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NFL WEEK 12:RAVENS 45, RAMS 6

Baltimore..............14 14 7 10 — 45
RAMS.....................0 6 0 0 — 6
First Quarter
Baltimore— Mar.Brown 6 pass from L.Jackson
(Tucker kick), 7:47. Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 5:48.
Key plays: Ingram 10 run, L.Jackson 16 run,
G.Edwards 4 run on 3rd-and-1. Baltimore 7, RAMS 0.
Baltimore— Mar.Brown 18 pass from L.Jackson
(Tucker kick), 1:31. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:49. Key
plays: Ingram 19 run, G.Edwards 10 run, Ingram 11
run on 3rd-and-12, L.Jackson 5 run on 4th-and-1.
Baltimore 14, RAMS 0.

Second Quarter
RAMS— Field goal Zuerlein 32, 9:45. Drive: 15
plays, 61 yards, 6:46. Key plays: Gurley 15 run, Goff
10 pass to Cooks on 3rd-and-8, Goff 15 pass to
Everett, Humphrey 5-yard defensive holding penalty
on 3rd-and-11, Goff 5 pass to Kupp on 3rd-and-17.
Baltimore— Ingram 1 run (Tucker kick), 4:42. Drive:
8 plays, 75 yards, 5:03. Key plays: L.Jackson 13 pass
to Roberts on 3rd-and-6, L.Jackson 12 run, L.Jackson
29 run. Baltimore 21, RAMS 3.
RAMS— Field goal Zuerlein 46, 1:55. Drive: 6 plays,
48 yards, 2:47. Key plays: Natson kick return to
RAMS 24, Goff 17 pass to Woods, Goff 22 pass to
Cooks. Baltimore 21, RAMS 6.
Baltimore— Snead 7 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker
kick), :12. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:43. Key plays:
Littleton 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty,
L.Jackson 12 run, J.Hill 11 run, L.Jackson 16 pass to
Roberts. Baltimore 28, RAMS 6.

GDVJThird Quarter

Baltimore— Ingram 7 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker
kick), 9:46. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:14. Key
plays: L.Jackson 38 pass to Andrews on 3rd-and-8,
G.Edwards 11 run. Baltimore 35, RAMS 6.

Fourth Quarter
Baltimore— Snead 7 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker
kick), 14:43. Drive: 17 plays, 78 yards, 9:04. Key
plays: L.Jackson 10 pass to Roberts on 3rd-and-9,
Ingram 25 run, L.Jackson 10 run, L.Jackson 5 run on
3rd-and-14, LAR 5-yard defensive too many men on
field penalty on 4th-and-9, L.Jackson 15 pass to
Boykin on 4th-and-4, L.Jackson 5 pass to Mar.Brown
on 3rd-and-4. Baltimore 42, RAMS 6.
Baltimore— Field goal Tucker 34, 6:35. Drive: 11
plays, 48 yards, 6:01. Key plays: Peters 22
interception return to Baltimore 36, G.Edwards 1 run
on 3rd-and-2, G.Edwards 1 run on 4th-and-1, Griffin
39 pass to Boykin on 3rd-and-8.

TEAM STATISTICS BAL LAR
FIRST DOWNS................................31 14
Rushing........................................17 2
Passing........................................13 8
Penalty...........................................1 4
THIRD DOWN EFF........................9-15 2-9
FOURTH DOWN EFF........................3-3 1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS .........................480 221
Total Plays.....................................74 48
Avg Gain......................................6.5 4.6
NET YARDS RUSHING....................285 22
Rushes.........................................48 9
Avg per rush.................................5.9 2.4
NET YARDS PASSING .....................195 199
Sacked-Yds lost..........................3-13 2-13
Gross-Yds passing ........................208 212
Completed-Att...........................16-23 26-37
Had Intercepted...............................0 2
Yards-Pass Play.............................7.5 5.1
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB.................8-6-6 3-3-3
PUNTS-Avg..............................1-48.0 4-50.0
Punts blocked..................................0 0
FGs-PATs blocked..........................0-0 0-0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE..................74 48
Punt Returns..............................3-45 1-4
Kickoff Returns.............................0-0 2-44
Interceptions..............................2-29 0-0
PENALTIES-Yds............................8-66 8-56
FUMBLES-Lost..............................1-0 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION................39:56 20:04

