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 | Be here this Sunday Sept. 18th!
The road to the Super Bowl goes through Pittsburgh...
Steelers vs the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game
from Heinz Field!
Game time is 6:30 PM!
Get here early. Make your reservations now!
We will be showing the NFC Championship Game
between the Eagles and Cardinals |
| STEELERS TEAM STATS |
| | | per game | NFL | AFC NORTH |
| | Total Offense | 311.9 yds | 22nd | 2nd |
| | Total Defense | 237.2 yds | 1st | 1st |
| | Points Scored | 21.7 pts | 20th | 2nd |
| | Points Allowed | 13.9 pt | s 1st | 1st |
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| RAVENS TEAM STATS |
| | | per game | NFL | AFC NORTH |
| | Total Offense | 324 yds | 18th | 1st |
| | Total Defense | 261.1 yds | 2nd | 2nd |
| | Points Scored | 24.1 pts | 11th | 1st |
| | Points Allowed | 15.3 pts | 3rd | 2nd |
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  AFC Championship Game preview:
Five pressing questions
Source: NFL.com - Here are five questions and answers for the AFC Championship Game:
1. Can the Ravens have success on the ground against the Steelers' defense?
2. Can the Steelers rattle young Joe Flacco?
3. Will the Steelers be able to have success on the ground?
4. Will Ben Roethlisberger be able to stand up to Baltimore's wide variety of blitzing?
5. Who will win the battle of young coaches?...
(includes video preview) |
NFL Game Center Matchup
Source: NFL.com - Steelers & Ravens Team News...Season Rewind Videos...Team & Historical Matchups...Head-To-Head...Steelers Ravens Depth Charts...Team Leaders...more |
Steelers notes for AFC Championship game
Ravens notes for AFC Championship game
Source: Steelers.com
Preparation begins for Ravens
Source: Steelers.com
Tomilin says previous matchups have no bearing on third
Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Roethlisberger Says He's Recovered From Concussion
Source: New York Times
Steelers' O-line looks toward Ravens
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune
Tomlin: No time for 'hocus-pocus' theory
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune
Bring on the Steelers
Source: Baltimore Sun
Oddsmakers like Eagles, Steelers
Source: SI.com
Pittsburgh Team Notes:
• Pittsburgh advanced to its 14th AFC Championship Game in
team history with the victory over the San Diego Chargers.
• Pittsburgh won its first game in the postseason against the
Chargers (1-2 all-time).
• The victory was the first for the Steelers in the postseason since
their 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL
(Feb. 5, 2006).
• The Steelers improved to 29-20 all-time in the postseason.
• Pittsburgh improved to 14-7 all-time in the divisional playoff
round, including an 11-1 record at home.
• The 35 points are the most for Pittsburgh in a postseason game
since they scored 36 in a 36-33 victory over the Cleveland Browns
in the 2002 AFC Wild Card Game.
• WR Santonio Holmes 67 yard punt return for a touchdown was his first career postseason punt return
for a score. It marked the Steelers’ first punt return for a touchdown
since WR Antwaan Randle El returned one 66 yards against
Cleveland in the 2002 AFC Wild Card Game at Heinz Field in 2003.
The 67 punt return is the longest in team history in the postseason.
• The Steelers are 2-0 in AFC Championship Games at home
when playing a team for the third time in the same season.
Pittsburgh is 4-0 at home all-time when facing a team for the third
time.
• The Steelers are 2-0 in the playoffs when playing a team who they
swept in the regular season (Cleveland Browns — 1994, 2002).
• The Steelers won the AFC Central title a team-record six
consecutive seasons from 1974-79. They also won four
consecutive division titles from 1994-97.
• The Steelers have been shut out only once in the postseason,
during the 1947 Eastern Division Playoff game, Dec. 21, 1947,
versus the Philadelphia Eagles 21-0.
• The Steelers record for fewest points allowed in a playoff game is
five, during a 34-5 AFC Championship Game win versus the
Houston Oilers at Three Rivers Stadium, Jan. 7, 1979. The Steelers
allowed a team-high 45 points during a 45-28 AFC Championship
Game road loss to the Miami Dolphins Jan. 6, 1985.
• Pittsburgh has played 49 career playoff games, which is second
all-time behind Dallas (56). The Steelers have won 29 career playoff
games, which is also second behind the Cowboys’ 32.
• The Steelers rank among the most successful teams in the NFL
in the postseason. Pittsburgh is first with 19 division titles since 1970, is tied for third in consecutive playoff victories, and is second
in total playoff berths since 1970.
• Pittsburgh’s 35 points in the AFC
Divisional Playoff Game are the most for the Steelers in the
postseason since a 36-33 victory over Cleveland in the 2002 AFC
Wild Card Game.
The Steelers scored a franchise-best 42 points at home in a
42-14 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in the 1996 AFC Wild
Card Game.
• In the AFC Divisional Playoff win over the San
Diego Chargers, the Steelers posted four sacks. LB LaMarr
Woodley led the charge with two sacks while DE Brett Keisel and
LB James Harrison each tallied one.
• Pittsburgh did not give up any turnovers in
the AFC Divisional Playoff Game against San Diego while posting
two takeaways (one interception, one fumble recovery) for a plustwo
(+2) turnover ratio.
The last time the Steelers did not commit a turnover in the
postseason was in the 2005 AFC Championship Game at Denver.
• Pittsburgh rushed for 165 yards in the AFC
Divisional Playoff win against San Diego, its highest rushing total
in the postseason since it posted 181 rushing yards in Super
Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks.
• Pittsburgh held the ball for 14:43 in
the third quarter of the AFC Divisional Playoff Game against San
Diego as the Chargers were able to run just one offense play. The one offensive play for San Diego is the fewest in a quarter
in the playoffs in the NFL in the Super Bowl era (since 1966). |
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