The Steelers 2024 schedule was released on Wednesday evening and once again the team will be featured in a number of nationally televised games.
The Steelers will have four primetime matchups this season, including three at Acrisure Stadium, and will also play on Christmas Day, hosting the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, December 25 at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on Netflix.
The Steelers will play three of their first four games on the road, the first time they have done so since 2017. They also played three of the first four on the road in 2011 and 2001.
The team will open the season on the road against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Sept. 8. The game will air on FOX, with kickoff at 1 p.m.
The Steelers hold a 15-2-1 advantage in the series, the last meeting taking place on the road as well in 2022, when the Steelers won, 19-16. The Steelers have won the last four meetings against the Falcons.
It will be the first time Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith faces his former team. Smith was the Falcons head coach for three seasons, from 2021-23. It will also be a homecoming for several former Falcons players who are now in black and gold, including Van Jefferson, Scotty Miller, Cordarrelle Patterson and MyCole Pruitt.
The Steelers will remain on the road in Week 2 when they travel to Denver to take on the Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 4:25 p.m. on CBS.
Quarterback Russell Wilson, who was signed by the Steelers this offseason, spent the last two seasons with the Broncos, appearing in 30 games while throwing 42 touchdown passes.
This will be the first time the two teams have played since 2021, a 27-19 Steelers win in Pittsburgh. The Steelers also defeated the Broncos in Denver in 2020, a 26-21 win.
The home opener will happen in Week 3 when the Steelers host the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. The game will air on CBS. The Steelers have a 24-11 series lead over the Chargers, including 15-4 at home.
For the second consecutive year the Steelers will face the Indianapolis Colts on the road, taking them on in Week 4 on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. on CBS. The Steelers hold a 27-7 advantage in the series, despite losing to the Colts in Week 15 of the 2023 season. Prior to that game, the Steelers won eight straight games against the Colts.
The first primetime game of the year will take place in Week 5 with a classic matchup between the Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys on NBC's Sunday Night Football on Oct. 6 at 8:20 p.m. The last time the two teams met, the Steelers came away with a 24-19 win in Dallas.
It will be back on the road in Week 6 when the Steelers travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 4:05 p.m., with the game airing on CBS. This will be the third year in a row the two teams will play each other. The Steelers beat the Raiders, 23-18, in a primetime matchup in 2023 at Allegiant Stadium and in 2022 they defeated the Raiders, 13-10, on Christmas Eve at Acrisure Stadium.
The team will be under the lights the next two weeks, as the Steelers take on a pair of teams from New York.
In Week 7 the Steelers will host the New York Jets on NBC's Sunday Night Football on Oct. 20. Despite their first meeting taking place in 1970, the Steelers and Jets have only played 27 times, with the Steelers holding a 20-7 series advantage.
The following week the Steelers will host the New York Giants on Monday Night Football, with the Oct. 28 game kicking off at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN.
Following the two night games, the Steelers will get a little bit of a breather as the bye week hits on Week 9.
Following the bye, things heat up again. The Steelers will be on the road against the Washington Commanders in Week 10, with a 1 p.m. game on CBS. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since the 2020 season. Since 2000, the two teams have met six times, the Steelers winning five of the contests.
A stretch of four AFC North games will highlight the schedule next, during a pivotal time for the Steelers. In Week 11, the Steelers will play their first divisional game when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. on CBS.
The Steelers swept the series in 2023, defeating the Ravens, 17-10, in Week 5 at Acrisure Stadium. In Week 18 the Steelers defeated the Ravens on the road by the same 17-10 score. The Steelers have won seven of the last eight games against the Ravens. This will be the first time linebacker Patrick Queen, who was signed in March, will face the Ravens, the team that drafted him in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
The following week the Steelers will play the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night Football on Nov. 21. The game will air on Prime with kickoff at 8:15 p.m. The Steelers have taken on the Browns more than any other team in the NFL, with an 80-62-1 series advantage.
The Steelers and Browns split the series in 2023, the Steelers winning at home, 26-22, in Week 2, while the Browns won on the road in Week 11.
In Week 13 the Steelers will be back in Ohio, taking on the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. on CBS. Last year the Steelers defeated the Bengals in both meetings, including Week 12 on the road, a 16-10 win, and Week 16 at Acrisure Stadium, a 34-11 victory.
