Ray Rice was welcomed warmly by Baltimore Ravens fans almost 5 years after his infamous domestic violence incident ... with the crowd breaking out a "Ray! Ray! Ray!" chant.
It all went down Sunday ... when Ray was making his first appearance at a Ravens game at M&T Stadium in Baltimore since he was cut by the team in Sept. 2014.
The Ravens initially struck by the star running back until TMZ Sports published video showing the Feb. 15, 2014 attack on his now-wife Janay Rice inside an elevator at an Atlantic City casino.