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PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS Burt Lauten - Director of Communications Dominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media Manager PITTSBURGH STEELERS Ryan Scarpino - Public Relations Assistant 3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878 www.steelers.com #3 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (13-5) at #1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (15-2) Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 • 6:40 p.m. (ET) • Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, Mass. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (13-5) 2016 SCHEDULE at PRESEASON (1-3) New England Patriots (15-2) Friday, Aug. 12 DETROIT L, 30-17 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 18 PHILADELPHIA L, 17-0 (KDKA) DATE: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 | KICKOFF: 6:40 p.m. ET Friday, Aug. 26 @ New Orleans W, 27-14 (KDKA) SITE: Gillette Stadium (66,829) • Foxborough, Mass. Thursday, Sept. 1 @ Carolina L, 18-6 (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: FieldTurf TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) REGULAR SEASON (11-5) ANNOUNCERS: Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Monday, Sept. 12 @ Washington W, 38-16 (ESPN) Phil Simms (analyst) | Tracy Wolfson and Jay Feely (sideline) Sunday, Sept. 18 CINCINNATI W, 24-16 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 25 @ Philadelphia L, 34-3 (CBS) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network Sunday, Oct. 2 KANSAS CITY W, 43-14 (NBC) WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Sunday, Oct. 9 NEW YORK JETS W, 31-13 (CBS) ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Sunday, Oct. 16 @ Miami L, 30-15 (CBS) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline) Sunday, Oct. 23 NEW ENGLAND L, 27-16 (CBS) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One Sunday, Oct. 30 BYE WEEK ANNOUNCERS: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Sunday, Nov. 6 @ Baltimore L, 21-14 (CBS) Dan Fouts (analyst) | Ross Tucker (sideline) Sunday, Nov. 13 DALLAS L, 35-30 (FOX) Sunday, Nov. 20 @ Cleveland W, 24-9 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 24 @ Indianapolis W, 28-7 (NBC) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Dec. 4 NEW YORK GIANTS W, 24-14 (FOX) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Sunday, Dec. 11 @ Buff alo W, 27-20 (CBS) Overall regular-season record: 103-57 (.644)/10th season Sunday, Dec. 18 @ Cincinnati W, 24-20 (CBS) Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 103-57 (.644)/10th season Sunday, Dec. 25 BALTIMORE W, 31-27 (NFL Network) Playoff Record/Years: 8-5 (.615)/seven years Sunday, Jan. 1 CLEVELAND W, 27-24 OT (CBS) New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Overall regular-season record: 237-115 (.673)/22nd season POSTSEASON (2-0) Regular-season record with New England: 201-71 (.739)/17th season Sunday, Jan. 8 MIAMI W, 30-12 (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 24-10 (.706)/15 years Sunday, Jan. 15 @ Kansas City W, 18-16 (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 22 @ New England 6:40 p.m. (CBS) www.steelers.com Sunday, Feb. 5 Super Bowl LI (Houston, Texas) For all of the most up-to-date information on the NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. STEELERS STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF For the 18th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) Burt Lauten, Director of Communications .................... (412) 432-7821 are carrying all Steelers games. Lauten email: [email protected]fl .com Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 48-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and Dominick Rinelli, Public Relations/Media Manager .... (412) 432-7822 South Carolina. All Steelers’ games will be broadcast in Spanish on Rinelli email: [email protected]fl .com steelers.com. Ryan Scarpino, Public Relations Assistant ................. (412) 432-7820 For the 22nd straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of Scarpino email: [email protected]fl .com the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hillgrove for his 18th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the Michael Annarella, Media Relations Intern ................. (412) 432-7800 former Steelers All-Pro off ensive tackle. Joining the team for his 14th Annarella email: [email protected]fl .com x6019 season is former Steeler off ensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides Offi ce Fax .................................................................... (412) 432-7878 sideline analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Im- MEDIA NOTES agen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol. Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include: — WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE — Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2) Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Noon (LIVE on ROOT Sports) in the Steelers’ press WDVE-FM (102.5) conference room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. WBGG-AM (970) PENNSYLVANIA (31) OHIO (3) — OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE — Allentown-WSAN (1470) Fremont-WOHF (92.1) Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cial Altoona-WVAM (1430) Upper Arlington-WTOH (98.9) Steelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news Altoona-WRKY (104.9) Youngstown-WNIO (1390) Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230) statistics, player biographies and much more. MARYLAND (5) Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460) Cumberland-WTBO (1450) Bedford-WBVE (107.5) Cumberland-WTBO (105.7) — MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com — Bradford-WESB (1490) Frederick-WFMD (930) The Steelers Media Relations Department off ers a “Media-Only” section Butler-WISR (680) Frostburg-WFRB (560) Chambersburg-WCHA (800) on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to Hagerstown-WHAG (1410) http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user Clarendon-WKNB (104.3) WEST VIRGINIA (7) below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the Clarion-WCCR (92.7) Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7) Charleston-WCHS (580) Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you DuBois-WOWQ (102.1) Cross Lanes-WSWW (1490) will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any Erie-WJET (1440) Fairmont-WRLF (94.3) questions or problems, please email [email protected]. Gettysburg-WGET (1320) Fairmont-WMMN (920) New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3) — NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM — Grove City-WWGY (95.1) Homer City-WCCS (1160) St. Mary’s-WJAW (630) Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media website Johnstown-WNTJ (1490) Wheeling-WBBD (1400) featuring news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics, Johnstown-WRKW (99.1) NEW YORK (1) domestic and international NFL updates and other information Latrobe-WCNS (1480) Syracuse-WTLA (1200) about the NFL are available. Mount Union-WHUN (106.9) Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1) SOUTH CAROLINA (1) Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3) Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1) STEELERS NATION HD RADIO Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3) Steelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station Somerset-WLLI (990) dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be Starview-WLPA (92.7) heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the State College-WQWK (1450) Uniontown-WMBS (590) iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2. Washington-WJPA (1450) A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is Williamsport-WCXR (99.3) available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio. Williamsport-WZXR (103.7) THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change) TUESDAY, JAN. 17 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 THURSDAY, JAN. 19 FRIDAY, JAN. 20 SATURDAY, JAN. 21 SUNDAY, JAN. 22 MONDAY, JAN. 23 • Coach Tomlin Press • Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. • Practice 1 - 3 p.m. • Practice 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 • No media availability 6:40 p.m. (ET) • TBD Road Game Conference: Noon Live on • Ben Roethlisberger available in p.m. ROOT Sports • Player availability open locker the media workroom 9:30 a.m. at New England Patriots room 9:30 - 10 a.m. • Player availability open (Gillette Stadium) • Player availability open locker locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. CBS • Select players in the media room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. (locally KDKA-TV, workroom 9:30 - 10:10 a.m. • Coach Tomlin available after Channel 2) • Post-practice player practice • Post-practice player availability 3 - 3:30 p.m. availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. • Coach Tomlin and • Coach Tomlin available in the Coordinators available after practice media workroom after practice www.steelers.com STEELERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STEELERS CLAIM THE NORTH The Pittsburgh Steelers will make their 16th appearance in The Pittsburgh Steelers won seven consecutive regular-season an AFC Championship Playoff game when they travel to face games, fi nishing with a 11-5 regular-season record in 2016, and the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan. 22 at Gillette Stadium. captured the AFC North division title with a 31-27 come-from- Pittsburgh owns an 8-7 record in its previous 15 AFC behind win against Baltimore at Heinz Field on Christmas Day Championship games: in Week 16. Pittsburgh secured the AFC North division title for the seventh DATE OPPONENT RESULT time since NFL realignment in 2002 - the most among division 12/31/72 vs. Miami Dolphins L, 21-17 teams (Pittsburgh: 7, Baltimore: 4 and Cincinnati: 4). 12/29/74 at Oakland Raiders W, 24-13 The Steelers are one of the most succesful teams in NFL history. 1/4/76 vs. Oakland Raiders W, 16-10 The team’s 22 division titles, 29 playoff berths and 36 12/26/76 at Oakland Raiders L, 24-7 postseason wins are the most since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970: 1/7/79 vs. Houston Oilers W, 34-5 1/6/80 vs. Houston Oilers W, 27-13 DIVISION TITLES 1/6/85 at Miami Dolphins L, 45-28 SINCE THE 1970 AFL-NFL MERGER 1/15/95 vs.