For the first time in years, the Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers will play for first place in the AFC North.
But in this rivalry, it's not about standings. It's about which team is left standing.
The feud between the Ravens and the Steelers is perhaps the most heated in the division, if not the NFL.
The players cuss at one another. They kick one another. They even threaten to kill one another.
"It's never been about records," Ravens tight end Todd Heap said. "You always have that feeling when you go to play Pittsburgh. It's always there."
Asked to describe "that feeling," Heap said, "You just know you got to bring your best."
Other NFL rivalries have bad blood. Few have blood spilled like this one.
"There's no love lost between each other," Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward said.
A look at the most memorable altercations between the Ravens and the Steelers:
The bounty
In 2001, Ward accused the Ravens of having a bounty on himself and fellow receiver Plaxico Burress.
It started in the first meeting, when Ward delivered a hard block that apparently caused Rod Woodson's nose to bleed. After the game, Woodson found Ward on the field and, according to Ward, told him, "I'll get you back the next time."
When the teams played again a month later, Ward said he heard through the grapevine that there was a bounty. According to Ward, a Ravens player would be rewarded if he could knock out either one on a crossing route.
"That's ridiculous," then-coach Brian Billick said at the time. "They are competitive guys who battle. But there was no bounty out or anything like that."
The stomp
The most vicious hit in this rivalry occurred in 2002 - after a whistle.
After getting hit out of bounds following an interception, Ravens cornerback James Trapp slung Burress to the ground and ripped his helmet off. Trapp then hopped cleats-first onto Burress' abdomen.
A fight ensued, and both players were ejected from the game.
"It's nothing personal," Trapp said a day after the game.
Burress had been involved in a number of verbal confrontations with Ravens cornerbacks early in the game.
"You step on my neck, I'm going to try to rip your head off," then-Steelers linebacker Joey Porter said. "I'm going to react as if I'm on the street. My reaction would have been a lot worse than Plaxico's."
Trapp has since become the team chaplain for the Atlanta Falcons.
