2009 Baltimore Ravens season

2009 Baltimore Ravens season
2009 Baltimore Ravens season
Owner	Steve Bisciotti
General manager	Ozzie Newsome
Head coach	John Harbaugh
Offensive coordinator	Cam Cameron
Defensive coordinator	Greg Mattison
Home field	M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC North
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (at Patriots) 33–14; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Colts) 3–20
Pro Bowlers	RB Ray Rice; FB LeRon McClain; DT Haloti Ngata; LB Ray Lewis; S Ed Reed
AP All-Pros	Ray Lewis (1st team); Ray Rice (2nd team); Le'Ron McClain (2nd team); Haloti Ngata (2nd team); Ed Reed (2nd team)
Uniform
	← 2008; Ravens seasons; 2010 →;

The 2009 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 14th in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise entered the season off an 11–5 record in their previous season, a playoff berth, but a loss in the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game against the eventual Super Bowl XLIII champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens recorded nine victories to seven losses, although they were unable to win the AFC North division title. However, due to various playoff clinching scenarios in the AFC, the Ravens were able to clinch a wild card berth against the Oakland Raiders in Week 17. As the sixth seed in the AFC for the second straight year, they defeated the third seeded New England Patriots in Foxboro in the AFC Wild Card playoffs, handing Tom Brady's first ever playoff loss at home and New England's first home playoff loss since 1978. They, however, lost in the AFC Divisional playoffs against the top seeded and eventual AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts; with this loss, the 2009 season came to an end for the Ravens. For head coach John Harbaugh, this was his second year with the franchise, compiling an overall record of 20–12 in the regular season.

Offseason

Rex Ryan, a longtime fixture on the Ravens' sidelines, departed for New York to become the New York Jets head coach after the Ravens fell to the Steelers in the 2008 AFC Championship game.

Other notable offseason departures include linebacker Bart Scott and safety Jim Leonhard, both of whom left Baltimore to follow Rex Ryan to New York, and longtime placekicker Matt Stover. On March 5, 2009, Stover told reporters that the Ravens were "going in a different direction."^[1] When Stover's tenure ended with the Ravens, the team severed ties with one of its two remaining players from the Ravens' first season in 1996; the other being Ray Lewis.

2009 NFL Draft

The Baltimore Ravens had six selections going into the 2009 NFL Draft, which was held in Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York on April 25 and April 26, 2009.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2009 Baltimore Ravens draft
1	23	Michael Oher	OT	Ole Miss
2	57	Paul Kruger	DE	Utah
3	88	Lardarius Webb	CB	Nicholls State
5	137	Jason Phillips	LB	TCU
5	149	Davon Drew	TE	East Carolina
6	185	Cedric Peerman *	RB	Virginia
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster

Opening training camp roster

Baltimore Ravens 2009 opening training camp roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

51 Brendon Ayanbadejo ILB
50 Antwan Barnes OLB
54 Prescott Burgess OLB
48 Dannell Ellerbe ILB
45 Tony Fein ILB
56 Tavares Gooden ILB
95 Jarret Johnson OLB
99 Paul Kruger OLB
52 Ray Lewis ILB
53 Jameel McClain ILB
58 Jason Phillips ILB
55 Terrell Suggs OLB
68 Willie VanDeSteeg OLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

16 Yamon Figurs WR (Active/PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
66 Ben Grubbs G (Active/PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
23 Willis McGahee RB (Active/PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
59 Greg Ryan C (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
79 Lou Saucedo OT (Waived/injured)
73 Marshal Yanda G (Active/PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)

Unsigned draft picks

74 Michael Oher OT

79 active, 2 inactive, 1 unsigned

Week 1 roster

Baltimore Ravens 2009 week 1 roster