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Pittsburgh failed to advance past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2007, after winning the AFC Championship Game the year prior. This was the seventh postseason meeting between the Steelers and Broncos. Both teams split the first six meetings. Pittsburgh won the most recent meeting 34–17 in the 2005 AFC Championship Game.
As of 2025, this is the Jets' most recent playoff game, and the latest AFC Championship Game to not feature either the New England Patriots or the Kansas City Chiefs. [11] This was the second postseason meeting between the Jets and Steelers, with Pittsburgh winning the only prior meeting 20–17 in overtime in the 2004 AFC Divisional playoffs.
The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semifinal playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the world. The game is played on the last Sunday in January by the two remaining playoff teams, following the ...
The 2010–11 NFL playoff tournament began January 8–9, 2011 with wild card weekend. Following that, the divisional playoffs set the matchups for the NFC Championship Game, to be played at 3:00 pm EST on January 23, and the AFC Championship Game, to be played at 6:30 pm EST.
The Chiefs will host the Bills in this year's AFC championship game. It's the fourth time in five years that they'll meet in the postseason. Kansas City has won each of the last three meetings.
The 2011 NFL season was the 92nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 46th of the Super Bowl era. It began on Thursday, September 8, 2011, with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field and ended with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on February 5, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium ...
However, Pouncey was injured in the AFC championship game and would be inactive for Super Bowl XLV. [20] The Steelers had one of the league's top defenses, leading the NFL in sacks (48), and fewest points (14.5) and rushing yards (62.8) allowed per game, while ranking second in fewest total yards (276.8). [21]
Bill Belichick has been the head coach for nine AFC championship teams. [6] Don Shula and Andy Reid have each been the head coach of five AFC championship teams. [7] [8] Chuck Noll and Marv Levy each coached four AFC champions. [4] [9] Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for nine AFC championship teams, more than any other quarterback. [6]