The Bengals swept the season series in 2021 for the first time since 2009. They won 24-10 at Pittsburgh in the third game of the season. That was their first victory in Pittsburgh since 2015.
The Bengals then beat the Steelers 41-10 — their most lopsided victory in the series since winning by the same score in 1989 — in Cincinnati on Nov. 28.
The Bengals won the AFC North championship last season with a 10-7 mark and advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1988 season. The Steelers finished second with a 9-7-1 mark and lost 42-21 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the wild-card round.
The rest of the schedule was released at 8 p.m. The Bengals will play five primetime games, the maximum allowed on the initial schedule.
Here’s the full schedule (home games in CAPS)
(All times are Eastern. Home games are in CAPS. An asterisk [*] denotes a game subject to possible flexible scheduling.)
PRESEASON (day, date, opponent, time, TV network)
(Day and date TBD), ARIZONA, (time TBD), Bengals Preseason TV Network
(Day and date TBD), at N.Y. Giants, (time TBD), Bengals Preseason TV Network
(Day and date TBD), L.A. RAMS, (time TBD), Bengals Preseason TV Network
REGULAR SEASON (day, date, opponent, time, TV network)
Sun., Sept. 11, PITTSBURGH, 1 p.m., CBS
Sun., Sept. 18, at Dallas, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Sun., Sept. 25, at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m., CBS
Thurs., Sept. 29, MIAMI, 8:15 p.m., Prime Video
Sun., Oct. 9, at Baltimore, *8:20 p.m., NBC
Sun., Oct. 16, at New Orleans, *1 p.m., CBS
Sun., Oct. 23, ATLANTA, *1 p.m., FOX
Mon., Oct. 31, at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Sun., Nov. 6, CAROLINA, *1 p.m., FOX
Sun., Nov. 13, Bye
Sun., Nov. 20, at Pittsburgh, *8:20 p.m., NBC
Sun., Nov. 27, at Tennessee, *1 p.m., CBS
Sun., Dec. 4, KANSAS CITY, *4:25 p.m., CBS
Sun., Dec. 11, CLEVELAND, *1 p.m., CBS
Sun., Dec. 18, at Tampa Bay, *4:25 p.m., CBS
Sat., Dec. 24, at New England, 1 p.m., CBS
Mon., Jan. 2, BUFFALO, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/ABC
(day TBD), Jan. 7 or 8, BALTIMORE, (time TBD), (TV network TBD)
The 2022 schedule is here...
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