BALTIMORE – Despite a sloppy start due to some self-inflicted mistakes, timely turnovers caused by the defense, and enough complementary scores by the offense lifted the Rams (4-2) to a 17-3 win over the Ravens (1-5) on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
Inside linebacker Nate Landman and safety Quentin Lake set the tone for Los Angeles' defense on the road victory.
Landman set a new franchise record with 17 total tackles in the road victory. Since 1994, only four other Rams have recorded 16 or more tackles in a single game: James Laurinaitis (2009 vs. Cardinals), Alec Ogletree (2015 vs. Commanders), Mark Barron (2015 vs. Browns), and Keith Lyle (1995 vs. Saints).
Meanwhile, Lake recorded his first career interception and added a fumble recovery.
Running back Kyren Williams' 3-yard rushing touchdown on the possession after that fumble recovery gave the Rams their first lead 10-3 early in the third quarter; quarterback Matthew Stafford's 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Higbee extended the lead to 14 following a fumble recovery by defensive end Tyler Davis.
Kicker Joshua Karty made 1 of 2 field goal attempts – his first, a 26-yard try, missed off the right upright – but both of his extra point attempts were successful.
Here is the complete game recap:
Leaning on the run game and aided by back-to-back penalties on 3rd and 9 against the Rams defense, the Ravens erased more than seven and a half minutes on the game's opening drive, taking an early 3-0 lead on a 37-yard field goal by Loop with 7:22 remaining in the first quarter.
The Rams engineered a methodical drive to the Ravens' 8, but were forced to settle for a 26-yard field goal after back-to-back incomplete passes from Stafford to wide receiver Davante Adams. Karty's ensuing 26-yard field goal attempt missed off the right upright, keeping it 3-0 Ravens with 2:23 to go in the first quarter.
Nearly one minute later, Lake's interception gave the Rams the ball at the Ravens 37, but the Rams gave the ball right back after Stafford was strip-sacked and the Ravens recovered, returning to the Rams' 41.
On the ensuing possession, Baltimore went for it on 4th and 3 from the L.A. 34, but Rush's incomplete pass intended for wide receiver Zay Flowers resulted in a turnover on downs.
The Rams used the change of possession to tie the game 3-3 with a 36-yard field goal by Karty with 9:50 left in the second quarter.
Inside linebacker Troy Reeder caused a forced fumble on the ensuing punt return by Ravens and the Rams recovered with 3:52 left in the second quarter, but the play is nullified by an ineligible man downfield penalty against LA. The penalty forced a replay of 4th down, so Rams were forced to punt again. That second return by the Ravens went for 36 yards, setting them up at the Rams 32.
Despite that ideal field position, Baltimore was upended by Los Angeles' defense with Henry getting stopped for a 2-yard loss on 4th and goal from the L.A. 1 with 8 seconds left in the half, keeping the game tied 3-3 going into halftime.
Receiving the second-half opening kickoff, the Rams effectively utilized tempo on the series to take their first lead, 10-3, on a 3-yard rushing touchdown by Williams with 11:52 to go in the third quarter.
Outside linebacker Jared Verse forced fumble a Flowers fumble that Lake recovered, and two plays later Stafford's 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Higbee extended the Rams' lead to 17-3 with 10:25 left in the third quarter.
Another takeaway by the defense – a Rush fumble recovered by defensive end Tyler Davis – set up the Rams at their own 31. Los Angeles reached the Baltimore 6 on the ensuing drive, but it ended with a turnover on downs after Stafford was sacked on 4th and 3 from that spot.
Tyler "Snoop" Huntley replaced rush at quarterback for the Ravens at the start of the next series. Baltimore reached midfield on that drive, and although it was kept alive by two fourth-and-long conversions to reach L.A. 15, it ended there with a turnover on downs after Huntley was pressured into throwing the ball out of bounds with Verse and defensive end Kobie Turner in pursuit.
Baltimore got the ball back on the other side of the two-minute warning, but back-to-back sacks by outside linebacker Byron Young stifled any chance for the drive to threaten to make it a one-possession game.
