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Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · Acrisure Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Cleveland Browns—Away
Pittsburgh Steelers—Home

Game details

Venue address
100 Art Rooney Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Cleveland Browns 3–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 24 · 7 days of rest
Pittsburgh Steelers 3–2 · Home 3–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 15 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · CLE 5 games, PIT 5 games
MetricCLEPIT
Points per game18.627th22.217th
Points allowed per game22.415th21.811th
Total yards per game273.429th324.619th
Passing yards per game202.023rd246.814th
Rushing yards per game94.221st101.219th
Turnovers per game1.418th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game3.832nd2.825th
Penalty yards per game65.421st49.68th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. L 12–17 @ NYJ Week 5
  2. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  3. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  4. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  5. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

Pittsburgh Steelers: recent results

  1. W 34–22 vs IND Week 5
  2. L 24–27 @ CLE Week 4
  3. W 30–27 vs CIN Week 3
  4. L 3–20 @ NE Week 2
  5. W 20–13 vs ATL Week 1

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 1,010 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 221 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Denzel Boston 330 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0 · 3 g

Pittsburgh Steelers: season leaders

Passing
Aaron Rodgers 1,234 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Jaylen Warren 410 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Jaylen Warren 230 yds · 5 g
Sacks
T.J. Watt 4.5 · 3 g

Cleveland Browns: injury report

  • Out Carsen Ryan TE
  • Out Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WLB
  • Out Joe Royer TE
  • Out Mason Graham LDT
  • Out Mike Hall Jr. RDT
  • Out Nathaniel Watson
  • Out Parker Brailsford C
  • Out Taylen Green QB

7 more listed.

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Pittsburgh Steelers: injury report

  • Out Donte Kent
  • Out Drew Allar QB
  • Out Eli Heidenreich
  • Out Jamel Dean RCB
  • Out Kevin Jobity Jr. RDE
  • Out Max Hurleman
  • Out Rico Dowdle
  • Out Terell Smith LCB

3 more listed.

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

CLE 14 · PIT 42 · 1 tie in 57 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 4 PIT 24, CLE 27
  2. 2025 · Week 17 PIT 6, CLE 13
  3. 2025 · Week 6 CLE 9, PIT 23
  4. 2024 · Week 14 CLE 14, PIT 27
  5. 2024 · Week 12 PIT 19, CLE 24

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

CLE 33.9% · PIT 65.8%

Matchup quality 16.3 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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