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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Steelers draw five prime-time games


Steelers 2012 Preseason Schedule

Date                                   Opponent                                          Time** (TV)
Week 1 (Thurs., Aug. 9)....... at Philadelphia....................7:30 p.m. (KDKA-TV)
Week 2 (Sun., Aug. 19)...... INDIANAPOLIS...................8 p.m. (NBC/WPXI-TV)          
Week 3 (Sat., Aug. 25)........ at Buffalo..............................7 p.m. (KDKA-TV)
Week 4 (Thurs., Aug. 30)... CAROLINA........................  7:30 p.m. (KDKA-TV)



Steelers 2012 Regular-Season Schedule

Date                                   Opponent                                          Time** (TV)
Sunday, Sept. 9................. at Denver..................................8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Sept. 16............... N.Y. Jets..................................4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Sept. 23............... at Oakland.................................4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Sept. 30............... Bye
Sunday, Oct. 7.................. Philadelphia.............................1 p.m. (FOX)
Thursday, Oct. 11............... at Tennessee.............................8:20 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Oct. 21................. at Cincinnati...............................8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Oct. 28................. Washington.............................1 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Nov. 4.................. at N.Y. Giants.............................4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Monday, Nov. 12............... Kansas City..............................8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Nov. 18*............... Baltimore.................................8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Nov. 25*............... at Cleveland...............................1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 2*................. at Baltimore...............................4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 9*................. San Diego................................1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 16*............... at Dallas.....................................4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 23*............... Cincinnati................................1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 30*............... Cleveland.................................1 p.m. (CBS)

* Times and TV network may change due to flexible scheduling

** All times are Eastern

12 comments:

betelgeuse said...

Our schedule is as pretty as those new, err old, uniforms, Dale.

Isn't it odd that there aren't any division games until week 7? It's not a league-wide thing, though. Even factoring out possible week one "splash" games, many other teams have division games prior to week 7.

I think this is bad for the Steelers. Mounting injuries and exhaustion during the season will affect the team's ability to win against its division rivals, I think. Add to this the early week 4 bye so they won't get a break during this time.

So, thumbs down on the scheduling, but it *IS* cool we get Manning's first game as a Bronco. All eyes will be on that one.

Anonymous Brian said...

The biggest difference between this schedule & last year's schedule is that this year we don't get to face the following QBS:

Tarvaris Jackson, Curtis Painter, Blaine Gabbert, Kevin Kolb, Tyler Palko, Colt McCoy, Seneca Wallace (and Dalton as a rookie 2x).

Don't have that luxury this year. Hope the pass rush stays healthy.

Don't like the early bye or facing Baltimore twice in three weeks, which is just weird.

Anonymous said...

afc north will be lucky to get 2 teams in the playoffs this season. at first glance, i see 10-6 for the steelers, which will probably win the division if they win the tie breakers with ravens/bengals.

alexrkirby said...

Definitely a more challenging schedule this year.

Which will make us battle proven if injuries don't kill us. But that is the risk you take with older players.

Whack said...

interesting Peyton / Denver week 1... and Tebow / NY Jets week 2...

Anonymous said...

we got rid of a lot of the geezers so this might not be that bad

Anonymous said...

Pittsburgh does well against a tougher, more hyped schedule. Like all Pittsburgh teams, they tend to play-down the competition.

Anonymous said...

2 west coast trips in 3 weeks will be a drain for the team...

mondaymorningowner said...

Could be a tough year!

mondaymorningowner said...

Could be a tough year!

Anonymous said...

just curious, i saw one mock draft having the steelers picking LB zach brown from UNC. says he is an athletic freak at LB, but needs to learn more.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

2 west coast trips in 3 weeks will be a drain for the team...

SBK said...

San Francisco to Denver 1267 miles Pittsburgh to Denver is 1447 miles

Have you ever looked at a map?