The four-game stretch will wrap when the Steelers host the Cleveland Browns at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. on CBS.
It will be the battle of Pennsylvania in Week 15 when the Steelers head East to take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 4:25 p.m. on FOX. The Steelers and Eagles history dates back to the 1933 season when the two teams first met, and they met on a yearly basis until the 1943 season when the teams merged to become the Steagles. Their rivalry returned in the 1945 season and has been going strong ever since, although this will only be the eighth meeting since 2000.
Another AFC North battle will ensue in Week 16 when the Steelers take on the Ravens in Baltimore on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 4:30 p.m. on FOX.
It will be a quick turnaround for the black and gold, who will then host the Chiefs on Christmas Day on Wednesday, Dec. 25 at Acrisure Stadium at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed by Netflix.
The Steelers will close out the regular season when they host the Bengals in Week 18. The date, time and network for the game have yet to be announced.
The Steelers preseason schedule is also available, with all games airing on KDKA-TV. The Steelers will host the Houston Texans in Week 1 of the preseason on Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. They will host the Buffalo Bills in Week 2 on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. The team will close the preseason on the road against the Detroit Lions in Week 3, on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 1 p.m.
Fans can listen to every Steelers game throughout the preseason and the regular season on the Steelers Radio Network on WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970).
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2024 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
| WEEK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS1 | Aug. 9 (Fri.) | vs. Texans | 7:00 PM | KDKA |
| PS2 | Aug. 17 (Sat.) | vs. Bills | 7:00 PM | KDKA |
| PS3 | Aug. 24 (Sat.) | at Lions | 1:00 PM | KDKA |
2024 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
| WEEK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 8 | at Falcons | 1:00 PM | FOX |
| 2 | Sept. 15 | at Broncos | 4:25 PM | CBS |
| 3 | Sept. 22 | vs. Chargers | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 4 | Sept. 29 | at Colts | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 5 | Oct. 6 | vs. Cowboys | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 6 | Oct. 13 | at Raiders | 4:05 PM | CBS |
| 7 | Oct. 20 | vs. Jets | 8:20 PM | NBC |
| 8 | Oct. 28 (Mon.) | vs. Giants | 8:15 PM | ESPN |
| 9 | BYE | |||
| 10 | Nov. 10 | at Commanders | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 11 | Nov. 17 | vs. Ravens | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 12 | Nov. 21 (Thurs.) | at Browns | 8:15 PM | Prime Video |
| 13 | Dec. 1 | at Bengals | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 14 | Dec. 8 | vs. Browns | 1:00 PM | CBS |
| 15 | Dec. 15 | at Eagles | 4:25 PM | FOX |
| 16 | Dec. 21 (Sat.) | at Ravens | 4:30 PM | FOX |
| 17 | Dec. 25 (Wed.) | vs. Chiefs | 1:00 PM | Netflix |
| 18 | TBD | vs. Bengals | TBD | TBD |
Flexible Scheduling Details from the NFL:
This season, "flexible scheduling" for Sunday Night Football may be used up to twice between Weeks 5-10, and in the NFL's discretion during Weeks 11-17; for Monday Night Football in the NFL's discretion in Weeks 12-17; and for Thursday Night Football it may be used up to twice between Weeks 13-17.
During these Flex Scheduling Windows, the games initially scheduled for Sunday Night Football (on NBC), Monday Night Football (on ESPN or ABC), and Thursday Night Football (on Amazon Prime Video) are tentatively scheduled and subject to change.
Only Sunday afternoon games (or those listed as TBD) are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, Monday night, or Thursday night, in which case the initially scheduled Sunday/Monday night game would be moved to Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon games may also be moved between 1:00 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET.
As in prior seasons, for Week 18, the final weekend of the season, the scheduling of the Saturday, Sunday afternoon, and the Sunday night games is not assigned. In Week 18, two games will be played on Saturday (4:30 PM ET and 8:15 PM ET) with the remainder to be played on Sunday afternoon (1:00 PM ET and 4:25 PM ET) and one matchup to be played on Sunday night (8:20 PM ET).
Specific dates, start times, and networks for Week 18 matchups will be determined and announced following the conclusion of Week 17.
For more information about NFL Flexible Scheduling, please visit NFL.com.