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: BALTIMORE, Ingram 15-111, L.Jackson
8-95, Edwards 14-55, Hill 8-27, Griffin 3-(minus 3).
RAMS, Gurley 6-22, Cooks 1-1, Brown 1-0, Goff
1-(minus 1).
PASSING: BALTIMORE, L.Jackson 15-20-0-169,
Griffin 1-3-0-39. RAMS, Goff 26-37-2-212.
RECEIVING: BALTIMORE, M.Brown 5-42, Roberts
3-39, Boykin 2-54, Andrews 2-45, Snead 2-14, Boyle
1-7, Ingram 1-7. RAMS, Woods 6-97, Kupp 6-35,
Higbee 5-20, Gurley 3-(minus 3), Cooks 2-32,
Everett 2-23, Reynolds 2-8.
PUNT RETURNS: BALTIMORE, D.Thomas 3-45.
RAMS, Natson 1-4.
KICKOFF RETURNS: BALTIMORE, None. RAMS,
Natson 2-44.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS: BALTIMORE, Peters
6-2-0, Ferguson 5-0-0, Humphrey 5-0-0, Carr 4-0-0,
Clark 3-1-0, Smith 3-0-1, Judon 2-0-1, Bynes 1-2-0,
Wormley 1-1-0, Bowser 1-0-0, E.Thomas 1-0-0,
Onwuasor 0-2-0, Williams 0-1-0. RAMS, Weddle
8-1-0, Rapp 6-4-0, Ramsey 6-0-0, Littleton 5-7-0,
Brockers 4-4-1, Hill 4-3-0, Fowler 4-0-0, Ebukam
3-4-1.5, Joseph-Day 2-1-0, Gaines 1-3-.5, Christian
1-0-0, Long 1-0-0, Matthews 0-2-0, Donald 0-1-0,
Fox 0-1-0, Smart 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS: BALTIMORE, Peters 1-22, Smith
1-7. RAMS, None.
FIELD GOALS MISSED: None.
Officials — Referee Craig Wrolstad, Ump Steven
Woods, HL Patrick Turner, LJ Tripp Sutter, FJ Terry
Brown, SJ Jeff Lamberth, BJ Scott Helverson, Replay
Darryll Lewis.
Attendance — 72,409.

SUMMARY

WEEK 1 Sept. 8

LAR 30

CAR 27

Win, 1-0 Road: 1-0

WEEK 2 Sept. 15

LAR 27

NO 9

Win, 2-0. Home: 1-0

WEEK 3 Sept. 22

LAR 20

CLE 13

Win, 3-0 Road: 2-0

WEEK 4 Sept. 29

TB 55

LAR 40

Loss, 3-1 Home: 1-1

WEEK 17 Dec. 29

VS. ARI

1:15 p.m. TV: Ch. 11 R: 710

WEEK 16 Dec. 21

AT SF

5:15 p.m. TV: NFLN R: 710

WEEK 15 Dec. 15

AT DAL

1:15 p.m. TV: Ch. 11 R: 710

WEEK 14 Dec. 8

VS. SEA

5:15 p.m. TV: Ch. 4 R: 710

WEEK 13 Sunday

AT ARI

1 p.m. TV: Ch. 11 R: 710

WEEK 12 Nov. 25

BAL 45

LAR 6

Loss, 6-5 Home: 3-3

WEEK 11 Nov. 17

LAR 17

CHI 7

Win, 6-4 Home: 3-2

WEEK 10 Nov. 10

PIT 17

LAR 12

Loss, 5-4 Road: 3-2

WEEK 9

OFF

WEEK 8 Oct. 27

LAR 24

CIN 10

Win, 5-3* Home: 2-2

WEEK 7 Oct. 20

LAR 37

ATL 10

Win, 4-3 Road: 3-1

WEEK 6 Oct. 13

SF 20

LAR 7

Loss, 3-3 Home: 1-2

WEEK 5 Oct. 3

SEA 30

LAR 29

Loss, 3-2 Road: 2-1

RAMS RESULTS, SCHEDULE * in London

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
West W L T Pct. PF PA
San Francisco 10 1 0 .909 332 163
Seattle 9 2 0 .818 292 263
RAMS 6 5 0 .545 249 243
Arizona 3 7 1 .318 248 317
North W L T Pct. PF PA
Green Bay 8 3 0 .727 258 242
Minnesota 8 3 0 .727 289 205
Chicago 5 6 0 .455 188 188
Detroit 3 7 1 .318 260 291
South W L T Pct. PF PA
New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 272 230
Carolina 5 6 0 .455 259 291
Tampa Bay 4 7 0 .364 312 335
Atlanta 3 8 0 .273 242 297
East W L T Pct. PF PA
Dallas 6 5 0 .545 295 210
Philadelphia 5 6 0 .455 243 247
N.Y. Giants 2 9 0 .182 217 308
Washington 2 9 0 .182 144 269

