Flacco lifts Ravens, hands Steelers first defeat

Flacco withstood Pittsburgh's goal-line stand and go-ahead touchdown in the closing minutes to throw an 18-yard scoring pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh with 32 seconds remaining,

and the Baltimore Ravens prevented the Steelers from going unbeaten without their suspended quarterback by winning 17-14 on Sunday.

The Steelers (3-1) took a 14-10 lead on Rashard Mendenhall's 7-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, and appeared ready to win after turning away Baltimore on third- and fourth-down plays from the 2 with over 2 minutes remaining.

But a holding call on a punt gave Baltimore (3-1) the ball at Pittsburgh's 40 with 55 seconds remaining, and Flacco found Anquan Boldin on two passes for 12 yards and Houshmandzadeh for 10 to set up the winning score.

Flacco, winning for the first time in four games in Pittsburgh, froze the Steelers' defense with a pump fake that freed up Houshmandzadeh in the end zone for the game winner.

Now, instead of being two games down in the AFC North to Pittsburgh with Roethlisberger to go for the rest of the season, the Ravens are tied for the division lead after beating the Steelers in Heinz Field for only the second time in 11 games.

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