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 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-2) vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-1) Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 • 4:25 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. REGULAR SEASON GAME #7 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) 2016 SCHEDULE vs. PRESEASON (1-3) New England Patriots (5-1) Friday, Aug. 12 DETROIT L, 30-17 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 18 PHILADELPHIA L, 17-0 (KDKA) DATE: Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ET Friday, Aug. 26 @ New Orleans W, 27-14 (KDKA) SITE: Heinz Field (68,400) • Pittsburgh, Pa. Thursday, Sept. 1 @ Carolina L, 18-6 (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: Grass TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) REGULAR SEASON (4-2) ANNOUNCERS: Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Monday, Sept. 12 @ Washington W, 38-16 (ESPN) Phil Simms (color analyst) | Tracy Wolfson (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 4:25 p.m. (CBS) NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USA Sunday, Oct. 30 BYE WEEK ANNOUNCERS: Larry Kahn (play-by-play) Sunday, Nov. 6 @ Baltimore* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Nov. 13 DALLAS 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Mark Carrier (analyst) | Troy West (sideline) Sunday, Nov. 20 @ Cleveland* 1 p.m. (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 24 @ Indianapolis 8:30 p.m. (NBC) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Dec. 4 NEW YORK GIANTS 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Sunday, Dec. 11 @ Buffalo* 1 p.m. (CBS) Overall regular-season record: 96-54 (.640)/10th season Sunday, Dec. 18 @ Cincinnati* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 96-54 (.640)/10th season Sunday, Dec. 25 BALTIMORE 4:30 p.m. (NFL Network) Playoff Record/Years: 6-5/six years Sunday, Jan. 1 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS) New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Overall regular-season record: 228-114 (.667)/22nd season POSTSEASON Regular-season record with New England: 192-70 (.733)/17th season Sat.-Sun., Jan. 7-8 Wild Card Weekend Playoff Record/Years: 23-10 (.697)/14 years Sat.-Sun., Jan. 14-15 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 22 Conference Championships www.steelers.com Sunday, Jan. 29 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) For all of the most up-to-date information on the Sunday, Feb. 5 Super Bowl LI (Houston, Texas) Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS 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 offensive tackle. Joining the team for his 14th Annarella email: [email protected]fl .com x6019 season is former Steeler offensive 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, Oct. 18, 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 offers 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, OCT. 18 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 THURSDAY, OCT. 20 FRIDAY, OCT. 21 SATURDAY, OCT. 22 SUNDAY, OCT. 23 MONDAY, OCT. 24 • 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 4:25 p.m. (ET) • TBD Conference: Noon Live on p.m. Home Game ROOT Sports • Player availability open locker • Player availability open locker vs. New England Patriots room 9:30 - 10 a.m. room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. • Player availability open (Heinz Field) locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. CBS • Post-practice player • Post-practice player (locally KDKA-TV, availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. availability 3 - 3:30 p.m. • Coach Tomlin available upon Channel 2) request after practice • Coach Tomlin available upon • Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice request after practice • Coordinators available after practice www.steelers.com 2016 SCHEDULE NOTES 2016 DRAFT CLASS The Steelers have won each of their fi rst two primetime CB Artie Burns (1st round, 25th overall): Started 23-of-36 games in 2016, a Kickoff Weekend Monday Night Football games played at Miami and fi nished his Hurricane career with 93 victory at the Washington Redskins (38-16) and a Week Four tackles, 14 pass breakups, seven interceptions, one forced fumble Sunday Night Football win vs. Kansas City at Heinz Field (43-14). and a fumble recovery....led the Atlantic Coast Conference with six The Steelers will appear in their eighth Thanksgiving Day interceptions in 2015, the most by a Hurricane since 2003 (Sean game in team history in Week 12 (Nov. 24) at the Indianapolis Taylor, 10), en route to earning All-ACC second-team honors. Colts (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). Pittsburgh’s fourth nationally televised primetime contest occurs at the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15 S Sean Davis (2nd round, 58th overall): Started 40-of-50 on Sunday Night Football, Dec. 18 (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). games played at Maryland and fi nished his Terrapin career with Pittsburgh will host the Baltimore Ravens in Week 16 (NFL 318 tackles...led the Maryland defense with 70 solo tackles in Network, 4:30 p.m.) on Dec. 25 to mark the fi rst Christmas Day 2015 (second with 88 combined stops), to go along with fi ve game in franchise history. forced fumbles (second in the nation) and three interceptions. COLOR RUSH ON CHRISTMAS DAY DT Javon Hargrave (3rd round, 89th overall): A a two-time SBN Sports Mel Blount Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Pittsburgh will debut its ‘color rush’ uniforms on Christmas Player of the Year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference at South Day when the team hosts the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field.