AFC championship Ravens (12-6) at Patriots (13-4)

KICKOFF: Today at 6:30 p.m. at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

TV/RADIO: CBS (WKBN 27)/WNIO (AM 1390)

OPENING LINE: Patriots by 91/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD: Baltimore 8-10; New England 10-7

SERIES RECORD: Patriots lead 7-2

AP PRO32 RANKING: Ravens No. 11; Patriots No. 2

LAST MEETING: Ravens beat Patriots 31-30, Sept. 23, 2012

LAST WEEK: Ravens beat Broncos 38-35, 2 OT; Patriots beat Texans 41-28

RAVENS OFFENSE: overall (16), rush (11), pass (15)

RAVENS DEFENSE: overall (17), rush (20), pass (17)

PATRIOTS OFFENSE: overall (1), rush (7), pass (4)

PATRIOTS DEFENSE: overall (25), rush (9), pass (29)

STREAKS, STATS & NOTES: Teams meet for second straight season in AFC championship game and third time in playoffs, all in Foxborough. Ravens won 33-14 in wild-card game Jan. 10, 2010. ... Ravens beat Patriots this season on last-play 27-yard field goal by Justin Tucker. ... Ravens lost AFC title game last year when Joe Flacco threw two incompletions from Patriots 14-yard line followed by Billy Cundiff’s failed 32-yard field goal attempt on next to last play. ...Win sends Ravens to Super Bowl for second time, first since 34-7 win over New York Giants on Jan. 28, 2001. ... Ravens 8-5 postseason road record is best in NFL for teams with minimum of 10 road games. ... LB Ray Lewis retiring after this season, his 17th. He’s 12-7 in postseason games and only Raven remaining from last championship team. He has 30 tackles in two playoff games this season. ... Ravens gained 503 yards in this season’s win over Patriots. They averaged 459 in two playoff wins this year. ... With five postseason road wins, Flacco tied with Eli Manning for most in NFL history and only quarterback with postseason victory in each of first five seasons during Super Bowl era. Flacco 2-3 vs. Patriots in his career with nine TD passes, four INTs. He threw for postseason franchise record 331 yards in playoff win over Broncos. ... RB Ray Rice rushed for 131 yards against Broncos, his second playoff game with more than 100 yards rushing. First was 33-14 win over Patriots when he rushed for 159, starting with 83-yard TD run on Ravens first offensive play. Led AFC running backs this season with 61 receptions. ... WR Jacoby Jones had 70-yard TD catch with 31 seconds left in regulation against Broncos. He led NFL in kickoff return average with 30.7 yards and returned two kickoffs and one punt for TDs.

Associated Press