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Updated at 8:08 a.m., Thursday, January 1, 2009

NFL: Ravens-Dolphins playoff capsule

Associated Press

BALTIMORE (11-5) AT MIAMI (11-5)

Sunday, 8 a.m. HST, CBS (Oceanic Cable 7, Digital 1007)

OPENING LINE — Ravens by 3.

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Miami 8-8; Baltimore 12-4.

SERIES RECORD — Dolphins lead 5-3.

LAST MEETING — Ravens 27, Dolphins 13, Oct. 19, 2008.

LAST WEEK — Dolphins beat Jets 24-17; Ravens beat Jaguars 27-7.

RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (18), RUSH (4), PASS (28)

RAVENS DEFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (2)

DOLPHINS OFFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (11), PASS (10)

DOLPHINS DEFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (10), PASS (25)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Ravens' defense set three team records: opponent quarterback rating (60.6), TDs rushing allowed (4) and first downs rushing allowed (58). ... Baltimore led NFL with 26 interceptions, including league-high nine by S Ed Reed. ... Ravens have allowed only three fourth-down conversions in 16 plays, NFL's best percentage. ... Over past 11 games, rookie QB Joe Flacco has thrown only five interceptions with 13 touchdown passes. ... Flacco had rating of 120.2, his best this season, in Ravens' win at Miami in October. ... Miami led NFL in turnover differential at plus-17, and Baltimore was third at plus-13. Dolphins committed only 13 turnovers, tying this season's New York Giants for league record. ... By winning AFC East, Dolphins ended seven-year playoff drought, longest in franchise history. ... Only 10 players on Miami's roster have started postseason game. ... Dolphins S Renaldo Hill will make his postseason debut after 110 regular-season games. ... Dolphins went from 1-15 in 2007 to 11-5 this season, matching 1999 Colts for biggest one-year improvement. ... Chad Pennington, chosen NFL Comeback Player of Year this week, set Dolphins records with his quarterback rating of 97.4 and completion percentage of 67.4. ... Miami's Joey Porter led AFC with 17½ sacks but has only one in past two games. ... Playoff game is first for Dolphins since Jan. 13, 2002, when they lost at home to Ravens 20-3. ... Six of Dolphins' past seven wins have been by touchdown or less.