Ravens return blocked field goal on last play, stun Browns

Cleveland led 20-17 at that point but Schaub regained his rhythm and passed for a second touchdown, this time a 15-yarder to Kamar Aiken, and Tucker hit a second field goal to give Baltimore a 27-20 lead. Brent Urban, in his Ravens debut, smacked the ball out of the air and Will Hill, the Ravens’ starting strong safety, scooped it up and ran down the sidelines for a game-ending, 64-yard touchdown.

That gave the Ravens, who came into this game with so many key players out with injuries, a measure of vindication with a 33-27 victory.

The Patriots lead the AFC East by four games with five to play, and they could clinch their 12th division title in 13 seasons as early as Sunday.

Two impressive second-half drives were sandwiched between a pair of ugly interceptions, including one pick-six that has unfortunately become Schaub’s Achilles heel.

The Browns took over at Baltimore’s 48-yard line with 50 seconds to play after Williams’ interception and promptly moved 6 yards on a Brian Hartline reception across the middle.

For a game that nearly no one was looking forward to, Monday night’s AFC North match-up between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens actually turned out to be pretty exciting.

But instead of calling one of their two timeouts as the play clock ticked to zero, the Ravens took a 5-yard delay of game penalty.

At the end of its first possession, Cleveland punter Andy Lee boomed a 61-yard punt; Baltimore’s rookie returner, Kaelin Clay, took it back 82 yards to the house. Kicker Travis Coons was a acceptable 18-for-18 on the season getting in to the play so there was reason to be optimistic. It started with a 14-yard pass to tight end Crockett Gillmore to get them off the goal line. Quarterback Josh McCown was injured during the game and it forced Austin Davis to come into the game in relief of him. Many were outraged, some accepted the defeat as another day in the life of a Browns fan. It ended with the blocked field goal and the Ravens’ return for the game-winning touchdown.

“It was nearly a game of redemption”, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.

“Ideally, we wanted to get it closer and save the timeout for the field goal”, Pettine said.

On third-and-19, it was an 18-yard strike to Brian Hartline, then an eight-yard completion on fourth down once more to Hartline, the former Canton GlenOak and Ohio State stalwart, to extend the drive.

The Ravens’ streak, and the National Football League all-time record, is still alive.