2013 Baltimore Ravens season | |
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Owner | Steve Bisciotti |
General manager | Ozzie Newsome |
Head coach | John Harbaugh |
Offensive coordinator | Jim Caldwell |
Defensive coordinator | Dean Pees |
Home field | M&T Bank Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 8–8 |
Division place | 3rd AFC North |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | G Marshal Yanda DT Haloti Ngata LB Terrell Suggs K Justin Tucker |
Uniform | |
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The 2013 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 18th in the National Football League (NFL) and their sixth under head coach John Harbaugh. The Ravens entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions from the previous year, but failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 2012, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and for the first time in the Harbaugh/Flacco era. This marked the first time in 10 years, as well as the most recent time, that the defending Super Bowl champion missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons.
For the first time in franchise history, Ray Lewis was not on the roster, as he announced his retirement before the playoffs began the year prior. He retired as a champion of Super Bowl XLVII and was the last remaining player from the team's inaugural season. Lewis also helped the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV over the New York Giants and is believed by many as the greatest Baltimore Raven of all time. Including Lewis, the team parted ways with a record eight starters from the Super Bowl-winning squad; no other defending Super Bowl champion had lost more than five.[1]