DK Pittsburgh Sports · May 12, 2022
Steelers to open at Bengals
The Steelers will open the 2022 season at Paul Brown Stadium against the defending AFC Champion Bengals the NFL announced today.
The game will be played at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 according to the schedule the league released in advance of revealing its entire slate at 8 p.m. today. Cincinnati swept the Steelers in 2021, the first time the Bengals had done so since the 2009 season.
The Steelers' home opener will be Sept. 18 against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
The Steelers have the added bonus in this year's schedule of traveling the fewest miles with their schedule at 6,442 miles. They also never leave the Eastern Time Zone.