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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