{"id":80429,"date":"2026-01-07T17:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80429\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:43:08","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-2026-opponents-home-away-matchups-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80429\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 opponents: Home, away matchups confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the Pittsburgh Steelers earning first place in the AFC North on Sunday, their 2026 schedule also finalized. Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bills will always do the home-and-home series with the other three AFC North teams, so the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, and Cleveland Browns are on the docket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The three-year rotation brings the AFC south and AFC North together in 2026, so the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans are on the slate of games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The four-year NFC rotation has the NFC South playing the AFC North, so the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New Orleans Saints will be playing Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The three opponents determined by division finish are the AFC West, AFC East, and NFC East. That means Pittsburgh plays the Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, and Philadelphia Eagles in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 home game schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers will have eight home games as the NFC gets the extra game in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 away game schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NFC has an extra home game so the Steelers will be on the road for nine games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Pittsburgh Steelers earning first place in the AFC North on Sunday, their 2026 schedule also finalized.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,39928],"class_list":["post-80429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-schedule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}