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
West W L T Pct. PF PA
Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 308 256
Oakland 6 5 0 .545 228 284
CHARGERS 4 7 0 .364 224 218
Denver 3 8 0 .273 175 217
North W L T Pct. PF PA
Baltimore 9 2 0 .818 386 202
Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 216 212
Cleveland 5 6 0 .455 233 252
Cincinnati 011 0 .000 157 292
South W L T Pct. PF PA
Houston 7 4 0 .636 265 249
Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 244 226
Tennessee 6 5 0 .545 245 217
Jacksonville 4 7 0 .364 209 264
East W L T Pct. PF PA
New England 10 1 0 .909 300 117
Buffalo 8 3 0 .727 231 173
N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 198 258
Miami 2 9 0 .182 163 346

THURSDAY _##TABLE##_11
Chicago at Detroit...................................9:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Dallas.....................................1:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta.............................5:15 p.m.
SUNDAY
RAMS at Arizona........................................10 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville............................10 a.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh................................10 a.m.
Green Bay at N.Y. Giants..............................10 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati..................................10 a.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis............................10 a.m.
Washington at Carolina...............................10 a.m.
San Francisco at Baltimore..........................10 a.m.
Philadelphia at Miami.................................10 a.m.
CHARGERS at Denver...............................1:15 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City.............................1:15 p.m.
New England at Houston...........................5:15 p.m.
MONDAY
Minnesota at Seattle................................5:15 p.m.

STANDINGS

enough to hold down the job. A year ago, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was on his way out the door, Joe Flacco was the struggling starter, and Jackson was running the scout-team offense. The Rams, meanwhile, had a scorching offense, were 10-1 and on a trajectory that ultimately would land them in the Super Bowl. What an ankle-snapper of a reverse. The Rams are now reeling and the Ravens are revolutionary, with the most electrifying offense the NFL has seen in years. Not that you’d know that talking to Jackson after the game. The quarterback who breaks all the rules (and records) on the field stays strictly within his lane off it. “That was a physical team, a great team,” he said. “We just came to play tonight.” It’s not as if this came against a lousy Los Angeles defense. Since trading for cornerback Jalen Ramsey in mid-October, the Rams’ defense had allowed just one touchdown in each of four consecutive games. In this one, though, it was a field general versus the Washington Generals. Jackson’s final numbers: 15 for 20 for 169 yards and five touchdowns with a lofty passer rating of 139.4. He also ran eight times for 95 yards. The Rams, like a lot of NFL teams, have a game on the video board during breaks in the action where there are three helmets and one football. The helmets move and spin and rotate, and fans have to follow where the hidden football goes. That, in a nutshell, is the Baltimore offense. “What they’re doing on offense, a lot of times I wouldn’t know for a few seconds after they snapped it, if he handed it or he still had it,” said Weddle, who

played for the Ravens last season. “Imagine the whole defense. You’re trying to play your rules and play the guy, and these guys are just coming downhill and dou- bling and getting extra gaps, and you’re trying to figure out what’s going on.”

Midway through the fourth quarter, after an interception by former Rams cornerback Marcus Peters — indignity on top of indignity — Jackson was replaced by backup Robert Griffin III. The Ravens are 15-3 since

Jackson took over as their starting quarterback near the end of last season. His 15 regular-season victories are tied with Seattle’s Russell Wilson for the most during that span. Jackson made a convinc- ing case in this showcase to push the pause button on the season so the NFL can name him its most valuable player right away. Wilson is fabulous, but Jackson is otherworldly. After the game, Jackson walked to a wall near the mouth of the locker room tunnel to greet a large clus- ter of Ravens fans. He gave them his wrist bands, signed some autographs and shook some hands. They serenaded him with chants of “M-V-P.”

