National Football League
Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 12, 2014
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 60041

Ravens 48, Buccaneers 17: Joe Flacco needed barely more than one quarter to throw a career-high five touchdown passes as visiting Baltimore crushed Tampa Bay.

Flacco finished 21-of-29 for 306 yards and Torrey Smith caught a pair of scoring passes for the Ravens (4-2), who found the end zone on each of their first five possessions. Steve Smith added 110 yards and a TD while Michael Campanaro and Kamar Aiken each hauled in a scoring pass in the rout.

Mike Glennon went 24-of-44 for 314 yards with two touchdowns and an interception as Tampa Bay (1-5) dropped to 0-3 at home. The Buccaneers turned over the ball or punted on each of their first six possessions and gained a total of 15 yards on their first five drives.

Flacco capped the opening possession with a 15-yard TD pass to Torrey Smith on an inside move, and the duo ran a similar play on an 11-yard scoring toss just under four minutes later to make it 14-0. Flacco started spreading the TD passes around later in the first, hitting Aiken over the middle with 5:00 left and dropping a perfect pass over a defender to Campanaro from 19 yards out on Baltimore's final play of the quarter.

Steve Smith got into the act 63 seconds into the second quarter on a 56-yard, play-action connection down the left side, and a 46-yard field goal by Justin Tucker sent the Ravens into the locker room with a 38-0 cushion. Tampa Bay finally got on the board with Patrick Murray's 47-yard kick that capped the opening drive of the third quarter before Glennon hit Mike Evans and Louis Murphy Jr. with TD passes later in the second half.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Baltimore’s 28 first-quarter points were the most scored on the road in the opening period in team history. … Flacco needed only 16:03 of game time to reach five TDs, breaking the previous record since the merger by over 12 minutes (Ben Roethlisberger, 28:09 in 2007). … The Buccaneers have allowed an average of 41.3 points in their last four games.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Justin Forsett Player Doug Martin
14 Attempts 11
111 Yards 45
7.9 Avg Yards 4.1
0 Touchdowns 0
52 Long 19
Receiving
Baltimore   Tampa Bay
Steve Smith Sr. Player Louis Murphy
5 Receptions 7
110 Yards 72
22.0 Avg Yards 10.3
1 Touchdowns 1
56 Long 24
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Baltimore 475 169 306 6 2 1 5.0 0
Tampa Bay 364 87 277 2 1 0 0.0 0
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Buccaneers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Baltimore will play their next game at home against Atlanta. The Ravens have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.