The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
The Pittsburgh Steelers enter 2026 off a 10–7 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 143–146 in 2025 (a .495 strength of schedule, 19 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error is measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of -6 days (27 of 32), with week 2 (-4), week 5 (+3), week 6 (-3), week 10 (+7), week 11 (-7), week 18 (-3); the bye falls in week 9, they play 1 Thursday game, and 2 of their final four games are divisional. The slate has 4 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the AFC North preview.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | vs Atlanta Falcons | — | — | W 20–13 |
| 2 | Sep 20 | at New England Patriots | -4 | — | L 3–20 |
| 3 | Sep 27 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | DIV | W 30–27 |
| 4 | Oct 1 | at Cleveland Browns | — | DIV Thu | L 24–27 |
| 5 | Oct 11 | vs Indianapolis Colts | +3 | — | W 34–22 |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | -3 | — | W 26–19 |
| 7 | Oct 25 | vs New Orleans Saints | — | Neutral (Stade de France) | W 16–10 |
| 8 | Nov 1 | vs Cleveland Browns | — | DIV | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at Cincinnati Bengals | +7 | DIV | — |
| 11 | Nov 22 | at Philadelphia Eagles | -7 | — | — |
| 12 | Nov 27 | vs Denver Broncos | — | Fri | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | vs Houston Texans | +2 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 14 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | — | Mon | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | vs Baltimore Ravens | -1 | DIV | — |
| 16 | Dec 27 | vs Carolina Panthers | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jan 3 | at Tennessee Titans | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | at Baltimore Ravens | -3 | DIV | — |
Final record 10–7, 397 points scored against 387 allowed (+10). Home 6–3, road 4–4. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 7–3 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 27 seasons in the bundled game log the franchise is 271–163–3 (.624). Best season in the window: 2004 (15–1); leanest: 1999 (6–10). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (PIT), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved August 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.