No. 8: Sept. 1, 1996 – Ravens 19, Raiders 14

The first game in Ravens franchise history ended with rookie linebacker Ray Lewis ripping the ball out of a Raiders' hands in the end zone. After a 12-year wait, Baltimore was back in the NFL and in the win column.

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The "Mile High Miracle" was the most thrilling game in Ravens history, jam-packed with big plays from the Ravens and heavily favored, Peyton Manning-led Broncos. No play is more legendary than Joe Flacco's high-arching heave to Jacoby Jones for a 70-yard touchdown with 31 seconds left to force overtime. Justin Tucker drilled a 47-yard field goal in double overtime to send Baltimore to the AFC Championship feeling like a team of destiny.

It looked to be another Ravens Super Bowl rout until the lights went out in the Superdome. The 49ers roared back and were in position for a potential game-winning touchdown in the final minutes before the Ravens defense held on the goal line.

After having a Super Bowl trip slip through their fingers and sail wide left the year before, the Ravens returned to Gillette Stadium for a rematch. This time, they stomped the Patriots in the second half with two Joe Flacco-Anquan Boldin touchdowns while the defense pitched a second-half shutout.

The Ravens knew their toughest opponent en route to the Super Bowl would be the rival Titans. It was indeed a slugfest, but Ray Lewis plunged the dagger in the fourth quarter when he stole the ball from Titans running back Eddie George and raced 50 yards for a touchdown.

The game featured arguably the best defense of all-time strutting its stuff on the biggest stage. The Ravens defense forced five turnovers and held New York without an offensive touchdown. The Ravens' first Super Bowl came via a blowout.

The Ravens stomped the seemingly infallible New England Patriots in their stadium when Ray Rice scored an 83-yard touchdown on the game's first play from scrimmage and Baltimore raced out to a 24-0 first quarter lead.

The Ravens punched their first Super Bowl ticket with a Tony Siragusa belly flop on Rich Gannon, a 96-yard catch and run touchdown by Shannon Sharpe and suffocating defense.

It was the last game at Texas Stadium and the Cowboys thought they had an easy opponent in the Ravens, who were coming off a tough 2007 season. The Ravens had other ideas, and back-to-back long touchdown runs by Willis McGahee and Le'Ron McClain spoiled the Cowboys' homecoming celebration.

It was a historic day for Jamal Lewis in which he set the single-game rushing record with 295 rushing yards, kicked off by an 82-yard touchdown run less than a minute into the game.

One of the most magical plays in Ravens history was dubbed "Hey Diddle Diddle" because running back Ray Rice went up the middle, and across the field, to turn what looked to be a doomed check-down pass on fourth-and-29 into a game-changing first down.

The Ravens had never beaten the Jaguars, who were then one of their biggest rivals. That changed in a wild back-and-forth game in which Shannon Sharpe scored on a 29-yard touchdown pass from Tony Banks with 41 seconds left just when it looked like Jacksonville might break the Ravens' hearts again.

In the height of the Ravens-Steelers rivalry, rookie wide receiver Torrey Smith silenced Heinz Field with a 26-yard touchdown catch with eight seconds left after dropping a potential game-winning pass earlier on the drive.

The Ravens knocked off the top-seeded Titans in their stadium with a 43-yard field goal by Matt Stover in the final minute of a defensive slugfest.

The Ravens went to Heinz Field and came out with a playoff win thanks in part to a late-game interception by Terrell Suggs when he caught Ben Roethlisberger's tipped pass between his legs. It was later named the "ThighMaster" interception.

It was Ray Lewis' last home game of his Hall of Fame 17-year career. Lewis had M&T Bank Stadium rocking with his pregame entrance, and the icing on the cake was one last dance at midfield when Lewis entered the game on the Ravens offense.