AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK JETS (11-7) at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (15-2)

DATE:  Sunday, January 24, 2010 SITE: Lucas Oil Stadium

KICKOFF: 3:00p.m. (EST)

With a chance to earn a second Super Bowl trip in four years, and

meeting an opponent for the second time in the last four weeks, the

Indianapolis Colts, 15-2, host the New York Jets, 11-7, on Sunday,

January 24 in the AFC Championship Game. Kickoff for the contest in

Lucas Oil Stadium, telecast by CBS Sports, is 3:00 p.m. (EST).

Westwood One provides national radio coverage.

Indianapolis hopes to advance to Super Bowl XLIV in Miami

Gardens, Fla., on February 7. It would be a return trip to the venue where

the club earned the Super Bowl XLI title on February 4, 2007, 29-17 over

Chicago. Indianapolis reached the title tilt with a 20-3 home victory last

Saturday against Baltimore. New York earned a 17-14 road win last

Sunday at San Diego. The Jets posted a 24-14 victory at Cincinnati in the

Wild Card Playoffs. These clubs met on December 27 in Lucas Oil

Stadium, with the Jets taking a 29-15 victory. The Jets also own both prior

playoff battles with the Colts. Indianapolis leads the league series, 40-26.

In 2009, the Colts set an NFL record with 23 consecutive regular-season

victories (21, New England, 2006-08). The streak was the sixth 10+-

game regular-season winning streak in franchise history (23, 2008-09; 13,

2005; 11, 1964; 11, 1975-76; 11, 1999; 10, 2005-06), the fourth since

1999. In earning the AFC's top playoff seed for the second time since

2005, the club produced a 14-0 start to the season, marking the 3rd in

league history (16-0, New England, 2007; 14-0, Miami, 1972). The 13-

0 start was the second for the club in the past five seasons (13-0, 2005).

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