The Baltimore Ravens jumped out to a fast start Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Joe Flacco lofted a pass to Jacoby Jones, and the wide receiver did the rest as the Ravens took a commanding 21-3 lead over 49ers right before halftime of Super Bowl XLVIII. Jones made a diving catch, then got up and danced around 49ers defenders to score the Ravens' third touchdown.
The 56-yard touchdown hookup was the longest play of the game so far. It was Flacco's third TD pass of the game and gave him a record-tying 11th of the postseason.
The score made up for the Ravens' inability to convert earlier on a fake field goal.
Safety Ed Reed, who injured his knee early in the game, intercepted 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick with just under seven minutes remaining before half. It was Reed's record-tying nine career postseason interception.
The Ravens took a 7-0 lead in when Flacco hit Anquan Boldin with a 13-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
It was Boldin's fourth touchdown of this year's postseason. He beat both linebacker NaVorro Bowman and safety Donte Whitner.
The 49ers went three-and-out on their first possession and were killed by an illegal formation penalty on the game's first play. It wiped out a 20-yard hook between Kaepernick and tight end Vernon Davis.
The 49ers responded to the Ravens' early touchdown with a score of their own on their second drive, but had to settle for David Akers' 36-yard field goal to make it 7-3. The big play during the drive was Kaepernick's 24-yard pass to Davis. Frank Gore threw the key block to give Kaepernick time to throw. Davis apparently was injured on the play and got medical attention.
Before the field goal, Kaepernick missed Michael Crabtree in the end zone, then got sacked by Paul Kruger on third down.
Ravens safety Ed Reed (left knee) exited the field and went to locker room after the same play during which the 49ers' Davis got banged up. Davis hurt his elbow and is probably to return.
After outside linebacker Courtney Upshawn forced a fumble and ended a 49ers' drive, the Ravens and Flacco responded with yet another touchdown to take a 14-3 lead.
Flacco ended the 10-play, 75-yard drive by firing a ball to tight end Dennis Pitta for a 1-yard score.
It was Flacco's 10th touchdown of the postseason, with no interceptions.
Inactives were announced 90 minutes before kickoff.
The Ravens' inactives: CB Asa Jackson, S Omar Brown, CB Chris Johnson, LB Adrian Hamilton, G/T Ramon Harewood, WR Deonte Thompson, DT Bryan Hall.
For the 49ers, QB Scott Tolzien, S Trenton Robinson, RB Jewel Hampton, LB Cam Johnson, DT Tony Jerod-Eddie, G Joe Looney and nose tackle Ian Williams.
-- 49ers kicker David Akers, who has been struggling since late in the regular season, hit the crossbar on a 60-yard field-goal attempt pregame kicking toward the Baltimore Ravens' endzone. Akers made a pair of 55-yarders and came up short on an earlier 60-yard attempt.
He missed another 60-yard try kicking toward the San Francisco 49ers' endzone.
-- Kaepernick is the fourth quarterback to start a Super Bowl in the same season in which he made his first career start.
The two previous quarterbacks in that position, Tom Brady and Kurt Warner, also won.
--Ravens players made $86,000 apiece in playoff earnings through the AFC championship game. The 49ers had made $64,000 -- San Francisco had a first-round bye, and played two games instead of three for the Ravens. The Super Bowl winner player share was $88,000, with $44,000 per player to the losing team.
-- The 49ers are 5-0 in the Super Bowl before Sunday. The Ravens, also undefeated, were 1-0.
The Ravens lead the all-time series with the 49ers 3-1 and have won the last three meetings
-- 49ers safety Donte Whitner and wide receiver Ted Ginn were also teammates at Cleveland's Glenville high School. Only once before have high school teammates won the Super Bowl; running back Dominic Rhodes and long-snapper Justin Snow did it as Colts teammates who won Super Bowl XLI. They were teammates at Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas.
Tribune News Services contributed
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