The Baltimore Ravens faced the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night in 2011. With the national spotlight on, it felt like it could be a Super Bowl preview. The 49ers would go on to lose to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game. Billy Cundiff and Lee Evans ruined the Ravens Super Bowl chances against the New England Patriots. The Ravens ended up facing the 49ers a year later in the Super Bowl.
There was a lot of buzz about this game because John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh would be squaring off on opposite sidelines. In hind sight this would prove to be beneficial experience for the 2012 championship run.