New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts

Game will mark the first conference championship in NFL history to feature 2 rookie head coaches: Jets' REX RYAN & Colts' JIM CALDWELL... NYJ lead postseason series, 2-0. Jets beat Indy 41-0 in 2002 WC game & 16-7 in SB III following '68 season... Game features NFL's No. 1 rushing offense (Jets, 172.2 yards per game) & No. 2 passing offense (Colts, 282.2 yards per game)... Since 1970, home teams are 52-26 (.667) in conference championship games.

Jets Club aims for 1st Super Bowl appearance since 1968 season (SB III). Jets aim for 6th consecutive road win... QB Mark Sanchez (Round 1, USC) joins SHAUN KING ('99), BEN ROETHLISBERGER ('04) & JOE FLACCO ('08) as 4th rookie QB to lead team to Championship Game. Sanchez & Flacco are only 2 rookie QBs to win 2 playoff games. Sanchez aims to become 1st rookie starting QB in NFL annals to lead his team to Super Bowl & youngest starting QB in SB history (23 years, 88 days old on 2/7/10)... In 6 career playoff games (incl. SB XLI w/Bears), RB Thomas Jones averages 76 rush yards per game (456 total). Jones has 5 rush TDs in past 5 playoff games. Rushed for 105 yards & 1 TD in regular-season win vs. Ind. RB Shonn Greene (Round 3, Iowa) has posted back-to-back 100-yard games in playoffs (135 vs. CIN, 128 vs. SD), becoming 3rd rookie in NFL history to gain 100+ rushing yards in 1st 2 playoff games. Greene (263) needs 91 yards to set franchise record for rushing yards in 1 postseason (FREEMAN MC NEIL, 353 yards in 1982 postseason). Needs 1 rush TD to tie CURTIS MARTIN (3) for club record for most rush TDs in 1 postseason... WR Jerricho Cotchery averages 14.8 yards per catch in playoffs (13 rec., 192 yards). 9 of Cotchery's 13 postseason catches have been for 1st downs (69.2 percent). Since joining NYJ (incl. postseason), WR Braylon Edwards averages 15.3 yards per catch in 14 games (39 rec., 597 yards, 4 TDs)... TE Dustin Keller has 6 catches for 118 yards (19.7 avg.) with 2 TDs in '09 playoffs... CB Darrelle Revis aims for 3rd consecutive game with INT. Revis has 2 playoff INTs in '09 & needs 1 INT to set team record for INTs in 1 postseason & tie GREG BUTTLE for club career postseason INT record. S Kerry Rhodes & DE MIKE DE VITO each recorded 1st career playoff sack last week... Club had 4 players selected to Pro Bowl (G ALAN FANECA, T D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON, C NICK MANGOLD & Revis).

Colts Club will host 1st AFC Championship Game in Lucas Oil Stadium... Since '00, club has 5-2 postseason record at home... Last week vs. Bal., JIM CALDWELL became 1 of 11 rookie head coaches since '90 to win 1st career playoff game... QB Peyton Manning ranks 5th all-time w/4,454 postseason passing yards & needs 57 yards to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famers DAN MARINO (4,510) for 4th place. Manning (6) needs 1 300-yard passing game in playoffs to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer JOE MONTANA & KURT WARNER for most in NFL history. Ranks 5th in NFL history w/378 completions in postseason & needs 18 to surpass Marino (385) & TOM BRADY (395) for 3rd most all-time. In 8 career postseason home games, Manning has completed 210 of 316 passes (66.5 pct.) for 2,617 yards w/17 TDs vs. 8 INTs & 99.4 passer rating... RB Joseph Addai (10) reached double-digit rush TDs for 2nd time in career in '09 (12 in '07). Aims for 3rd game in row with rush TD vs. Jets... WR Reggie Wayne (1,026) became 11th player in NFL history with 1,000 postseason receiving yards last week. Needs 142 yards to move into 3rd place on all-time postseason list. Needs 1 TD rec. to tie for 3rd on all-time postseason list. Wayne reached 100 rec. for 2nd time in career in '09 & totaled 1,000 rec. yards for 6th time in career. Wayne aims for 5th consecutive postseason game w/TD rec., which would tie for 3rd longest streak of consecutive postseason games with TD catch. WR Austin Collie (Round 4, BYU) led NFL rookies w/7 TD rec. & tied for NFL-best among rookies with 60 rec. in '09... TE Dallas Clark (726) needs 109 postseason receiving yards to surpass BRENT JONES (740), SHANNON SHARPE (814) & KEITH JACKSON (834) for most among TEs in NFL history... Incl. postseason, DE Dwight Freeney has 4 sacks in 4 career games vs. NYJ. Freeney (8) needs 2 sacks to become 8th player with 10 career postseason sacks since stat became official in '82... S Antoine Bethea has 4 postseason INTs... Club had 6 players selected to Pro Bowl (Clark, Freeney, Manning, DE Robert Mathis, C Jeff Saturday, Wayne).