• Baltimore snapped the Patriots’ home playoff win streak at 11 games, handing New England its first home playoff loss since 1978. This was also the first time the Patriots have lost a playoff opener under Bill Belichick (now 6-1) and the first home playoff loss with both Belichick and Brady (now 8-1).
• Although Joe Flacco wasn’t pretty (4 for 10, 34 yards, INT), he improved to 3-1 as a starting QB in the playoffs — with all three wins coming on the road. His three road wins are tied for the most among active QBs.
• Baltimore scored 24 points in the first quarter, tying the second-most first-quarter points in postseason history.
• Ray Rice had an 83-yard rushing TD on the first play from scrimmage, the second-longest rushing TD in postseason history. Rice finished with a team playoff record 159 yards and two TDs, and the Ravens had a franchise playoff-game record 234 rushing yards.
• Tom Brady lost a fumble and was picked off three times, the third three-interception playoff game of his career. In Brady’s last eight playoff games, he has thrown 12 interceptions.
— ESPN Stats & Information
