RECORD VS. SPREAD – Seahawks 11-6-1; Steelers 12-7.

SERIES RECORD – Seahawks lead 8-6.

LAST MEETING – Seahawks 23, Steelers 16, Nov. 2, 2003 at Seattle.

LAST WEEK – Seahawks beat Panthers, 34-14. Steelers beat Broncos, 34-17.

SEAHAWKS OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (13)

SEAHAWKS DEFENSE – OVERALL (16T), RUSH (5), PASS (25)

STEELERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (15T), RUSH (5), PASS (24)

STEELERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (3), PASS (16)

KEY MATCHUP – Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger vs. Seattle’s pass defense. Seattle won’t be able to concentrate on one receiver this time. Roethlisberger has more weapons than Carolina’s Jake Delhomme. He has found five different players in the end zone in the postseason. Roethlisberger has matured this season and, at 23, he’ll be the second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl – 213 days older than Miami’s Dan Marino was in 1985. Steelers are 26-4 in games he has started. Roethlisberger has a postseason passer rating of 124.8, completing 49 of 72 passes (68.1 percent) for 680 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception. The Steelers, one of the purest rushing teams in the NFL, increased their average in yards passing during the playoffs to 217.7 compared to 182.9 during the regular season. Expect the Steelers to continue to throw the ball to set up the run. It’s a formula that’s knocked off the top three seeds in the AFC playoffs. Seattle gave up 18 touchdowns and 222.4 yards per game in the air during the regular season.

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STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Seattle was the top seed in the NFC and is in its first Super Bowl. … Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren is the fifth coach in NFL history to lead two teams to the Super Bowl (Green Bay 1997-98). … NFL MVP RB Shaun Alexander set NFL single-

season record with 28 TDs and led league with 1,880 yards rushing, ninth-highest total in NFL history. The league MVP has played in that season’s Super Bowl 21 times in the 39-year history of the game. Ten of those 21 won the Super Bowl – and six also became Super Bowl MVPs. … Seattle finished second in the NFL with 369.7 yards per game on offense. … Joe Jurevicius had career-best 10 TD catches this year. Jurevicius averages 20.75 yards per catch (12-249) in eight career playoff games, with two TDs. … Jerramy Stevens set club record for TEs with 554 yards receiving (45 catches). … WR Darrell Jackson is the Seahawks’ all-time leader with 32 postseason catches (404 yards, 101 yards per game). … Rocky Bernard ranked second among NFL DTs with 81â2 sacks. … LB Leroy Hill ranked third among NFL rookies with 71â2 sacks. … Seattle ranked fifth (94.4 yards per game) against the run.

Pittsburgh’s Bill Cowher and Seattle’s Holmgren have the longest continuous coaching tenures in the league. Both started in 1992 – Cowher with the Steelers and Holmgren with Green Bay. … One Steeler, little-used CB Willie Williams, has had Super Bowl experience, with the Pittsburgh team that lost to Dallas in 1996. That’s fewest of any team in league. The Seahawks have five who went with other teams: C Robbie Tobeck, P Tom Rouen, WR Jurevicius, DE Grant Wistrom and DT Chuck Darby. Pittsburgh is the first sixth seed to reach the Super Bowl. … Steelers are the second team (New England 1985) to win three straight road games to make it to the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh is 9-2 on the road this year. Until this season, the Steelers had won only two road playoff games in 30 years, none under Cowher. … Steelers are averaging 29 points in their last eight games. … In nine road starts this season (including postseason), Roethlisberger has 14 TDs vs. four INTs, completing 129 of 194 passes (66.5 percent). … Steelers have a seven-game winning streak. … Joey Porter led NFL LBs with 101â2 sacks, tying career high. … WR Hines Ward had 11 TD catches, tied for second in AFC. … Pittsburgh is 27-18 in the postseason. … P Chris Gardocki, in his 15th year, has never had a punt blocked.