The Ravens had 11 sacks in only 40 defensive snaps which is a historic benchmark

[Nonsensical Realism]

If Flacco and company wouldn't have played so good on Sunday then Baltimore's defense would've absolutely destroyed the sack record.

If the Titans have 68 offensive plays on Sunday then that extrapolates to 19/18.7 sacks for the Ravens.

Lets look at some history:

Whenever the Eagles and Colts had 11 sacks in 1991 and 1992, their opponents had 50 and 53 plays.

Let's look at the 7 most recent 11 sack games in NFL history:

Eagles in 1991? Their opponent had 50 offensive plays
Colts in 1992? 53 offensive plays.
Cowboys in 1987? 76 offensive plays.
Bears in 1987? 86 offensive plays.
Seahawks in 86? 53 offensive plays.
Raiders in 86? 64 offensive plays and they lost in overtime
Chargers in 86? 73 offensive plays and they lost

I didn't have enough time to search through the 12 other times in NFL history that there have been 11 sacks.

Here are the 4 other times (besides the Giants) that there have been 12 sacks:
1985: 67 offensive plays
1984: 65 offensive plays
1980: the BALTIMORE Colts got 12 sacks in 76 offensive plays
1966: the STEELERS got sacked 12 times in 66 offensive plays.

If the Ravens don't grind that clock out at the end of the game and give the ball back to the Titans for one last hurrah for the sack party and if they cram two more sacks into the stat sheet drive then this would have immediately been recognized by many as statistically the most dominant defensive performance in NFL history. What a great game by Baltimore.

11 sacks in 40 defensive snaps? Ludicrous!

[Culex]

But does the media give a shit? Nah. They're talking about whether or not the Cowgirls are now superbowl contenders (which is downright hilarious)

[xiao_ke]

But does the media give a shit? Nah. They're talking about whether or not the Cowgirls are now superbowl contenders (which is downright hilarious)

[Gjennings85]

11 sacks, wow!

[organizedchaos21]

I didn't have enough time to search through the 12 other times in NFL history that there have been 11 sacks.

11 sacks in 40 defensive snaps? Ludicrous!

Here's a PFR query with all games where a team has been sacked 11+ times.

Here's a table where I've calculated Sack % (sacks / (pass attempts + rush attempts + sacks)). It's not even particularly close.

Date	Tm	@	Opp	Result	OT	Pass Att	Rushes	Sacks	Snaps	Sack %
10/14/2018	TEN		BAL	L 0-21		15	14	11	40	27.5%
11/7/1965	GNB		DET	L 7-12		14	24	11	49	22.4%
9/15/1991	DAL		PHI	L 0-24		25	14	11	50	22.0%
9/22/1963	OAK		BOS	L 14-20		31	10	11	52	21.2%
11/24/1968	ATL	@	STL	L 12-17		20	21	11	52	21.2%
12/8/1986	RAI	@	SEA	L 0-37		29	13	11	53	20.8%
9/6/1992	CLE	@	IND	L 3-14		26	16	11	53	20.8%
12/17/1961	MIN	@	CHI	L 35-52		22	24	12	58	20.7%
11/5/1967	DEN		OAK	L 17-21		21	25	11	57	19.3%
12/23/2012	NYJ		SDG	L 17-27		25	23	11	59	18.6%
12/16/1984	DET		CHI	L 13-30		38	15	12	65	18.5%
10/26/1952	NYG		PHI	L 10-14		28	34	14	76	18.4%
10/15/1967	BUF		OAK	L 20-24		33	16	11	60	18.3%
11/22/1964	RAM		BAL	L 7-24		21	28	11	60	18.3%
10/26/1952	SFO		DTX	W 48-21		25	24	11	60	18.3%
9/30/2007	PHI	@	NYG	L 3-16		31	23	12	66	18.2%
9/29/1985	HOU		DAL	L 10-17		26	29	12	67	17.9%
11/20/1966	PIT		DAL	L 7-20		29	26	12	67	17.9%
12/13/1964	DEN		BUF	L 19-30		31	20	11	62	17.7%
10/28/1984	MIN	@	CHI	L 7-16		36	16	11	63	17.5%
11/20/1960	DET	@	CHI	L 7-28		26	32	12	70	17.1%
11/1/1964	STL	@	NYG	L 17-34		29	25	11	65	16.9%
9/23/1962	MIN		BAL	L 7-34		34	20	11	65	16.9%
12/18/1983	PHI	@	STL	L 7-31		45	12	11	68	16.2%
10/26/1980	BAL		STL	L 10-17		43	21	12	76	15.8%
11/18/1984	ATL		CLE	L 7-23		38	22	11	71	15.5%
11/16/1986	DAL	@	SDG	W 24-21		33	29	11	73	15.1%
10/6/1975	DET		DAL	L 10-36		23	40	11	74	14.9%
9/30/1984	CLE	@	KAN	L 6-10		38	26	11	75	14.7%
10/4/1987	NYJ		DAL	L 24-38		35	30	11	76	14.5%
10/4/1987	PHI		CHI	L 3-35		36	29	11	76	14.5%
11/16/1986	PHI		DET	L 11-13		31	37	11	79	13.9%
11/30/1986	PHI	@	RAI	W 33-27	OT	39	31	11	81	13.6%

[organizedchaos21]

Now, I have a small issue with this approach. Namely, the Ravens were incorrectly credited with a sack at (Q1, 0:08) when Mariota threw the ball away before stepping out of bounds. So, I removed 1 sack from the Ravens (10 total) and added 1 to pass attempts (16) which means the total number of snaps is the same (40). Then, I took all games with 10+ sacks and checked for highest sack %. The table was incredibly long, so I only kept games with a Sack % > 20%. Feel free to contact me if you want the full table.

