The Baltimore Ravens’ 2012 Super Bowl-winning season was made possible by a double-overtime, four-hour-plus Divisional playoff thriller. The Ravens were nine-point underdogs on the road against the 13-3 Broncos on January 12, 2013. After Denver returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown just a few minutes into the game, the outlook wasn’t good. But Baltimore quickly answered on a 59-yard TD pass by Joe Flacco, and when, less than a minute later, the Ravens scored on a 39-yard interception return, things started getting serious. Peyton Manning threw a pair of first half TDs, but Flacco answered with his own as the game was tied 21-21 at halftime. And on it went like that, with Denver scoring and Baltimore responding: The Broncos’ Trindon Holliday returned the second half kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown; the Ravens tied it at 28 after three quarters. Manning threw a TD pass midway through the fourth; with under a minute left, Flacco threw a desperation pass down the sideline that was miraculously caught by Jacoby Jones for a game-tying touchdown. It was that play that – after Baltimore won the game 38-35 in the second overtime on a 47-yard field goal by Justin Tucker – would inspire the title, “Mile High Miracle.” The Ravens won the conference title the following week against the Patriots, and then beat the 49ers, 34-31, in the Super Bowl. ― NFL 100
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