Bears At Steelers Week Three Capsule

CHICAGO BEARS (2-0) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (0-2)

SERIES

	BEARS	STEELERS
SERIES LEADER	17-7-1
STREAKS		3 of past 4
COACHES VS. OPP.	Trestman: 0-0	Tomlin: 0-1
LAST WEEK	W 31-30 vs. Vikings	L 20-10 at Bengals
LAST GAME	9/20/09: Steelers 14 at Bears 17. Chicago QB Jay Cutler completes 27 of 38 passes for 236 yards & 2 TDs. Bears K Robbie Gould hits 44-yard game winning FG with 0:15 remaining.
LAST GAME AT SITE	12/11/05: Steelers 21, Bears 9. Pittsburgh RB Jerome Bettis rushes for 101 yards & 2 TDs. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger passes for 173 yards & TD.
BROADCAST	NBC (8:30 PM ET): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michelle Tafoya (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Kevin Kugler, James Lofton, Hub Arkush (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 94 (WW1), 92 (Chi.), 93 (Pit.). XM: 227 (WW1), 225 (Chi.), 226 (Pit.).

STATS

PASSING	Cutler: 49-72-532-5 (T2C)-3-95.4	Roethlisberger: 41-70-442-2-2-74.8
RUSHING	Forté: 38-140-3.7-1	F. Jones: 10-37-3.7-0
RECEIVING	Marshall: 15-217-14.5-2	Sanders: 12-135-11.3-0
OFFENSE	367.0	236.0
TAKE/GIVE	+1	-4
DEFENSE	345.0	318.0
SACKS	Wootton: 1	Woodley: 1
INTs	Tillman: 2 (T1L)	—
PUNTING	Podlesh: 42.9	Mesko: 45.4
KICKING	Gould: 13 (7/7 PAT; 2/2 FG)	Suisham: 5 (2/2 PAT; 1/1 FG)

NOTES

BEARS: QB JAY CUTLER is 2-0 vs. Pit., completing 49 of 67 (73.1 pct.) for 484 yards with 5 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 105.6 rating. Aims for 3rd meeting in row with 100+ rating. In career (incl. playoffs), Cutler’s teams are 26-1 (.963) when he has 100+ rating. Has won 6 of past 7 vs. AFC…RB MATT FORTÉ has 522 scrimmage yards (104.4 per game) & 3 TDs in past 5 vs. AFC. Since entering NFL in 2008, is 1 of 2 players (RAY RICE) with 5,000+ rush (5,467) & 2,000+ rec. (2,437) yards…Since joining Bears in 2012, WR BRANDON MARSHALL has 46 catches for 596 yards (119.2 per game) & 6 TDs in 5 games vs. AFC. In those 5, has 8+ catches & 100+ yards in all 5. TE MARTELLUS BENNETT had 2 TDs last week & has 3 TDs in 1st 2 games with Chi. KR DEVIN HESTER had team-record 249 KR yards last week…In 2 games vs. Pit., CB CHARLES TILLMAN has 3 FFs & INT. Since entering NFL in 2003, Tillman has 38 FFs, most by DB. Is only player with 30+ INTs (35) & 30+ FFs in that span. Since entering NFL in 2002, Pro Bowl DE JULIUS PEPPERS has 111.5 sacks, 3rd most in NFL. CB TIM JENNINGS had 44-yard INT-TD last week…STEELERS: Are 5-1 at home vs. Chi. dating back to ’67…MIKE TOMLIN is 17-7 (.708) vs. NFC…QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER is 15-1 at home vs. NFC w/ 22 TD passes vs. 8 INTs & 95.7 rating…RB JONATHAN DWYER averages 5 yards per carry vs. NFC…WR ANTONIO BROWN had 8 rec. for 76 yards w/ TD in last game vs. NFC. WR EMMANUEL SANDERS had team-high 78 rec. yards last week. WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (398) needs 2 rec. to reach 400 career. WR DEREK MOYE posted 1st career TD vs. Cin…LB LA MARR WOODLEY (53) needs 1 sack to surpass GREG LLOYD (53.5) for 5th-most by Steeler since ’82. LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS aims for 3rd game in row w/ sack vs. NFC…S RYAN CLARK leads team with 20 tackles in ’13.