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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the road for their Week 3 matchup against the New England Patriots.
Gameday, Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) at New England Patriots (1-1)
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, 1 p.m.
Gillette Stadium (64,628, FieldTurf)
SN Coverage: Alan Saunders, Ed Thompson, Brendan Howe
Weather: Partly cloudy, 67 degrees
TV: CBS Regional Coverage (Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt, Evan Washburn) TV map
Radio: Steelers Radio Network, 102.5 WDVE-FM, SiriusXM 385, (Rob King, Max Starks, Missi Matthews)
The Steelers will be wearing their traditional road white uniforms. The Patriots are wearing red throwback uniforms with white helmets.
Latest lines: Steelers -1.5, Steelers -125, over/under 44.5
Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (hamstring), strong safety DeShon Elliott (knee) and outside linebacker Alex Highsmith (ankle) have all been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Brandin Echols, Chuck Clark and Nick Herbig are expected to replace them.
Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon is questionable to play after being a full participant in Friday’s practice, his first time as a full participant in practice after his preseason knee injury.
Guard Max Scharping was placed on the injured reserve list after suffering an ACL injury in practice.
The Steelers signed running back Trey Sermon from the practice squad to the 53-man roster to replace Scharping.
The Pittsburgh Steelers completed one of the darkest weeks in recent franchise history, losing 21-18 to the bottom-dwelling Patriots on Dec. 7, 2023. The Thursday Night Football loss came just four days after the Steelers had lost to another two-win team, the Arizona Cardinals, becoming the first over .500 team in NFL history to lose back-to-back games to teams eight games below .500.
Bailey Zappe threw for threw for three touchdowns, two to tight end Hunter Henry, while Mitch Trubisky answered with one score on a pass to Diontae Johnson. Starting running back Najee Harris managed just 29 yards on 12 carries.
The overall series between the teams is tied, 15-15 and the Steelers have an 11-10 edge in Pittsburgh, but recent years have belonged to the Patriots in the series.
The Patriots have won 14 of the last 18 games between the clubs after the Steelers dominated the first three decades of play between the teams.
The Steelers are 1-6 at Gillette Stadium since it opened in 2002, and were 3-1 on the road in New England before that.
New Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, who is in his first season, played for the Steelers from 1997-2000 after joining the club as a third-round draft pick out of Ohio State.
Senior defensive assistant Ben McAdoo is a Homer City, Pa. native.
Backup quarterback Josh Dobbs was a fifth-round draft pick of the Steelers in...
