PITTSBURGH (12-4) At DENVER (8-8)Sunday, 6:30 p.m., CBS•

OPENING LINE — Steelers by 8•

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Pittsburgh 7-9; Denver 7-9•

SERIES RECORD — Broncos lead 16-10-1•

LAST MEETING — Steelers beat Broncos 28-10, Nov. 9, 2009•

LAST WEEK — Steelers beat Browns 13-9; Broncos lost to Chiefs 7-3•

STEELERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (14), PASS (10)•

STEELERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (1), RUSH (8), PASS (1)•

BRONCOS OFFENSE — OVERALL (23), RUSH (1), PASS (31)•

BRONCOS DEFENSE — OVERALL (20), RUSH (22), PASS (18)•

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Teams split six playoff games, last one coming in AFC championship Jan. 22, 2006, when Steelers prevailed 34-17. ... Nobody playing in this game had more than two interceptions all season. ... Steelers can break tie with Cowboys for most playoff wins with their 34th Sunday. ... QB Ben Roethlisberger 10-3 lifetime in playoffs. In only playoff appearance against Broncos, he completed 21 of 29 passes for 275 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 124.9 passer rating. ... Steelers without top tailback Rashard Mendenhall but backup Isaac Redman had career-best 92 yards last week against Browns. ... WR Mike Wallace (1,193) topped 1,000 yards receiving for second straight season, and WR Hines Ward became eighth NFL player to catch 1,000 passes. He also has 88 catches in playoffs for 1,181 yards and 10 TDs. ... WR Antonio Brown is first player in league history to top 1,000 yards in both receiving (1,108) and returning (1,062) in same season. ... Steelers defense allowed NFL lows in points per game (14.2), yards per game (271.8) and yards passing per game (171.9). ... Broncos coach John Fox 0-3 against Pittsburgh, where he first broke into NFL as secondary coach in 1989. ... LB Von Miller leads Broncos with 11½ sacks but has just one in last month while playing with cumbersome cast on right hand.