The Pittsburgh Steelers deliver two notable streaks into Monday evening’s AFC wild card spherical sport towards the visiting Houston Texans.
Pittsburgh fights to snap its eight-year drought and not using a playoff win, relationship again to its 18-16 win over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the 2017 divisional spherical. Probably aiding the Steelers of their quest to perform that aim is their unbelievable file at dwelling in video games performed on Monday evening over the previous 4 a long time.
Since 1992, the Steelers gained a whopping 23 straight dwelling video games on “Monday Evening Soccer.” Pittsburgh’s final dwelling loss on Monday evening got here in a 23-20 loss to the New York Giants on October 14, 1991.
Corridor of Fame coach Chuck Noll was on the sidelines the final time Pittsburgh misplaced a Monday Evening Soccer dwelling sport. Fellow Corridor of Famer Invoice Cowher’s groups went 11-0 at dwelling on Monday evening. His successor, Mike Tomlin, has gone 12-0 in dwelling “Monday Evening Soccer” video games.
Pittsburgh suffered a loss to the visiting Washington Commanders on a Monday sport in 2020, however that sport wasn’t on prime time because it was a part of the NFL’s COVID rescheduling.
Steelers ‘Monday Evening Soccer’ dwelling outcomes since 1992
Oct. 19, 1992 | W, 20-0 | |
Nov. 15, 1993 | W, 23-0 | |
Oct. 3, 1994 | Houston Oilers | W, 30-14 |
Nov. 14, 1994 | Buffalo Payments | W, 23-10 |
Nov. 13, 1995 | W, 20-3 | |
Sept. 16, 1996 | Buffalo Payments | W, 24-6 |
Nov. 9, 1998 | W, 27-20 | |
Oct. 25, 1999 | W, 13-9 | |
Oct. 29, 2001 | W, 34-7 | |
Oct. 21, 2002 | W, 28-10 | |
Oct. 31, 2005 | W, 20-19 | |
Nov. 5, 2007 | Baltimore Ravens | W, 38-7 |
Nov. 26, 2007 | W, 3-0 | |
Sept. 28, 2008 | Baltimore Ravens | W, 23-20 (OT) |
Nov. 12, 2012 | W, 16-13 (OT) | |
Oct. 20, 2014 | Houston Texans | W, 30-23 |
Sept. 30, 2019 | Cincinnati Bengals | W, 27-3 |
Oct. 28, 2019 | Miami Dolphins | W, 27-14 |
Nov. 8. 2021 | W, 29-27 | |
Jan. 3, 2022 | Cleveland Browns | W, 26-14 |
Sept. 18, 2023 | Cleveland Browns | W, 26-22 |
Oct. 28, 2024 | W, 26-18 | |
Dec. 15, 2025 | Miami Dolphins | W, 28-15 |
Pittsburgh’s dwelling unbeaten streak on Monday evening featured a number of memorable performances together with:
- A dominant, 23-0 win over a Payments workforce that bounced Pittsburgh out the playoffs a yr earlier within the 1992 AFC Divisional spherical.
- Jerome Bettis’ popping out celebration as a Steeler in 1996 that included 133 speeding yards and two touchdowns in a blowout win over the Payments.
- A dramatic win over Brett Favre and the defending NFC champion Packers in 1998.
- A convincing win over Peyton Manning’s Colts in 2002 that included a halftime ceremony for Corridor of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw.
- Two come-from-behind wins over the Ravens through the Steelers’ two most up-to-date Tremendous Bowl-winning seasons.
- James Harrison’s popping out celebration that included 3.5 sacks, three pressured fumbles and a choose in a 2007 win over Baltimore. His return from retirement seven years later helped spark the Steelers to a win over the Texans on Monday evening.
- Mason Rudolph led the Steelers to 2 convincing wins on Monday evening in 2019 after changing Ben Roethlisberger, who was out with a season-ending harm.
- Pittsburgh survives a gritty comeback try by future Steelers quarterback Justin Fields in 2021.
- The Steelers win a defensive duel towards the Browns in 2021, Roethlisberger’s last dwelling sport.
- Rodgers had certainly one of his finest video games of the 2025 common season on Monday evening, going 23 of 27 for 224 yards and two scores throughout Pittsburgh’s Week 15 win over Miami.
“I care about successful. That is why I am right here,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers mentioned coming into kickoff. “That is why I really like the Monday to Saturday grind. And you realize, stats are what they’re, the traits are what they’re, and people traits, any development, is at all times meant to be damaged in some unspecified time in the future. So hopefully we are able to try this.”
