Baltimore Ravens
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| Founded | February 9, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Inaugural season | 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Headquartered | Owings Mills, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Purple, black, metallic gold | ||||||||||||
| Fight song | "The Baltimore Fight Song" | ||||||||||||
| Mascot | Edgar, Allan, and Poe (costumed mascots) Rise and Conquer (live ravens) | ||||||||||||
| Website | baltimoreravens | ||||||||||||
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| Owner | Steve Bisciotti | ||||||||||||
| General manager | Eric DeCosta | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Jesse Minter | ||||||||||||
| President | Sashi Brown | ||||||||||||
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National Football League (1996–present)
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| Conference championships: 2 | |||||||||||||
| Division championships: 8 | |||||||||||||
| Playoff appearances (16) | |||||||||||||
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The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.
The Baltimore Ravens were established in 1996 after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans in 1995 to move the franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore. As part of a settlement between the league and the city of Cleveland, Modell was required to leave the Browns' history, team colors, and records in Cleveland for a replacement team and replacement personnel that would resume play in 1999. In return, he was allowed to take his own personnel and team to Baltimore, where such personnel would form an expansion team. Steve Bisciotti has been the Ravens' majority owner since 2004. In 2023, the franchise was valued at $4.63 billion, the world's 28th-most valuable sports franchise.
As of the 2025 season, the Ravens have a regular season record of 276–208–1 (.570), the third-highest winning percentage among active franchises, and the fourth-highest playoff winning percentage at 18–14 (.563). The team has qualified for the NFL playoffs 16 times since 2000 with two Super Bowl titles (XXXV and XLVII), two AFC Championship titles (2000 and 2012), five AFC Championship game appearances (2000, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2023), and eight AFC North division titles (2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024). They and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the only teams undefeated in multiple Super Bowl appearances. The Ravens organization was led by general manager Ozzie Newsome from 1996 until he retired after the 2018 season; it has had four head coaches: Ted Marchibroda, Brian Billick, John Harbaugh and Jesse Minter. Starting with a record-breaking defensive performance in their 2000 season, the Ravens have established a reputation for strong defensive play. Former players such as middle linebacker Ray Lewis, safety Ed Reed, and offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.