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Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Acrisure Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Carolina Panthers—Away
Pittsburgh Steelers—Home

Game details

Location
Pittsburgh

Matchup preview

Carolina Panthers 2–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 13
Pittsburgh Steelers 3–2 · Home 3–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 15
2026 regular season, per game · CAR 4 games, PIT 5 games
MetricCARPIT
Points per game30.34th22.217th
Points allowed per game27.327th21.811th
Total yards per game405.83rd324.619th
Passing yards per game317.01st246.814th
Rushing yards per game104.518th101.219th
Turnovers per game1.09th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game2.521st2.825th
Penalty yards per game67.522nd49.68th

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.

Carolina Panthers: recent results

  1. W 32–26 vs DET Week 4
  2. L 18–21 @ CLE Week 3
  3. W 34–3 @ ATL Week 2
  4. L 37–59 vs CHI 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

Carolina Panthers: season leaders

Passing
Bryce Young 1,268 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Chuba Hubbard 306 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Tetairoa McMillan 385 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Princely Umanmielen 3.0 · 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

Carolina Panthers: injury report

  • Out Ikem Ekwonu LT
  • Out Taylor Moton RT
  • Out Tershawn Wharton RDE
  • Questionable Cam Jackson NT
  • Questionable Damien Lewis LG
  • Questionable Jaelan Phillips SLB
  • Questionable Jalen Coker
  • Questionable Monroe Freeling RT

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 6. 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

CAR 0 · PIT 7 in 7 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 15 PIT 24, CAR 16
  2. 2018 · Week 10 CAR 21, PIT 52
  3. 2014 · Week 3 PIT 37, CAR 19
  4. 2010 · Week 16 CAR 3, PIT 27
  5. 2006 · Week 15 PIT 37, CAR 3

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

CAR 43.0% · PIT 56.7%

Matchup quality 26.2 / 100

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

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