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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Hurricane Ike</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CHurricane%20Ike%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <div data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" data-rte-attribs=" role=note class=hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hurricane%20Ike%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hurricane%20Ike%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" class="new" title="Hurricane Ike (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSHVycmljYW5lX0lrZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Hurricane Ike</a></div>​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Hurricane Ike forced several changes to the 2008 schedule. The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Houston%20Texans%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Houston%20Texans%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHouston%20Texans%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a>' Week 2 home game against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Baltimore%20Ravens%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Baltimore%20Ravens%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBaltimore%20Ravens%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> was first postponed to Monday, September 15, before Ike made landfall; damage to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Reliant%20Stadium%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Reliant%20Stadium%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BReliant%20Stadium%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Reliant_Stadium" title="Reliant Stadium" class="mw-redirect">Reliant Stadium</a> forced a further postponement, to Week 10, on Sunday, November 9, giving the Texans and the Ravens their bye weeks in Week 2. Furthermore, to accommodate this move, the Texans' home game against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cincinnati%20Bengals%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cincinnati%20Bengals%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCincinnati%20Bengals%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> was moved up from November 9 to Sunday, October 26, pushing the Bengals' bye week from Week 8 to Week 10.<span data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.nfl.com%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fstory%3Fid%3D09000d5d80ac4273%26template%3Dwithout-video%26confirm%3Dtrue%20%7Ctitle%3D%20Ravens-Texans%20game%20postponed%3B%20Bengals%20also%20affected%7Caccessdate%3D2009-09-14%20%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BNFL.com%5D%5D%7Cpublisher%3D%20%7Cdate%3D2009-09-13%20%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-8712588735df3759a1290a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ59b303591da99bda-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-8712588735df3759a1290a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ59b303591da99bda-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2216%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2217%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Although no other games were postponed, Ike and its remnants also impacted several other Week 2 games on September 14. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The Texans ended up having to wait until Week 5 against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Indianapolis%20Colts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Indianapolis%20Colts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIndianapolis%20Colts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> to have their home opener, the latest an NFL team went into the season before playing at home since the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20Orleans%20Saints%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20Orleans%20Saints%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20Orleans%20Saints%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22played%20their%20entire%20schedule%20on%20the%20road%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Effect%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20on%20the%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEffect%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20on%20the%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%7Cplayed%20their%20entire%20schedule%20on%20the%20road%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_the_New_Orleans_Saints" title="Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans Saints">played their entire schedule on the road</a> in 2005 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22due%20to%20the%20damages%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Effects%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20in%20New%20Orleans%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEffects%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina%20in%20New%20Orleans%7Cdue%20to%20the%20damages%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" class="new" title="Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRWZmZWN0c19vZl9IdXJyaWNhbmVfS2F0cmluYV9pbl9OZXdfT3JsZWFucz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">due to the damages</a> of the city of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20Orleans%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20Orleans%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20Orleans%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> as a result of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hurricane%20Katrina%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hurricane%20Katrina%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHurricane%20Katrina%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina" class="mw-redirect">Hurricane Katrina</a>. (Every other NFL team had at least one home game by the end of Week 2.) With the Ravens eventually advancing to the AFC Championship Game against the rival <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pittsburgh%20Steelers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pittsburgh%20Steelers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPittsburgh%20Steelers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> (and having to enter the playoffs as a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22wild%20card%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22wild%20card%20%28sports%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bwild%20card%20%28sports%29%7Cwild%20card%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-8712588735df3759a1290a" href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> team), the impromptu decision to give the Ravens and Texans their bye week so early in the season ended up having the unintended effect of the Ravens playing in an NFL-record 18 consecutive weeks without a break in the schedule. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key footbal:rte-parser-cache:5869 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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