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Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · Paycor Stadium · Sunday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Pittsburgh Steelers—Away
Cincinnati Bengals—Home

Matchup preview

Pittsburgh Steelers 2–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 18 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
Cincinnati Bengals 2–1 · Home 1–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 12 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · PIT 4 games, CIN 3 games
MetricPITCIN
Points per game19.323rd26.711th
Points allowed per game21.814th21.012th
Total yards per game317.816th323.315th
Passing yards per game249.813th247.715th
Rushing yards per game94.823rd91.327th
Turnovers per game1.523rd1.012th
Sacks allowed per game3.329th2.315th
Penalty yards per game49.510th55.015th

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.

Pittsburgh Steelers: recent results

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

Cincinnati Bengals: recent results

  1. L 27–30 @ PIT Week 3
  2. W 20–6 @ HOU Week 2
  3. W 33–27 vs TB Week 1

Pittsburgh Steelers: season leaders

Passing
Aaron Rodgers 999 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Jaylen Warren 309 yds · 4 g
Receiving
DK Metcalf 213 yds · 4 g
Sacks
T.J. Watt 4.5 · 3 g

Cincinnati Bengals: season leaders

Passing
Joe Burrow 743 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Chase Brown 197 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Tee Higgins 244 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Jonathan Allen 2.0 · 2 g

Pittsburgh Steelers: injury report

  • Out Donte Kent
  • Out Jamel Dean RCB
  • Out Max Hurleman
  • Questionable Jalen Ramsey NB
  • Questionable Rico Dowdle

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

Cincinnati Bengals: injury report

  • Out Kyle Dugger SS
  • Questionable Bryan Cook FS
  • Questionable Colbie Young WR
  • Questionable Ja'Marr Chase WR
  • Questionable Swayze Bozeman SLB
  • Questionable Tee Higgins WR

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

PIT 41 · CIN 16 in 57 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 3 CIN 27, PIT 30
  2. 2025 · Week 11 CIN 12, PIT 34
  3. 2025 · Week 7 PIT 31, CIN 33
  4. 2024 · Week 18 CIN 19, PIT 17
  5. 2024 · Week 13 PIT 44, CIN 38

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

PIT 31.3% · CIN 68.5%

Matchup quality 49.9 / 100

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

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