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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 (5-2-1) vs. CAROLINA PANTHERS (6-2) Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 • 8:20 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. REGULAR SEASON GAME #9 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2-1) 2018 SCHEDULE vs. PRESEASON (3-1) Carolina Panthers (6-2) Thursday, Aug. 9 @ Philadelphia W, 31-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 16 @ Green Bay L, 51-34 (KDKA) DATE: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 | KICKOFF: 8:20 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 25 TENNESSEE W, 16-6 (KDKA/NFL Network) SITE: Heinz Field (68,400) • Pittsburgh, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA W, 39-24 (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass TV COVERAGE: FOX/NFL Network (locally WPGH-TV, channel 53) REGULAR SEASON (5-2-1) ANNOUNCERS: Joe Buck (play-by-play) Sunday, Sept. 9 @ Cleveland T, 21-21 OT (CBS) Troy Aikman (analyst) | Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink (sideline) Sunday, Sept. 16 KANSAS CITY L, 42-37 (CBS) Monday, Sept. 24 @ Tampa Bay W, 30-27 (ESPN) AMAZON PRIME ANNOUNCERS: Sunday, Sept. 30 BALTIMORE L, 26-14 (NBC) Hannah Storm (play-by-play) | Andrea Kremer (analyst) Sunday, Oct. 7 ATLANTA W, 41-17 (FOX) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network Sunday, Oct. 14 @ Cincinnati W, 28-21 (CBS) WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Sunday, Oct. 21 BYE WEEK ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Sunday, Oct. 28 CLEVELAND W, 33-18 (CBS) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline) Sunday, Nov. 4 @ Baltimore W, 23-16 (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 8 CAROLINA 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFL NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One Network/Amazon ANNOUNCERS: Ian Eagle (play-by-play) | Tony Boselli (analyst) Sunday, Nov. 18 @ Jacksonville* 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 25 @ Denver* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Dec. 2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS* 1 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Sunday, Dec. 9 @ Oakland* 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Overall regular-season record: 121-62-1 (.660)/12th season Sunday, Dec. 16 NEW ENGLAND 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 121-62-1 (.660)/12th season Monday, Dec. 23 @ New Orleans 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 8-7 (.533)/eight years Sunday, Dec. 30 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera * - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling Overall regular-season record: 70-49-1 (.588)/eighth season POSTSEASON Regular-season record with Carolina: 70-49-1 (.588)/eighth season Playoff Record/Years: 3-4 (.429)/four years 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 Monday, Nov. 5, 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. 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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) MONDAY, NOV. 5 TUESDAY, NOV. 6 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7 THURSDAY, NOV. 8 FRIDAY, NOV. 9 SATURDAY, NOV. 10 SUNDAY, NOV. 11 • Coach Tomlin Press • Player availability open locker • No media availability 8:20 p.m. • TBD • No media availability • No media availability Conference: Noon Live on room 10:30 - 11 a.m. Home Game Steelers.com vs. Carolina Panthers • Practice 2:15 - 4:15 p.m. (Heinz Field) • Player availability open locker FOX for 45 minutes following Coach • Post-practice player (locally WPGH-TV, Tomlin's press conference availability 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Channel 53) • Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice (requests must be made by Noon) • Coordinators Available after practice www.steelers.com 2018 SCHEDULE NOTES STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE The Steelers have played two of their fi ve scheduled nationally Tyson Alualu ....................(AH-loo AH-loo) televised primetime games, including one of two at Heinz Field, Anthony Chickillo ............. (Chick-il-oh) during the 2018 season. Pittsburgh’s fi rst home nationally televised primetime game Matt Feiler ....................... (Fy-ler) occurred in Week Four, when it hosted the Baltimore Ravens on Ramon Foster .................. (Ruh-moan) Sunday Night Football (NBC). The team's next home primetime game comes in Week 10, this week, when it hosts the Carolina Javon Hargrave ...............(Jay-von) Panthers on Thursday Night Football (FOX/NFLN 8:20). Tyler Matakevich ............. (Matt-uh-kev-ich) The Steelers have appeared in one of their three other primetime road matchups in 2018, defeating the Tampa Bay Chukwuma Okorafor ....... Buccaneers on Monday Night Football in Week Three. Pittsburgh (Chuck-WOO-muh / oh-KOR-uh-for) heads to Jacksonville in Week 11 (Nov. 18) to face the Jaguars on Sunday Night Football (NBC, 8:20 p.m.) and caps off its regular Stevan Ridley ..................(Steven) season primetime schedule in Week 14 (Dec.) with a Sunday Ben Roethlisberger ......... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) Night Football game at the Oakland Raiders (NBC, 8:20 p.m.). The Steelers’ bye week will be on Oct. 21 (Week Seven). Stephon Tuitt ...................(Steff-on Too-it) STEELERS 2018 DRAFT CLASS S Terrell Edmunds (6-1, 217) Rd. 1 28th Overall STEELERS HALL OF HONOR Played collegiate football at Virginia Tech where he appeared in 37 games, making 31 starts…he totaled 182 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for The Steelers announced their 2018 Hall of Honor class on losses…Edmunds started all 10 games en