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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- No team in the NFL had a better home record than the Baltimore Ravens, who are headed to the AFC championship game on the strength of their 9-0 mark at M&T Bank Stadium. Unfortunately, their path to the Super Bowl calls for a road trip to New England. Baltimore (13-4) would have had home-field advantage throughout the playoffs if not for its mediocre 4-4 record on the road. The Ravens last loss, a 34-14 rout in San Diego on Dec. 18, cost them the top seed in the AFC. Playing as the No. 2 seed, Baltimore returned from a bye to beat the Houston Texans 20-13 at home on Sunday. That completed the Ravens first perfect season at home. The only other team to finish unbeaten at home was New Orleans (8-0). "It was awesome. We love being at home," linebacker Jarret Johnson said Monday, well aware that Baltimores next home game will be in the pre-season in August. If the Ravens are to get to Indianapolis, site of the Super Bowl, they must beat the Patriots (14-3) in Foxborough on Sunday. Baltimore defeated New England in the playoffs on the road after the 2009 season, but its overall record against the Patriots is 1-6 -- including a 27-24 defeat in 2007 in Baltimore, a 27-21 loss in New England in 2009 and a 23-20 setback in overtime last season. "The last four times we played them, going back to 97, all four of them have been wars," Johnson said. "Even though theyve won three of the four, they had to earn it. This one is not going to be any different. Its going to be an extremely intense situation and environment, and were looking forward to it. Its going to be fun." Baltimore has proven it can win playoff games on the road. In addition to that 33-14 win in New England, the Ravens won in Miami and Tennessee after the 2008 season and defeated Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium last season. Coach John Harbaugh hopes his team will benefit from the experience. "I think it helps just by the fact that weve done it," he said. "Most of our team has been there before. Those young guys can relate to the older guys, and the older guys can share some wisdom. "But its not going to impact necessarily this game except to the extent that our guys have been there before and its certainly not going to be anything new to them. And thats a good thing." Harbaugh shot down two questions Monday pertaining to the teams difficulty on the road this season. Baltimore lost to Seattle, Tennessee, Jacksonville and San Diego -- four teams that didnt make the playoffs and finished with a combined 29-35 record. The Ravens did, however, win at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, as Harbaugh was quick to point out when asked if his team was better prepared to win a big game on the road at this juncture of the season. Harbaugh said the key to winning on the road is to avoid turnovers, and thats one big reason why the Texans failed to ruin Baltimores unblemished record at home. Houston gave the ball away four times, and the Ravens cashed in two of those turnovers in taking a 17-3 lead. "The four turnovers, thats big," Baltimore safety Bernard Pollard said. "As a defence, we want to get the ball back to our offence." Safety Ed Reed, who had a key interception in the fourth quarter, was helped off the field after rolling his left ankle. "Ed looks like hes all right," Harbaugh said Monday. The Ravens will need Reed against New England quarterback Tom Brady, who pierced Denvers defence with six touchdown passes in a 45-10 rout Saturday. Beating the Patriots on the road will be no easy task, and the oddsmakers agree: The Patriots have been made 7 1/2-point favourites to win the game and advance to the Super Bowl. "We like being the underdog. Were used to it," Johnson said. 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