
| 0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
| 11 | Long | 50 |
| New Orleans | Baltimore | |
| Marques Colston | Player | Ray Rice |
| 6 | Receptions | 5 |
| 81 | Yards | 80 |
| 13.5 | Avg Yards | 16.0 |
| 0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
| 27 | Long | 32 |
| Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
| Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
| New Orleans | 269 | 27 | 242 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 356 | 208 | 148 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 2 |
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Baltimore will play their next game on the road against Cleveland.
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New Orleans will play their next game on the road against Atlanta.