NEW YORK JETS (10-4) At CHICAGO (10-4)

Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS

OPENING LINE – Chicago by 1 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD – New York 8-6-0; Chicago 7-6-1

SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 6-3

LAST MEETING – Bears beat Jets 10-0, Nov. 19, 2006

LAST WEEK – Jets beat Pittsburgh 22-17; Bears beat Vikings 40-14

JETS OFFENSE – OVERALL (13), RUSH (6), PASS (20)

JETS DEFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (4), PASS (9)

BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (25), PASS (26)

BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (3), PASS (14)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Jets would clinch second straight playoff spot with win or tie, loss or tie by Jacksonville, or loss or tie by Indianapolis. … Win would be 11th for Jets and mark fourth time they’ve finished with more than 10. … Brad Smith returned opening kickoff 97 yards for TD and cornerback Marquice Cole broke up game’s final play in end zone last week. Steelers were without S Troy Polamalu (Achilles’ tendon). … QB Mark Sanchez expects to be ready after playing most of last week’s game with sore right shoulder. He has thrown for 3,022 yards with 16 TDs and 12 interceptions. … LaDainian Tomlinson has 886 yards rushing and Shonn Greene has 696. … With 131 1/2 sacks, Jason Taylor needs one to move into tie for eighth on NFL’s all-time list with Lawrence Taylor and Leslie O’Neal. … Bears clinched third NFC North title in six years last week. Currently No. 2 seed in the conference, Bears can finish no lower than third seed and will host at least one playoff game. … Chicago would earn first-round bye with win over Jets coupled with Philadelphia loss and Giants loss or tie. … Bears in playoffs for first time since 2006 team made Super Bowl. … Offense has 211 rushing attempts and 204 pass plays (attempts plus sacks) in last seven games after relying heavily on pass in early going. … Bears third in NFL with 31 takeaways after forcing season-high five (three interceptions, two fumble recoveries) last week. … Bears have 21 sacks over last seven weeks, most in NFL during that span. … Jay Cutler is 227 of 368, giving him highest single-season completion percentage (61.7) in franchise history. Cutler has 47 TD passes as a Bear and is eighth on their all-time list, one behind George Blanda and three shy of Jim Harbaugh. … With 865 yards rushing, Matt Forte is closing in on his second 1,000-yard season. … Devin Hester set NFL record with 14th career kick return for TD last week when he ran a punt back 64 yards, surpassing Brian Mitchell. It was his 10th punt return for a TD, tying hi m with Eric Metcalf for league record.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 (UPI) — Nick Folk kicked a go-ahead, 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter Sunday and the New York Jets hung on for a 22-17 victory over Pittsburgh.

Mark Sanchez (19-of-29, 170 yards) drove the Jets 39 yards on nine plays to the Steelers’ 16-yard line, where Folk split the uprights with 10:07 remaining to put New York (10-4) up for good.

The Jets got two more points when Jason Taylor tackled Mewelde Moore in the end zone for a safety with 2:38 left, and New York’s defense held as Ben Roethlisberger missed two desperation passes into the end zone as time ran out, handing the Jets their first-ever victory in Pittsburgh.

Brad Smith returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for touchdown and Sanchez rushed for a game-tying TD in the third quarter for New York.

Roethlisberger finished 23-of-44 for 264 yards and a score for the Steelers (10-4), who fell into a first-place tie with Baltimore in the AFC North and had their four-game winning streak snapped.