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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 3–1 · Road 1–1 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
Pittsburgh Steelers 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 16 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · CLE 4 games, PIT 4 games
MetricCLEPIT
Points per game20.322nd19.324th
Points allowed per game23.819th21.814th
Total yards per game292.523rd317.817th
Passing yards per game213.819th249.814th
Rushing yards per game93.823rd94.822nd
Turnovers per game1.313th1.522nd
Sacks allowed per game2.822nd3.330th
Penalty yards per game74.327th49.510th

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

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

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 855 yds
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 177 yds
Receiving
Denzel Boston 284 yds
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0

Pittsburgh Steelers: season leaders

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

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 Teven Jenkins RG
  • Out Tylan Wallace

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

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 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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