Here's the PFR query for games in which a team is sacked 10+ times.

Tm	Date	@	Opp	Result	OT	Sacks	Snaps	Sack %
TEN	10/14/2018		BAL	L 0-21		10	40	25.0%
GNB	11/7/1965		DET	L 7-12		11	49	22.4%
DAL	9/15/1991		PHI	L 0-24		11	50	22.0%
ATL	11/24/1968	@	STL	L 12-17		11	52	21.2%
OAK	9/22/1963		BOS	L 14-20		11	52	21.2%
JAX	9/14/2014	@	WAS	L 10-41		10	48	20.8%
RAI	12/8/1986	@	SEA	L 0-37		11	53	20.8%
CLE	9/6/1992	@	IND	L 3-14		11	53	20.8%
MIN	12/17/1961	@	CHI	L 35-52		12	58	20.7%

[Trackmaster]

Now, I have a small issue with this approach. Namely, the Ravens were incorrectly credited with a sack at (Q1, 0:08) when Mariota threw the ball away before stepping out of bounds. So, I removed 1 sack from the Ravens (10 total) and added 1 to pass attempts (16) which means the total number of snaps is the same (40). Then, I took all games with 10+ sacks and checked for highest sack %. The table was incredibly long, so I only kept games with a Sack % > 20%. Feel free to contact me if you want the full table.

Here's the PFR query for games in which a team is sacked 10+ times.

Tm	Date	@	Opp	Result	OT	Sacks	Snaps	Sack %
TEN	10/14/2018		BAL	L 0-21		10	40	25.0%
GNB	11/7/1965		DET	L 7-12		11	49	22.4%
DAL	9/15/1991		PHI	L 0-24		11	50	22.0%
ATL	11/24/1968	@	STL	L 12-17		11	52	21.2%
OAK	9/22/1963		BOS	L 14-20		11	52	21.2%
JAX	9/14/2014	@	WAS	L 10-41		10	48	20.8%
RAI	12/8/1986	@	SEA	L 0-37		11	53	20.8%
CLE	9/6/1992	@	IND	L 3-14		11	53	20.8%
MIN	12/17/1961	@	CHI	L 35-52		12	58	20.7%

Yeah, but if you start regarding the calls on the field and making the calls yourself, to be fair, you'd have to go through each one. Its possible that you might be taking sacks off the board for the other QB's.

However, I do agree that one of the factors that led to so many sacks was Mariotta being a scrambling QB. So really several of the sacks were just runs for losses.

[WrongBaldy]

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Six games in, the #Ravens have yet to allow a TD after halftime.


Per @EliasSports, the last team to accomplish this feat through a season's first six games was the 1934 Lions.


Yes, 1934 -- 84 years ago.

[Gjennings85]

I think the Ravens are a much better team this year than last year. Last years team there was something missing but this years team they are beating up on Good Quarterbacks in Big Ben, Mariota and Keenum. This week is the real test, hopefully they can pass it.

[moose10101]

Now, I have a small issue with this approach. Namely, the Ravens were incorrectly credited with a sack at (Q1, 0:08) when Mariota threw the ball away before stepping out of bounds.

You're going to reverse the call on the field to redo your stats? LOL.

[BcRaven]

But does the media give a shit? Nah. They're talking about whether or not the Cowgirls are now superbowl contenders (which is downright hilarious)

Shhh, we want to fly :



Nobody notice what the Ravens are doing, please... Bc

[callahan09]

Now, I have a small issue with this approach. Namely, the Ravens were incorrectly credited with a sack at (Q1, 0:08) when Mariota threw the ball away before stepping out of bounds. So, I removed 1 sack from the Ravens (10 total) and added 1 to pass attempts (16) which means the total number of snaps is the same (40). Then, I took all games with 10+ sacks and checked for highest sack %. The table was incredibly long, so I only kept games with a Sack % > 20%. Feel free to contact me if you want the full table.

Here's the PFR query for games in which a team is sacked 10+ times.

Tm	Date	@	Opp	Result	OT	Sacks	Snaps	Sack %
TEN	10/14/2018		BAL	L 0-21		10	40	25.0%
GNB	11/7/1965		DET	L 7-12		11	49	22.4%
DAL	9/15/1991		PHI	L 0-24		11	50	22.0%
ATL	11/24/1968	@	STL	L 12-17		11	52	21.2%
OAK	9/22/1963		BOS	L 14-20		11	52	21.2%
JAX	9/14/2014	@	WAS	L 10-41		10	48	20.8%
RAI	12/8/1986	@	SEA	L 0-37		11	53	20.8%
CLE	9/6/1992	@	IND	L 3-14		11	53	20.8%
MIN	12/17/1961	@	CHI	L 35-52		12	58	20.7%

I decided to look back at other performances with similarly high sack / play percentages, with no minimum number of sacks since some games have had even fewer offensive plays than 40 to consider, and the only other one that is anywhere near the top of your existing chart was a 1972 performance by the Baltimore Colts against the Buffalo Bills, in which they sacked James Harris and Dennis Shaw a combined 9 times out of 41 offensive plays, which is just under (but rounds up to) 22.0%. Note: I only went back to 1970 (post-merger stats only) because the stats can get pretty wonky and unreliable the farther back you go (I don't know for sure, but I highly doubt that all those stat lines from the 1940s that PFRef has are accurate, for instance the 1940 Chicago Cardinals are listed as only having 2 offensive plays against the Detroit Lions on September 15? I don't know if that really happened, or the stat line is incomplete, perhaps the game was called early or something? I don't know, but they have lots of games from the 1940s with single-digit number of plays ran, so I just limited my search to post-merger to weed out anomalies).