Since Super Bowl XXXV, I’ve maintained that, that magical season will forever remain the pinnacle of fan jubilation in Baltimore Ravens history. Just as the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the New York Giants helped to put Baltimore on the NFL map as opposed to a pitstop between Philadelphia and DC, Super Bowl XXXV returned Baltimore to the NFL map.
For years our community struggled with the disgrace of the Colts’ middle-of-the-night exodus. Twelve NFL seasons had come and gone. Efforts to land an expansion team, shot down in flames. Paul Tagliabue advised the City of Baltimore to build a museum instead of a stadium.