Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Time: 1:00pm (EST)
Television: CBS-TV
Radio: WBAL 1090AM and 98 Rock (both for those in Maryland)
Place: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore (MD)
Game Information: The Baltimore Ravens open the 2009 regular season this Sunday, Sept. 13, against the Kansas City Chiefs at M&T Bank Stadium. Game time for the sold out contest is 1 p.m. The Ravens, 11-5 and a Wild Card entrant to the playoffs last season, are led by head coach John Harbaugh. The Chiefs, who struggled to a 2-14 mark a year ago, are directed by new head coach Todd Haley, who was the offensive coordinator of the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals in ’08.
This is the 2nd consecutive season that the Ravens have opened at home. Last year (9/8), rookie QB Joe Flacco helped Baltimore to a 17-10 victory over the visiting Bengals.This starts Coach Harbaugh’s 2nd season as the mentor of the Ravens. The new defensive coordinator is Greg Mattison, who replaces Rex Ryan, now the head coach of the Jets. Special teams coordinator Jerry Rosburg has the added title of assistant head coach.
The game against the Chiefs is the 1st of 4 games this season against the teams from the AFC West. The Ravens play back-to-back contests against the division by playing at San Diego in Week 2 (9/20). The Broncos come to Baltimore on 11/1, and the Ravens conclude the regular season at Oakland on 1/3/10. (The Ravens also play all 4 teams from the NFC North: 10/18 at the Vikings, Monday, 12/7, at the Packers and consecutive home games against the Lions and Bears on 12/13 and 12/20, respectively.)
For the 4th time in their history (2000, 1999 and 1998), the Ravens produced a 4-0 preseason record. Previous to last Thursday’s 20-3 triumph at Atlanta, Baltimore shut out the Redskins, 23-0, in the opener at M&T Bank Stadium, stopped the visiting Jets, 24-23, and won at Carolina, 17-13. Kansas City was 0-4 in the preseason. Following the Chiefs and Chargers games, the Ravens complete September with a 9/27 home contest against the Browns.
Source: baltimoreravens.com