The 1986 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise’s 54th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. The Steelers failed to improve upon their 7–9 record from 1985: they instead finished 6–10 and failed to reach the playoffs for a second consecutive season.
Offseason NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1986 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeAndrew BakerWide receiverRutgersGary BarberLinebackerYoungstown StateBrian BlankenshipGuardNebraskaEric WycoffRunning backIllinois
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Preseason
Schedule Week Date Opponent Game site Kickoff (ET) TV Result Record 1 Saturday, August 9 Chicago Bears Three Rivers Stadium 7:00 p.m. WTAE L 23–13 0–1 2 Friday, August 15 at Washington Redskins RFK Stadium 8:00 p.m. WTAE L 27–24 (OT) 0–2 3 Friday, August 22 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium 9:00 p.m. WTAE W 41–28 1–2 4 Saturday, August 30 at New York Giants Giants Stadium 8:00 p.m. WTAE L 17–3 1–3
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Game site Kickoff (ET) TV Result Record 1 Sunday, September 7 at Seattle Seahawks Kingdome 4:00 p.m. NBC L 30–0 0–1 2 Monday, September 15 Denver Broncos Three Rivers Stadium 9:00 p.m. ABC L 21–10 0–2 3 Sunday, September 21 at Minnesota Vikings Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1:00 p.m. NBC L 31–7 0–3 4 Sunday, September 28 at Houston Oilers Astrodome 1:00 p.m. NBC W 22–16 (OT) 1–3 5 Sunday, October 5 Cleveland Browns Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC L 27–24 1–4 6 Monday, October 13 at Cincinnati Bengals Riverfront Stadium 9:00 p.m. ABC L 24–22 1–5 7 Sunday, October 19 New England Patriots Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC L 34–0 1–6 8 Sunday, October 26 Cincinnati Bengals Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 30–9 2–6 9 Sunday, November 2 Green Bay Packers Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. CBS W 27–3 3–6 10 Sunday, November 9 at Buffalo Bills Rich Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC L 16–12 3–7 11 Sunday, November 16 Houston Oilers Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 21–10 4–7 12 Sunday, November 23 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC L 37–31 (OT) 4–8 13 Sunday, November 30 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field 1:00 p.m. NBC L 13–10 (OT) 4–9 14 Sunday, December 7 Detroit Lions Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. CBS W 27–17 5–9 15 Saturday, December 13 at New York Jets Giants Stadium 12:30 p.m. NBC W 45–24 6–9 16 Sunday, December 21 Kansas City Chiefs Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC L 24–19 6–10
Week 1: at Seattle Seahawks
Week 2 vs. Denver Broncos
Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings
Week 4: at Houston Oilers
Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns
This was Cleveland’s first win in Pittsburgh since 1969.
Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 7: vs. New England Patriots
Week 8: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers
Week 10: at Buffalo Bills
Week 11: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 12: at Cleveland Browns
Week 13: at Chicago Bears
Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 15 at Jets
Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Standings
References
External links 1986 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com 1986 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com