Ravens 24, Browns 17
Joe Flacco passed for 262 yards and three touchdowns - all to Anquan Boldin - to lead the Baltimore Ravens to a 24-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Ray Rice rushed for 80 yards and Boldin caught eight passes for 142 yards for the Ravens, who had scored a total of 20 points in their first two contests.
Flacco, who entered the contest completing just 48.1 percent of his passes with five interceptions, looked much more comfortable against the Browns. He hit Boldin down the middle with an 8-yard pass late in the first quarter to give the Ravens a 7-3 edge. Flacco found his new favorite target again in the second, hitting Boldin on the right side with a 12-yard score at the 5:59 mark of the second quarter.
Baltimore looked like it would go into halftime with a nice lead, but Cleveland completed an 11-play drive when Peyton Hillis ran in from 1-yard out to cut it to 14-10 with 13 seconds remaining in the first half.
The Browns grabbed the lead early in the fourth when Seneca Wallace capped a drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Benjamin Watson, but the Ravens responded with a 10-play drive to go back ahead.
Billy Cundiff added a 49-yard field goal to put it away.