AFC Championship Game

Today the AFC championship game was played. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs BALTIMORE RAVENS. The AFC had a little bit of a shock last week when the Baltimore Ravens beat the number one seed in the AFC, the Denver Broncos.This game against these two teams (patriots and ravens) is a rematch of last years AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game. The Patriots would win that last AFC Championship game and would go on to the Superbowl, but would lose the the NFC Champion the New York Giants. The New England Patriots came into this game as a number 2 seed in the AFC and the Baltimore Ravens came into this game as a number 4 seed. The New England Patriots got out to a short lead in the first quarter out scoring the Ravens by 3 points. Second quarter the Ravens finally got started and scored 7 points but the patriots were still leading and out scored the Ravens 10-7 in the second quarter . Second half the Ravens came out ready to play and realized that if they wanted to win they had to dominate the patriots in the second half. The Ravens out scored the Patriots 7-0. And the Ravens domination continued into the fourth quarter out scoring the Patriots 14-0. Leading scorers for the Patriots were Tom Brady with 320 yards and 1 touchdown, Stevan Ridley 18 carriers and 70 yards, and Wes Welker 8 receptions, 117 yards, and 1 touchdown. Leading scorers for the Patriots Joe Flacco had 240 yards and 3 touchdowns, Bernard Pierce 9 carriers and 52 yards, and Torrey Smith 4 receptions for 69 yards. The Ravens would go on to win it and will advance to the 47th Superbowl.