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Baltimore Ravens at Detroit Lions

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2005 Regular season · Week 5 · Ford Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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BALBaltimore Ravens17Away
DETDetroit Lions35Home
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Lions beat Ravens 35–17 in 2005 Week 5

The Detroit Lions beat the Baltimore Ravens 35–17 at home at Ford Field in Week 5 of the 2005 regular season on October 9, 2005.

The result moved the Lions to 2–2 and dropped the Ravens to 1–3. The Ravens finished 2005 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs. The Lions finished 2005 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Lions’ 35 points were their most in any game of 2005.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Baltimore Ravens won 48–3 on December 13, 2009.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Lions lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 2005 Full series history

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