Broncos at Steelers NFL Week 15 Capsule

DENVER BRONCOS (10-3) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-5)

SERIES

	BRONCOS	STEELERS
SERIES LEADER	14-7-1
STREAKS	4 of past 5
COACHES VS. OPP.	Kubiak: 1-1	Tomlin: 1-3
LAST WEEK	L 15-12 vs. Raiders	W 33-20 at Bengals
LAST GAME	9/9/12: Steelers 19 at Broncos 31. Denver CB Tracy Porter records 43-yard INT-TD. Broncos QB Peyton Manning throws for 253 yards & 2 TDs (129.2 passer rating).
LAST GAME AT SITE	11/5/06: Broncos 31, Steelers 20. Denver QB Jake Plummer throws for 227 yards & 3 TDs. Broncos WR Javon Walker has 6 receptions for 134 yards & 2 TDs.
REFEREE	Carl Cheffers
BROADCAST	CBS (4:25 PM ET): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Tracy Wolfson (field reporter). SIRIUS: 108 (Den), 82 (Pit). XM: 229 (Den), 84 (Pit).

STATS

PASSING	Manning: 193-322-2180-9-17-67.6 OR Osweiler: 108-170-1140-5-3-85.4	Roethlisberger: 231-344-2989-15-10-96.7
RUSHING	Hillman: 169-663-3.9-6	D. Williams: 164-773-4.7-8 (T1C)
RECEIVING	Thomas: 88 (T2C)-1067-12.1-3	Brown: 100 (1C)-1397 (1C)-14.0-7
OFFENSE	339.2	404.8 (1C)
TAKE/GIVE	0	+4
DEFENSE	272.5 (1L)	367.3
SACKS	Miller: 10	Heyward: 6
INTs	Talib: 3	Mitchell: 3
PUNTING	Colquitt: 43.6	Berry: 42.4
KICKING	McManus: 105 (27/27 PAT; 26/30 FG)	Boswell: 90 (18/19 PAT; 24/26 FG)

NOTES

BRONCOS: GARY KUBIAK needs 1 win to join RED MILLER (12 in 1977) as only HCs with 11+ wins in 1st season with Den…QB PEYTON MANNING is 3-1 vs. Pit & has passed for 1,042 yards with 8 TDs vs. 4 INTs for 92.7 rating. QB BROCK OSWEILER is 3-1 as starter & has passed for 994 yards with 4 TDs vs. 2 INTs…RB RONNIE HILLMAN has rushed for 100+ yards in 2 of past 4 on road. In past 2, RB C.J. ANDERSON has 207 scrimmage yards & 2 rush TDs… Last week, WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS led team with 95 rec. yards & has 1,067 in 2015, joining ROD SMITH (6) as only Broncos with 4+ consec. 1,000-yard seasons. Since 2010, has 44 TD rec., 2nd-most among AFC WRs. Needs 2 TD rec. to tie ED MC CAFFREY (46) for 3rd in club history. WR EMMANUEL SANDERS spent 4 seasons with Pit (2010-13) & had 161 rec. for 2,030 yards with 11 TDs…LB VON MILLER leads team with 10 sacks, incl. 1 last week, & joined SIMON FLETCHER (5) as only Broncos with 4+ 10-sack seasons. Aims for 6th in row with sack…STEELERS: In past 3 at home, QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER has passed for 1,077 yards with 9 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 109.7 rating. Aims for 6th in row with 280+ yards…In past 5, RB DE ANGELO WILLIAMS is averaging 133.4 scrimmage yards per game with 5 rush TDs. Only AFC player with 750+ rush yards (773), 250+ rec. yards (271) & 8+ rush TDs (8) in 2015…In past 5, WR ANTONIO BROWN has 48 catches for 679 yards & 5 total TDs (4 rec., 1 PR). 1 of 6 players in NFL history with 3+ consecutive 100-catch seasons. Only player with multiple seasons with 100+ rec. & PR-TD (3). WR MARTAVIS BRYANT has 15 TDs in 18 career games. In past 3, WR MARKUS WHEATON has 16 rec. for 316 yards & 2 TDs…Since 2007, LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS is only NFL player with 30+ sacks (30.5) & 10+ INTs (10). LB BUD DUPREE leads AFC rookies with 4 sacks.