The Baltimore Ravens, their unflappable rookie quarterback Joe Flacco and their equally calm rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh are going into unchartered waters: the AFC championship game.
Flacco has become the first rookie QB to win two playoff games by engineering the Ravens' 13-10 win over top-seeded Tennessee in the AFC divisional playoff game. Flacco wasn't spectacular but he was steady, completing 11-of-22 for 161 yards and one TD. Flacco answered an early Titans' TD by tossing a 48-yard scoring strike to former Titans receiver Derrick Mason in the opening quarter.
Matt Stover's 43-yard field goal with 53 seconds left lifted the sixth-seeded Ravens into next Sunday's AFC championship game with a 13-10 win over the mistake-riddled Tennessee Titans, the top seed in the AFC. The winning kick came after Flacco led a 51-yard drive in the dying minutes.
Baltimore's physical defense forced three turnovers. The error-free Ravens improved to 13-5 while the Titans' season ends at 13-4. The 13-10 final score was the same score by which the Titans beat the Ravens during the regular season.
The wild-card Ravens will play at either Pittsburgh or San Diego next weekend for a shot at their first Super Bowl trip since winning it after the 2000 season
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