2001 Baltimore Ravens season

The 2001 season was the Baltimore Ravens' sixth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the third under head coach Brian Billick.

Fresh off their victory trip from Super Bowl XXXV, bad news struck the 2001 Ravens as running back Jamal Lewis suffered a knee injury in training camp and would miss the entire season. This weakened the Ravens’ running game. They also got swept by the Browns for the first time since they returned to Cleveland, and they also failed to equal their 12–4 record from 2000, instead going 10–6 but eventually reaching the postseason for the second consecutive year.

They easily shut down the Miami Dolphins, 20–3 in the wild-card round, but were unable to stop the 13–3 Pittsburgh Steelers, in the next round, due to a series of turnovers and penalties.

This was the final season Randall Cunningham, Dale Hellestrae, and Carnell Lake would play in the NFL.

Offseason
Throughout training camp, the team was the first to be covered by and featured on the HBO series Hard Knocks.

Regular season
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

AFC Divisional Playoff vs Pittsburgh Steelers
at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time: 12:30 pm EST
 * Game weather: 30 °F (Mostly Cloudy)
 * Game attendance: 63,976
 * Referee: Tony Corrente
 * TV announcers: (CBS) Dick Enberg (play by play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator), Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporter)