BALTIMORE (13-4) At PITTSBURGH (12-4)
Saturday, 4:30 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE – Pittsburgh by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Baltimore 9-8, Pittsburgh 9-6-1
SERIES RECORD – Steelers lead 20-12
LAST MEETING – Steelers beat Ravens 13-10, Dec. 5, 2010
LAST WEEK – Ravens beat Chiefs 30-7, Steelers bye
RAVENS OFFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (14), PASS (20)
RAVENS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (5), PASS (21)
STEELERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (14), RUSH (11), PASS (14)
STEELERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (12)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Based on winning percentage, Ravens (9-5, .643) and Steelers (31-10, .620) own NFL’s top two playoff records. Baltimore is 7-3 in road playoff games. Steelers are 18-8 at home, 5-3 since 2001. Pittsburgh is 7-1 in playoffs since 2005, with only loss to Jacksonville in wild-card round in 2007. … Steelers, Ravens tied for AFC North title, but Pittsburgh won tiebreaker with better division record. … All but one of last seven Ravens-Steelers games were decided by 4 points or fewer. … Pittsburgh is 2-0 against Ravens in postseason, winning during 2001, 2008 seasons. Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 23-14 in AFC championship game two seasons ago before defeating Arizona 27-23 in Super Bowl. … Neither Ravens nor Steelers have allowed 100-yard rusher in last 14 playoff games. Washington (17 games) has longest current streak. Steelers allowed average of 62.8 yards rushing per game this season, third-lowest since 1970 NFL merger. … Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is 8-2 in postseason. Ravens’ Joe Flacco is first QB to start and win playoff game in each of first three seasons. … Ravens coach John Harbaugh is 2-5 against Pittsburgh, but he and Barry Switzer are only two NFL head coaches to win playoff games in each of first three seasons. … Ravens RB Ray Rice averaged 128.3 yards rushing and receiving in his last three playoff games. Rice is only RB in last 50 games to run for at least 100 yards against Pittsburgh. He gained 141 yards in 23-20 Ravens loss at Heinz Field on Dec. 27, 2009. … Ravens RB Willis McGahee has four rushing TDs in his last four playoff games. … Baltimore has 29 interceptions in 14 postseason games, including three vs. Kansas City. … By winning, Steelers would close within one victory of Cowboys (33 wins) for most in postseason. Dallas has appeared in 57 playoff games, Pittsburgh in 51. Pittsburgh would advance to 15th conference title game, surpassing Dallas (14) for most since 1970. … Steelers are 8-0 in playoffs against division opponents since 1970 mer ger. Their only comparable loss was in 1947, when they were beaten by Philadelphia in one-game Eastern Conference playoff for right to advance to NFL title game. … Steelers WR Hines Ward needs one catch to move past Thurman Thomas (76 catches) for fifth most playoff receptions. … Steelers LB LaMarr Woodley has eight sacks in four playoff games.
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