KANSAS CITY (8-6) at PITTSBURGH (9-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, NBC
OPENING LINE – Steelers by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Chiefs 10-4, Steelers 7-7
SERIES RECORD – Steelers lead 19-10
LAST MEETING – Steelers beat Chiefs 16-13, OT, Nov. 12, 2012.
LAST WEEK – Chiefs beat Raiders 31-13; Steelers beat Falcons 27-20
AP PRO32 RANKING – Chiefs No. 15, Steelers No. 12
CHIEFS OFFENSE – OVERALL (22), RUSH (7), PASS (30)
CHIEFS DEFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (28), PASS (2)
STEELERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (10), PASS (2)
STEELERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (11), PASS (25)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Chiefs ended three-game losing streak with victory over Raiders last week. … Steelers have won six of eight and can clinch first playoff berth since 2011 with victory. … Pittsburgh has won three of last four against Kansas City. … Chiefs last won in Pittsburgh on Dec. 21, 1986. … Kansas City RB Jamaal Charles is tied for league lead with 14 touchdowns. … Chiefs LB Justin Houston’s 17 sacks are tied with Elvis Dumervil for most in NFL. … Kansas City has allowed just two rushing touchdowns all season. No other team has allowed less than five. … Kansas City leads NFL in point differential in fourth quarter (plus-66). … Chiefs coach Andy Reid is 2-2 against Steelers. … Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley coached Chiefs from 2009-11, going 19-26 in two-plus seasons. … Steelers have NFL’s top-ranked offense. Franchise has finished first in total yardage just once in franchise history (1979), when it won championship. … Pittsburgh has won five straight games in December. … Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger needs two touchdown passes to become 17th player in league history to reach 250 career scoring tosses. … Steelers WR Antonio Brown needs 2 yards receiving to break club single-season mark he set last year (1,499). … Brown leads NFL in receptions (115), yards receiving (1,498) and games of 10-plus receptions (four). … Roethlisberger, Brown and RB Le’Veon Bell are second QB/WR/RB trio in NFL history with 4,400 yards passing, 1,400 yards receiving and 1,200 yards rushing. Peyton Manning, Rodney Harrison and Edgerrin James did it for Colts in 2000.
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