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 (7-4-1) at OAKLAND RAIDERS (2-10) Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 • 4:25 p.m. (ET) • Oakland Alameda Coliseum • Oakland, Calif. REGULAR SEASON GAME #13 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (7-4-1) 2018 SCHEDULE at PRESEASON (3-1) Oakland Raiders (2-10) Thursday, Aug. 9 @ Philadelphia W, 31-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 16 @ Green Bay L, 51-34 (KDKA) DATE: Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 | KICKOFF: 4:25 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 25 TENNESSEE W, 16-6 (KDKA/NFL Network) SITE: Oakland-Alamedia Coliseum (63,132) • Oakland, Calif. Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA W, 39-24 (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass TV COVERAGE: FOX (locally WPGH-TV, channel 53) REGULAR SEASON (7-4-1) ANNOUNCERS: Thom Brennaman (play-by-play) Sunday, Sept. 9 @ Cleveland T, 21-21 OT (CBS) Chris Spielman (analyst) | Shannon Spake (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) | Missi Matthews (sideline) Sunday, Oct. 21 BYE WEEK Sunday, Oct. 28 CLEVELAND W, 33-18 (CBS) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Nov. 4 @ Baltimore W, 23-16 (CBS) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Thursday, Nov. 8 CAROLINA W, 52-21 (FOX/NFL Overall regular-season record: 123-64-1 (.657)/12th season Network/Amazon Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 123-64-1 (.660)/12th season Sunday, Nov. 18 @ Jacksonville W, 20-16 (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 8-7 (.533)/eight years Sunday, Nov. 25 @ Denver L, 24-17 (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS L, 33-30 (NBC) Oakland Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden Sunday, Dec. 9 @ Oakland 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Overall regular-season record: 97-91 (.516)/12th season Sunday, Dec. 16 NEW ENGLAND 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Regular-season record with Oakland: 40-36 (.526)/fi fth season Monday, Dec. 23 @ New Orleans 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 5-4 (.556)/fi ve years Sunday, Dec. 30 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) www.steelers.com * - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling For all of the most up-to-date information on the POSTSEASON Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games the most extensive information on upcoming games Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. Sunday, Jan. 27 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl LIII (Atlanta, Ga.) NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS 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, Dec. 4, 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, DEC. 4 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5 THURSDAY, DEC. 6 FRIDAY, DEC. 7 SATURDAY, DEC. 8 SUNDAY, DEC. 9 MONDAY, DEC. 10 • Coach Tomlin Press • Player availability open locker • Player availability open locker • Practice 10:45 a.m. - • No media availability 4:25 p.m. • TBD Conference: Noon Live on room 9:30 - 10 a.m. room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Road Game Steelers.com at Oakland Raiders • Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. • Practice 1 - 3 p.m. • Player availability open (Oakland Alamedia Coliseum) locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. FOX • Post-practice player • Post-practice player (locally WPGH-TV, availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. availability 3 - 3:30 p.m. • Coach Tomlin available upon Channel 53) request after practice • Coach Tomlin available upon • Coach Tomlin available upon (requests must be made by request after practice request after practice (requests 10 a.m.) (requests must be made by must be made by Noon) Noon) • Coordinators Available after practice www.steelers.com 2018 SCHEDULE NOTES STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE The Steelers have played each 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, was moved to an 8:20 p.m. kick on Sunday Night Football (L, 33-30). Pitts- Stevan Ridley ..................(Steven) burgh travels to Oakland this week for a 4:25 p.m. ET tilt at the Ben Roethlisberger ......... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) 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.