Week 10 (6-2) at (5-2-1) Thursday, November 8, 2018 | 8:20 PM ET | Heinz Field | Referee: Walt Coleman REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Steelers lead all-time series, 5-1 LAST GAME: 9/21/14: Steelers 37 at Panthers 19 STREAKS: Steelers have won past 5 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/23/10: Steelers 27, Panthers 3 CAROLINA PANTHERS PITTSBURGH STEELERS LAST WEEK W 42-28 vs. Tampa Bay LAST WEEK W 23-16 at Baltimore COACH VS. OPP. Ron Rivera: 0-1 COACH VS. OPP. : 2-0 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 27.5/22.5 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 28.4/23.5 OFFENSE 371.6 OFFENSE 415.3 PASSING Cam Newton: 177-263-1893-15-4-100.8 PASSING : 222-344-2560-16-7-93.9 RUSHING Christian McCaffrey: 109-502-4.6-3 RUSHING James Conner: 151-706-4.7-9 RECEIVING Christian McCaffrey (RB): 49-378-7.7-2 RECEIVING JuJu Smith-Schuster: 53-672-12.7-2 DEFENSE 344.8 DEFENSE 347.9 SACKS Mario Addison: 7.5 SACKS T.J. Watt: 7 INTs Donte Jackson (R): 4 INTs Many tied: 1 TAKE/GIVE +8 (15/7) TAKE/GIVE -3 (9/12) PUNTING (NET) Michael Palardy: 46.1 (41.0) PUNTING (NET) : 43.0 (38.8) KICKING : 54 (21/23 PAT; 11/11 FG) KICKING : 43 (22/26 PAT; 7/10 FG) PANTHERS NOTES STEELERS NOTES • QB CAM NEWTON aims for his 4th in row with 2+ TD passes • QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER passed for 270 yards with & 100+ rating. Passed for 250 yards with 1 TD vs. 0 INTs for 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & rushed for TD last week. Threw 2 TDs vs. 98.5 rating in only meeting. In his past 5 vs. AFC, has 16 TDs 0 INTs for 112.6 rating in last meeting. In last home meeting, (11 pass, 5 rush). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. AFC with 2+ pass had 320 pass yards with 1 TD vs. 0 INTs for 111.5 rating & TD, rush TD & 100+ rating. Has 879 pass yards (293 per game) rush TD. Has 99+ rating in 7 of his past 9 at home. In his with 7 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 100.2 rating in his past 3 on road. past 2 on Thursday, has 520 pass yards (260 per game) • RN CHRISTIAN MC CAFFREY had 157 scrimmage with 7 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 127.7 rating. yards (79 rush, 78 rec.) & 2 rush TDs last week. Aims for 3rd • RB JAMES CONNER had 163 scrimmage yards (107 rush, in row with 2+ TDs. Has 285 scrimmage yards (95 per game) 56 rec.) & TD catch last week. Has 4 games with 100+ rush in his past 3 on road. Has 397 scrimmage yards (99.3 per yards, 50+ rec. yards & TD in 2018, most in single season game) & 4 TDs (2 rush, 2 rec.) in his past 4 vs. AFC. Since in NFL history. Is only player in franchise history with 1,000+ entering league in 2017, ranks 2nd among NFL RBs with 129 scrimmage yards (1,085) & 10+ TDs (10) in team’s 1st 8 receptions. games of season. Has 397 scrimmage yards (198.5 per • TE GREG OLSEN had TD catch in Week 9. Had 69 rec. game) with 4 rush TDs in his past 2 at home. In his past 2 vs. yards & TD in last meeting. Since 2011, is 1 of 3 NFL TEs NFC, has 280 scrimmage yards (140 per game) & 2 rush TDs. (JIMMY GRAHAM & ROB GRONKOWSKI) with 450+ • WR ANTONIO BROWN had TD catch last week. Had 10 receptions (463) & 5,500+ rec. yards (5,793). WR CURTIS catches for 90 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Since 2016, SAMUEL had 2 TDs (1 rec., 1 rush) last week, his 1st- has 1,036 rec. yards & 10 TD catches in 10 games vs. NFC. career multi-TD game. Has 8 TD catches in his past 6. Has 3 TD catches in each of • LB had team-best 14 tackles in last his past 2 on Thursday. WR JU JU SMITH-SCHUSTER meeting. Has 2 INTs & FR in his past 4 vs. AFC. In his past 4 has 20 catches for 343 yards (114.3 per game) with 2 rec. on Thursday, has 35 tackles & 2 INTs, incl. 32-yard INT-TD. TDs in his past 3 vs. NFC. DE MARIO ADDISON had career-high 3 sacks & FF last • LB BUD DUPREE aims for his 3rd in row vs. NFC with TFL. week. Had sack in last meeting. Has 2 sacks in his past 3 LB T.J. WATT has 5 TFL & 4 sacks in his past 4. CB JOE vs. AFC. Rookie CB DONTE JACKSON had INT in Week HADEN had INT in his only career game vs. Car. (11/28/10 9. Ties for NFL lead & ranks 1st among rookies with 4 INTs. with Cle.). DE STEPHON TUITT had sack last week. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: FOX/NFLN/Amazon (8:20 PM ET): Joe Buck, , Erin Andrews (Field reporter), Kristina Pink (Field reporter) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli | SIRIUS: 81 (Car), 83 (Pit) | XM: 226 (Car), 225 (Pit)