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CINCINNATI — The temperature was 10 degrees (with a wind chill of minus-1) at 1 p.m. Sunday, making it the coldest kickoff weather in Ravens history.

It’s also a record for Paycor Stadium.

Before Sunday, the coldest Ravens game took place during the team’s 2012 Super Bowl run. On Jan. 12, 2013, the Ravens played in Denver, where the temperature at kickoff was 13. The Ravens won that AFC divisional playoff game, with a comeback that came to be known as the “Mile High Miracle.”

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As the Ravens take the field in Cincinnati, they are fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Bengals snapped their five-game win streak on Thanksgiving night in Baltimore with a 32-14 victory.

The Ravens lost the next game to Pittsburgh, giving the Steelers the lead in the division.

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The Ravens landed in the Cincinnati airport in Covington, Kentucky, on Saturday to snow on the ground. Sunday, the temperatures dropped. However, temperatures did not dip quite as low as expected: 7 degrees with a wind chill of minus-7.

Prior to this game, the coldest game of the season was in Minnesota, where it was 28 degrees at kickoff — but the game was played in a dome.

Florida-born quarterback Lamar Jackson has made no secret about his hatred of the cold.

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“I’d rather it not be cold. ... I don’t believe anybody likes hitting in the cold – not even the defenders like hitting in the cold, I believe, especially with a 250-pound, all-muscle running back running downhill at you,“ Jackson said before the playoff game against the Steelers last season.

Last season, he played in the coldest game of his career, the AFC divisional playoff against the Buffalo Bills. It was 19 degrees at kickoff with a wind chill of 13 and snow throughout the game. The Ravens lost 25-18.

Jackson will be doing his best to keep warm between plays.

“It’s football,” Jackson said. “Can’t do [anything] about it. I can’t control the weather. I wish I could.”