Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule 2026: Full Slate, Dates, Times and TV

The Steelers open a new era in 2026 with Mike McCarthy on the sideline, the first man other than Mike Tomlin to coach Pittsburgh since 2006. The headline date is Week 7 in Paris, where the Steelers face New Orleans at the Stade de France in the NFL’s first regular-season game in the country.

Pittsburgh also draws a Black Friday home game against Denver and closes the year at Baltimore. Eight home dates, nine road games, bye in Week 9.

2026 Team Schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule

AFC North · Acrisure Stadium · Mike McCarthy (1st year)

Home Games

Bye Week

Sept 13

Opener vs Falcons

Oct 25

Circle It: Paris

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET) / TV	Result
1	Sun, Sept 13	vs Atlanta Falcons	1:00 PM · FOX	—
2	Sun, Sept 20	at New England Patriots	1:00 PM · CBS	—
3	Sun, Sept 27	vs Cincinnati Bengals	1:00 PM · CBS	—
4	Thu, Oct 1	at Cleveland Browns	8:15 PM · Prime	—
5	Sun, Oct 11	vs Indianapolis Colts	1:00 PM · CBS	—
6	Sun, Oct 18	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1:00 PM · CBS	—
7	Sun, Oct 25	at New Orleans Saints (Paris)	9:30 AM · NFLN	—
8	Sun, Nov 1	vs Cleveland Browns	1:00 PM · CBS	—
9	—	BYE WEEK	—	—
10	Sun, Nov 15	at Cincinnati Bengals	8:20 PM · NBC	—
11	Sun, Nov 22	at Philadelphia Eagles	4:25 PM · CBS	—
12	Fri, Nov 27	vs Denver Broncos (Black Friday)	3:00 PM · Prime	—
13	Sun, Dec 6	vs Houston Texans	8:20 PM · NBC	—
14	Mon, Dec 14	at Jacksonville Jaguars	8:15 PM · ESPN	—
15	Sun, Dec 20	vs Baltimore Ravens	1:00 PM · CBS	—
16	TBD	vs Carolina Panthers	TBD	—
17	Sun, Jan 3	at Tennessee Titans	1:00 PM · CBS	—
18	TBD	at Baltimore Ravens	TBD	—

Week 16 is a designated matchup whose date and time are set later in the season, no later than immediately after Week 14. Week 18 details are announced only after Week 17 concludes. Prime-time games can move under flexible scheduling.

Games That Will Define the Steelers’ Season

Wk 7 at Saints	The first NFL regular-season game played in France, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, with New Orleans as the designated home team. It comes a year after Pittsburgh played in the first NFL game in Ireland.
Wk 12 vs Broncos	Black Friday at Acrisure Stadium, a 3:00 p.m. kickoff on Prime Video. Pittsburgh has won the last three meetings with Denver.
Wk 13 vs Texans	A Sunday night rematch of the wild-card game Houston won 30-6 in January, and the night Mike Tomlin returns to Pittsburgh in an NBC broadcast role.
Wk 15 & 18 vs Ravens	Baltimore at Acrisure in Week 15, then the season finale in Baltimore. The AFC North could easily come down to that Week 18 trip.

Only the Fourth Coach in 58 Years

Mike McCarthy follows Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin. He previously coached the Packers from 2006 to 2018 and the Cowboys from 2020 to 2024.

Two Straight International Firsts

Pittsburgh played the NFL’s first game in Ireland in 2025 and now gets its first game in France. The Stade de France seats more than 81,000, the largest stadium in the country.

Six AFC North Games

Cleveland twice in five weeks early, Cincinnati in Weeks 3 and 10, and Baltimore in Weeks 15 and 18. The division bookends the calendar.

How the Schedule Sets Up

Pittsburgh gets a rare home opener, then a manageable September before the schedule turns strange: a Thursday night in Cleveland, a Sunday in Tampa, and then the flight to Paris. The bye lands well in Week 9, immediately after the Browns rematch and before a Sunday night in Cincinnati.

The back half is where the season gets decided. Philadelphia on the road, Black Friday at home, Houston on Sunday night, a Monday night in Jacksonville, then the two Ravens games. For the other side of those, see our Baltimore Ravens schedule page. Full league schedules and flexible-scheduling rules are published by the NFL.

The Bottom Line

A new head coach after 19 years of continuity, a trip to Paris in Week 7, a Black Friday home game, and a Week 18 finale in Baltimore. The Steelers won the AFC North at 10-7 last season and the schedule gives them every chance to defend it, or to lose it in the last four weeks. Bookmark this page; results and Week 16 and 18 details are updated throughout the season.