Steelers-Bengals: What To Look For

Pittsburgh Team Notes • The Steelers look to improve to 46-30 all-time (including the postseason) against the Bengals. • The Steelers look to improve to 5-0 against AFC North division opponents this year. • The Steelers are looking to improve to 25-13 all-time at home against the Bengals. • The Steelers look to improve to 7-0 at Heinz Field this season. • The Steelers look to improve to 7-2 against AFC opponents this year.

Pittsburgh Individual Notes

Head Coach Mike Tomlin • Needs one more victory to become just the second Steelers rookie head coach (Bill Cowher) to post a winning record in his first season at the helm. Tomlin is 8-3 in his first season with the Steelers.

WR Hines Ward • Needs one 100-yard receiving game to move into sole possession of second place on the team’s all-time receiving list. He currently has 16, which is tied with Louis Lipps (1984-91). • Needs two touchdown receptions to break the all-time record held by John Stallworth (63). Ward currently has 62 receiving touchdowns. • Needs 202 receiving yards to become the Steelers’ all-time receiving yardage leader. He currently has 8,522 and trails only John Stallworth (8,723).

RB Willie Parker • Needs 56 rushing yards to move into sixth place on the team’s all-time rushing list ahead of Barry Foster (3,943). Parker currently has 3,888 career rushing yards. • Needs 489 yards to surpass his previous career high for rushing yards in a season. He currently has 1,006 yards rushing this year and had 1,494 in 2006. • Needs two 100-yard rushing games to move into third place on the team’s all-time list ahead of Barry Foster (20). Parker currently has 19 career 100-yard rushing games. • Needs three rushing touchdowns to move into the team’s all-time Top 10 for rushing touchdowns. He currently has 18 rushing touchdowns.

QB Ben Roethlisberger • Needs one touchdown pass on the season to move into a tie for third place on the team’s single-season passing touchdowns list with Terry Bradshaw (1980). He currently has a career-high 23 touchdown passes on the season and is just five touchdowns shy of the team record of 28 in a single season (Bradshaw - 1978). • Needs 55 passing attempts to move into sixth place on the team’s all-time list ahead of Mark Malone (1,374). Roethlisberger currently has 1,320 career passing attempts. • Needs one 300-yard passing game to move into a tie for second place on the team’s all-time list with Neil O’Donnell. Roethlisberger currently has four and is tied with Terry Bradshaw.

TE Heath Miller • Needs one touchdown catch to surpass his previous career best of six touchdowns in a single season. Following his two-yard touchdown reception in Week 10 against Cleveland, Miller has tied his career high with his sixth touchdown catch of the year.

K Jeff Reed • Needs 13 points to reach 600 career points.