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PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS Burt Lauten - Director of Communications Dominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media Manager PITTSBURGH STEELERS Angela Tegnelia - Public Relations Assistant 3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878 www.steelers.com PITTSBURGH STEELERS (7-2-1) at DENVER BRONCOS (4-6) Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 • 4:25 p.m. (ET) • Mile High Stadium • Denver, Colo. REGULAR SEASON GAME #11 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2-1) 2018 SCHEDULE at PRESEASON (3-1) Denver Broncos (4-6) Thursday, Aug. 9 @ Philadelphia W, 31-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 16 @ Green Bay L, 51-34 (KDKA) DATE: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 | KICKOFF: 4:25 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 25 TENNESSEE W, 16-6 (KDKA/NFL Network) SITE: Mile High Stadium (76,125) • Denver, Colo. Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA W, 39-24 (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) REGULAR SEASON (7-2-1) ANNOUNCERS: Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Sunday, Sept. 9 @ Cleveland T, 21-21 OT (CBS) Tony Romo (analyst) | Tracy Wolfson (sideline) Sunday, Sept. 16 KANSAS CITY L, 42-37 (CBS) Monday, Sept. 24 @ Tampa Bay W, 30-27 (ESPN) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network Sunday, Sept. 30 BALTIMORE L, 26-14 (NBC) WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Sunday, Oct. 7 ATLANTA W, 41-17 (FOX) ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Sunday, Oct. 14 @ Cincinnati W, 28-21 (CBS) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline) Sunday, Oct. 21 BYE WEEK NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN Sunday, Oct. 28 CLEVELAND W, 33-18 (CBS) ANNOUNCERS: Sunday, Nov. 4 @ Baltimore W, 23-16 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 8 CAROLINA W, 52-21 (FOX/NFL Jason Benetti (play-by-play) | Kelly Stouff er (analyst) Network/Amazon Sunday, Nov. 18 @ Jacksonville W, 20-16 (CBS) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Nov. 25 @ Denver 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Sunday, Dec. 2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Overall regular-season record: 123-62-1 (.664)/12th season Sunday, Dec. 9 @ Oakland 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 123-62-1 (.664)/12th season Sunday, Dec. 16 NEW ENGLAND 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 8-7 (.533)/eight years Monday, Dec. 23 @ New Orleans 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Denver Broncos Head Coach Vance Joseph Sunday, Dec. 30 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) Overall regular-season record: 9-17 (.346)/second season Regular-season record with Denver: 9-17 (.346)/second season * - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling Playoff Record/Years: n/a POSTSEASON Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games www.steelers.com Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships For all of the most up-to-date information on the Sunday, Jan. 27 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl LIII (Atlanta, Ga.) at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. STEELERS STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF For the 20th 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. Angela Tegnelia, Public Relations Assistant ............... (412) 432-7820 For the 25th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Tegnelia email: [email protected]fl .com Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hill- grove for his 21st season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Joe Lofton, Media Relations Intern ............................. (412) 432-7800 Steelers All-Pro off ensive tackle. Joining the team for his 17th season is Lofton email: [email protected]fl .com .....................................x6019 former Steelers off ensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline Offi ce Fax .................................................................... (412) 432-7878 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 Tuesday, Nov. 20, at approximately Noon in the Steelers’ press conference WDVE-FM (102.5) room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. WBGG-AM (970) PENNSYLVANIA OHIO — OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE — Altoona-WVAM (1430) Fremont-WOHF (92.1) Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cial Altoona-WRKY (104.9) Marietta-WJAW (630) Steelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230) Youngstown-WNIO (1390) Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460) statistics, player biographies and much more. MARYLAND Bedford-WBVE (107.5) Cumberland-WRQE (106.1) Butler-WISR (680) Hagerstown-WHAG (1410) — MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com — Chambersburg-WCHA (800) The Steelers Media Relations Department off ers a “Media-Only” section Clarendon-WKNB (104.3) VIRGINIA on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to Clarion-WCCR (92.7) Vienna-WDMX (100.1) http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7) WEST VIRGINIA below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the DuBois-WIFT (102.1) DuBois-WKFT (101.3) Fairmont-WRLF (94.3) Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you Erie-WRKT (104.9) Fairmont-WMMN (920) will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any Johnstown-WNTJ (1490) New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3) questions or problems, please email [email protected]. Johnstown-WRKW (99.1) — NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM — Latrobe-WCNS (1480) Milton-WVLY (100.9) Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media website Saegertown-WUZZ (94.3) featuring news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics, Somerset-WNTI (990) domestic and international NFL updates and other information Starview-WONN (92.7) about the NFL are available. State College-WQWK (1450) Uniontown-WMBS (590) Washington-WJPA (1450) STEELERS NATION HD RADIO Williamsport-WCXR (99.3) Steelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station Williamsport-WZXR (103.7) dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2. A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change) TUESDAY, NOV. 20 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 THURSDAY, NOV. 22 FRIDAY, NOV. 23 SATURDAY, NOV. 24 SUNDAY, NOV. 25 MONDAY, NOV. 26 • Coach Tomlin Press • Player availability open locker • Practice 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. • Practice 10:45 a.m. - • No media availability 4:25 p.m. • TBD Conference: Noon Live on room 9:30 - 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Road Game Steelers.com • Post-practice player at Denver Broncos • Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. availability 1 - 1:45 p.m. • Player availability open (Mile High Stadium) locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. CBS • Post-practice player • Coach Tomlin available upon (locally KDKA-TV, availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. request after practice (requests • Coach Tomlin available upon Channel 2) must be made by 10 a.m.) request after practice • Coach Tomlin available upon (requests must be made by request after practice • Coordinators Available after 10 a.m.) (requests must be made by practice Noon) www.steelers.com 2018 SCHEDULE NOTES STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE The Steelers have played three of their four scheduled nation- Tyson Alualu ....................(AH-loo AH-loo) ally televised primetime games, winning a Week Three Monday Anthony Chickillo ............. (Chick-il-oh) Night Football game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (30-27) and defeating the Carolina Panthers 52-21 on Thursday Night Matt Feiler ....................... (Fy-ler) Football at Heinz Field in Week 10. The team's Week 11 game Ramon Foster .................. (Ruh-moan) at Jacksonville, originally slotted for Sunday Night Football, was fl exed into a 1 p.m. kickoff on Nov. 18. Javon Hargrave ...............(Jay-von) Pittsburgh’s fi rst home nationally televised primetime game Tyler Matakevich ............. (Matt-uh-kev-ich) occurred in Week Four, when it hosted the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football (NBC). Chukwuma Okorafor ....... The Steelers' Week 13 game at Heinz Field against the Los (Chuck-WOO-muh / oh-KOR-uh-for) Angeles Chargers, originally scheduled for 1 p.m. ET, has been moved to an 8:20 p.m. kick on Sunday Night Football. The fol- Stevan Ridley ..................(Steven) lowing week, Pittsburgh travels to Oakland for a 4:25 p.m. ET tilt Ben Roethlisberger ......... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) at the Raiders, originally scheduled for 8:20 p.m. The Steelers’ bye week took place on Oct. 21 (Week Seven). Stephon Tuitt ...................(Steff-on Too-it) STEELERS 2018 DRAFT CLASS STEELERS HALL OF HONOR S Terrell Edmunds (6-1, 217) The Steelers announced their 2018 Hall of Honor class on Rd. 1 28th Overall Saturday, July 28, at the Fred Rogers Center on the campus of Played collegiate football at Virginia Tech where he appeared in 37 Saint Vincent College games, making 31 starts…he totaled 182 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for The 2018 class includes the following (in alphabetical order): losses…Edmunds started all 10 games en route to recording 59 tackles during the 2017 season.