“It’s OK, but I’m trying to win the Super Bowl,” he said later. “You take it a game at a time. I’m not worried about MVP.” It’s entirely possible that Sunday’s matchup between San Francisco and Balti- more will be a Super Bowl preview pitting the NFL’s most smothering defense and most dynamic offense. That would be a rematch of Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, when it was 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh versus his older brother, John. Baltimore won that thriller 34-31. Maybe the most mem- orable part of that game was when the lights went out at the Superdome. The lights didn’t go out at the Coliseum on Monday night. It just felt that way.

Jackson’s night is otherworldly

[Farmer,from D1]

RAVENS QUARTERBACKLamar Jackson, here looking to pass while Rams linebacker Clay Matthews pur- sues him, threw for five touchdowns with a passer rating of 139.4 and rushed for 95 yards in eight carries.

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problems that we did have,” coach Sean McVay said, “but allowing it to set ourselves back is what this team will not do.” The Rams, who fell to 6-5, probably have to win their remaining five games — and get some help from other teams — to make a third consecutive postseason appear- ance. That seems about as likely as it would have been for former Rams cornerback Marcus Peters to not cele- brate after his fourth-quarter interception. The Rams play the improved Arizona Cardinals on Sunday on the road. The Seattle Seahawks come to the Coliseum before the Rams travel to play the Dal- las Cowboys and then the San Francisco 49ers. They conclude the season at home against the Cardinals. “We just got to get ready for Arizona,” said running back Todd Gurley, who rushed for 22 yards in six carries. “Thank God it’s Thanksgiving, so hopefully we forget about this loss by Thursday.” Monday night’s defeat hearkened to an early-season loss at home. After starting the season with three victories, the Rams lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55- 40 at the Coliseum. Initially dismissed as an anomaly, it instead began a three-game losing streak. On Monday night, Jack- son was even more impres- sive against the Rams than Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston. His per- formance might have eclips- ed Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s outstand- ing game against L.A. Jackson completed 15 of 20 passes for 169 yards and rushed for 95 yards in eight

carries. Running back Mark Ingram rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown in 15 carries and also caught a touchdown pass. Rams safety Eric Weddle and linebacker Clay Matthews were among sev- eral defensive players fooled by Jackson’s deft fakes. “When you get on the field and you get to the speed of what they run, it’s tough,” said Weddle, who played the previous three seasons with the Ravens. “I mean, some of the plays I didn’t know who had the ball because they run it so efficiently.

“He’s one of a kind; he’s pretty special.” Said Matthews: “I was in the backfield so fast and you have to kind of pick your poi- son as far as who you take.” Matthews, an 11th-year pro, referenced a young Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton and Robert Griffin III when assessing Jackson. “He’s doing as well as anybody right now,” Matthews said. The Rams defense had been stout the last four games, but it was no match for Jackson and a team that improved to 9-2 with its sev-

enth consecutive victory. In the fourth quarter, Ravens fans were chanting, “M-V-P!” The Ravens scored on all four first-half possessions, and limited the Rams to two field goals, en route to a 28-6 halftime lead. Jackson extended the margin with a touchdown pass to Ingram on the first possession of the second half, and continued the on- slaught with another to re- ceiver Willie Snead early in the fourth quarter. Peters put what amounted to the finishing touch on the rout when he

intercepted a Jared Goff pass early in the fourth quarter. He and his teammates celebrated by running to the end zone at the peristyle end of the Coliseum, where Pe- ters spun the ball on the turf and mugged for the cam- eras. After the game Peters and Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey got into a verbal al- tercation that required them to be separated as they exited the field into the Coli- seum tunnel. Peters was traded before the Rams acquired Ramsey last month. After a 17-7 victory over the Chicago Bears, Goff had said that the offense “needed to be better than that, and it starts with me.” But the Rams managed only two Greg Zuerlein field goals against the Ravens. The Rams did not get the hot start they needed and the game got away from them, said Goff, who completed 26 of 37 passes for 212 yards, with two interceptions. How can an offense that was the envy of the NFL in 2018 get rolling? “A million things,” Goff said. “There’s no one thing. It’s just be better consis- tently.” One thing is clear: Jack- son and the Ravens are set- ting a new standard for offense. In the first half, Jackson completed all nine of his passes for 87 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed for 80 yards in six carries. The Rams went three and out on the first possession and watched Jack- son and the Ravens run away with a victory. “Reality is, we got rolled,” Matthews said. “It’s time to bounce back.”

Rams routed at home by Ravens

MARCUS PETERS,who picked off a pass Monday night, taunts Josh Reynolds and his former team after a penalty in the fourth quarter at the Coliseum.