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Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 12 · Acrisure Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Denver Broncos—Away
Pittsburgh Steelers—Home

Game details

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

Matchup preview

Denver Broncos 3–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 20 · 5 days of rest
Pittsburgh Steelers 3–2 · Home 3–0 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 15 · 5 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · DEN 5 games, PIT 5 games
MetricDENPIT
Points per game19.426th22.217th
Points allowed per game22.214th21.811th
Total yards per game269.030th324.619th
Passing yards per game188.427th246.814th
Rushing yards per game86.225th101.219th
Turnovers per game1.214th1.214th
Sacks allowed per game1.22nd2.825th
Penalty yards per game45.45th49.68th

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.

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. W 23–17 @ LAC Week 5
  2. L 14–24 @ SF Week 4
  3. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  4. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  5. L 10–31 @ KC 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

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 942 yds · 5 g
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 229 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 204 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Zach Allen 4.0 · 4 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

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Dallen Bentley TE
  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Jordan Jackson LDE
  • Out Kage Casey
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss
  • Out Sam Ehlinger QB

2 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

DEN 7 · PIT 6 in 13 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 2 PIT 13, DEN 6
  2. 2021 · Week 5 DEN 19, PIT 27
  3. 2020 · Week 2 DEN 21, PIT 26
  4. 2018 · Week 12 PIT 17, DEN 24
  5. 2015 · Divisional PIT 16, DEN 23

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

DEN 55.0% · PIT 44.7%

Matchup quality 43.2 / 100

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

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