The New England Patriots punched their ticket to Super Bowl XLVI with a 23-20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens at a cold Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Sunday night.

Baltimore kicker Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal with 11 seconds left failing to send the game into overtime.

The hook came following  New England defensive back Sterling Moore stripping Raven receiver Lee Evans in the end zone.  

Evans appeared to have made the catch, but Moore reached in and broke it up, preventing the Ravens from taking with lead.

The teams traded field goals in the first half before Patriot running back, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, completed a 72-yard drive by busting into the end zone for the score.  

New England kicker Stephen Gostowski completed the extra point for a 10-3 lead. Baltimore answered back when quarterback Joe Flacco, who finished 22 of 36 for 306 yards and two touchdowns, found tight end Dennis Pitta from six yards out for the score.

Cundiff tied the game with the point after.

Only three minutes later, Gostowski nailed a 35-yard field goal, giving the Patriots a 13-10 halftime lead.

Gostowski would make it 16-10 with a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter, but Flacco would hit receiver Torrey Smith from 29-yards out for a touchdown.  

Cundiff would then boot another field goal. 

The Ravens took a 20-16 advantage into the fourth quarter.

That set the stage for New England quarterback Tom Brady, who is heading to his fifth Super Bowl in 10 years as a starter.

Brady capped a 64-yard drive with a leaping QB-sneak over the Baltimore defensive front, doing a near back flip into pay dirt, putting his club ahead for good as the Patriot defense would hold.

Super Bowl XLVI is Sunday, February 5 in Indianapolis.