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 (7-5-1) vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-4) Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 • 4:25 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. REGULAR SEASON GAME #14 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5-1) 2018 SCHEDULE vs. PRESEASON (3-1) New England Patriots (9-4) Thursday, Aug. 9 @ Philadelphia W, 31-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 16 @ Green Bay L, 51-34 (KDKA) DATE: Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 | KICKOFF: 4:25 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: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) REGULAR SEASON (7-5-1) 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) | Missi Matthews (sideline) Sunday, Oct. 21 BYE WEEK NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN RADIO Sunday, Oct. 28 CLEVELAND W, 33-18 (CBS) ANNOUNCERS: Marc Kestecher (play-by-play) Sunday, Nov. 4 @ Baltimore W, 23-16 (CBS) Bill Polian (analyst) | Sal Paolantonio (sideline) Thursday, Nov. 8 CAROLINA W, 52-21 (FOX/NFL Network/Amazon NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USA Sunday, Nov. 18 @ Jacksonville W, 20-16 (CBS) ANNOUNCERS: Josh Appel (play-by-play) | Hank Bauer (analyst) Sunday, Nov. 25 @ Denver L, 24-17 (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS L, 33-30 (NBC) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Dec. 9 @ Oakland L, 24-21 (FOX) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Sunday, Dec. 16 NEW ENGLAND 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Overall regular-season record: 123-65-1 (.653)/12th season Monday, Dec. 23 @ New Orleans 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 123-65-1 (.653)/12th season Sunday, Dec. 30 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 8-7 (.533)/eight years * - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick POSTSEASON Overall regular-season record: 259-122 (.680)/24th season Regular-season record with New England: 223-78 (.741)/19th season Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend Playoff Record/Years: 28-11 (.718)/16 years Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships www.steelers.com Sunday, Jan. 27 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) For all of the most up-to-date information on the Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl LIII (Atlanta, Ga.) 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 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. 11, 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) TUESDAY, DEC. 11 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12 THURSDAY, DEC. 13 FRIDAY, DEC. 14 SATURDAY, DEC. 15 SUNDAY, DEC. 16 MONDAY, DEC. 17 • 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. Home Game Steelers.com vs. New England Patriots • Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. • Practice 1 - 3 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 (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- Olasunkanmi Adeniyi ....... (Ola-Sun-Kanmi ally televised primetime games, winning a Week Three Monday ........................................ Ah-DAY-nee) Night Football game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (30-27) and defeating the Carolina Panthers 52-21 on Thursday Night Tyson Alualu ....................(AH-loo AH-loo) Football at Heinz Field in Week 10. The team's Week 11 game Anthony Chickillo ............. (Chick-il-oh) at Jacksonville, originally slotted for Sunday Night Football, was fl exed into a 1 p.m. kickoff on Nov. 18. Matt Feiler ....................... (Fy-ler) Pittsburgh’s fi rst home nationally televised primetime game Ramon Foster .................. (Ruh-moan) occurred in Week Four, when it hosted the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football (NBC). Javon Hargrave ...............(Jay-von) The Steelers' Week 13 game at Heinz Field against the Los Tyler Matakevich ............. (Matt-uh-kev-ich) 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- Chukwuma Okorafor ....... burgh travels to Oakland this week for a 4:25 p.m. ET tilt at the (Chuck-WOO-muh / oh-KOR-uh-for) Raiders, originally scheduled for 8:20 p.m. The Steelers’ bye week took place on Oct. 21 (Week Seven). Stevan Ridley ..................(Steven) Ben Roethlisberger ......... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) STEELERS 2018 DRAFT CLASS Stephon Tuitt ...................(Steff-on Too-it) S Terrell Edmunds (6-1, 217) STEELERS HALL OF HONOR Rd. 1 28th Overall Played collegiate football at Virginia Tech where he appeared in 37 The Steelers announced their 2018 Hall of Honor class on games, making 31 starts…he totaled 182 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for Saturday, July 28, at the Fred Rogers Center on the campus of losses…Edmunds started all 10 games en route to recording 59 tackles during the 2017 season.