DOWN X DOWN › week 15 › Ravens at Steelers
Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
2026

Week 15 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Acrisure Stadium

PITvsBAL

Steelers offensevsRavens defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Steelers, 8 for Ravens. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Run it at them

Steelers' run game is 1st in EPA per carry (+0.11). Ravens allow -0.06 (22nd).

02
Opportunity

Deep middle is open

Ravens are worst against deep middle throws, allowing +1.08 EPA per attempt. Steelers send 4% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Ravens give up 6.0 targets a game to tight ends (2nd), against a league average of 7.6. Steelers' tight ends produce 8.0 (11th).

04
Wash

EPA per play

Call this one even. Steelers average -0.03 EPA per play (20th). Ravens allow +0.01 (17th). League average is +0.00.

Players to watch

The series · Ravens and Steelers since 1999, and this season's records59 meetings

The Steelers lead the series 33–26 since 1999. They have won the last 2. Jan 4, 2026, at Acrisure Stadium: the Steelers won 26–24. Aaron Rodgers started at quarterback for the Steelers and Lamar Jackson for the Ravens; Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh coached.

Ravens at home14–14the Ravens' record
In Pittsburgh12–19the Ravens' record
Most pointsRavens 38 · Steelers 432017 · 2014
Biggest winRavens by 28 · Steelers by 312011 · 2007
Playoffs2–3the Ravens' record

The last 5

2025 · Wk 18BAL 24 at PIT 26
2025 · Wk 14PIT 27 at BAL 22
2024 · Wk 19 · playoffsPIT 14 at BAL 28
2024 · Wk 16PIT 17 at BAL 34
2024 · Wk 11BAL 16 at PIT 18

2026 records

RavensSteelers
Overall4–46–2
Division0–22–1
Conference2–33–2
Other conference2–13–0
Home1–24–0
Away3–22–2
Last 5WWLLLLWWWW
StreakLost 3Won 4
Points a game22.4 – 25.422.5 – 18.0

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Ravens' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Steelers offense against the Ravens defenseDepth charts
Ravens defense · 3-4 DSteelers offense · 3WR 1TE76Fautanu66McCormick54Frazier67Hoffman71Iheanachor80Washington8Rodgers30Warren4Metcalf15Skowronek17Bernard93Campbell98Jones92Madubuike15Green91Hendrickson32Simpson0Smith44Humphrey2Wiggins14Hamilton21Hawkins24Starks

Steelers offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBAaron Rodgers#8 · 175/288 · 1871 yds · 13 TD · 6 INT
  • RBJaylen Warren#30 · 119 car · 704 yds · 3 TD · 25 rec
  • WRDK Metcalf#4 · 33 rec · 378 yds · 1 TD · 64 tgt
  • WRGermie Bernard#17 · 32 rec · 284 yds · 1 TD · 42 tgt
  • WRBen Skowronek#15 · 3 rec · 32 yds · 1 TD · 4 tgt
  • TEDarnell Washington#80 · 19 rec · 254 yds · 3 TD · 28 tgt
  • LTTroy Fautanu#76
  • LGMason McCormick#66
  • CZach Frazier#54
  • RGBrock Hoffman#67
  • RTMax Iheanachor#71

Ravens defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDECalais Campbell#93 · 11 tackles · 1 sack
  • NTTravis Jones#98 · 20 tackles · 1 PD
  • LDENnamdi Madubuike#92 · 20 tackles · 1 sack
  • WLBMike Green#15 · 18 tackles · 3.5 sacks
  • SLBTrey Hendrickson#91 · 9 tackles · 2 sacks
  • RILBTrenton Simpson#32 · 50 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 1 PD
  • LILBRoquan Smith#0 · 66 tackles · 2 sacks · 1 INT · 3 PD
  • RCBMarlon Humphrey#44 · 28 tackles · 7 PD
  • LCBNate Wiggins#2 · 24 tackles · 4 PD
  • NBKyle Hamilton#14 · 55 tackles · 1 INT · 4 PD
  • SSJaylinn Hawkins#21 · 30 tackles
  • FSMalaki Starks#24 · 48 tackles · 1 sack · 1 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · PIT offense against BAL defense
StatPIT PIT offFavors PIT · Favors BALBAL BAL def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.03#20
+0.01#17+0.00
Success rate
42%#19
44%#2144%
Yards per play
5.4#19
5.4#145.4
Explosive play rate
10%#13
8%#109%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
-0.11#26
+0.07#21+0.03
Sack rate
7%#21
6%#187%
Running
Run EPA per carry
+0.11#1
-0.06#22-0.08
Yards per carry
5.2#2
3.6#104.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
39%#20
40%#1241%
Red zone TD rate
50%#28
68%#2261%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
126#25
178#28147
TE yards per game
61#12
47#1155
TE targets per game
8.0#11
6.0#27.6
RB receiving yards per game
47#6
18#232
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Steelers: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.147% of throws
+0.464% of throws
-0.498% of throws
Short
-0.1429% of throws
+0.5319% of throws
-0.0334% of throws

Ravens: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.7315 throws
+1.0813 throws
+0.9613 throws
Short
+0.1182 throws
-0.2148 throws
+0.1190 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.