The Pittsburgh Steelers will kickoff Week 2 of their 2025 NFL season on Sunday when they welcome to Seattle Seahawks to Acrisure Stadium. Pittsburgh comes in with a 1-0 record after a 34-32 win over the New York Jets and Seattle is coming off a 17-13 loss at home to the San Francisco 49ers. Sunday's game should be interesting, with the most notable headline being new Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf facing off against his former team for the first time. Let's take a look back at the previous five matchups between the Steelers and Seahawks.
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Former Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll (left) and Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin shake hands on the field after a game
2023 – Steelers 30, Seahawks 23
Both teams were 8-7 heading into this Week 17 battle, and Mason Rudolph was making his second straight start. The Steelers had just blown out the Cincinnati Bengals 34-11 after three ugly losses.
Najee Harris had a monster game, rushing for 122 yards and two touchdowns, while Jaylen Warren added 75 yards and a score. George Pickens and Diontae Johnson combined for 207 receiving yards as the Steelers mustered 468 yards of total offense. Pittsburgh left Seattle with a 30-23 win, keeping playoff hopes alive. They went on to sneak in as the AFC’s seven seed, while Seattle just missed out.
2021 – Steelers 23, Seahawks 20 (OT)
Steelers fans recall how up and down the 2021 season was, and this game was a prime example of some of the craziness fans saw that year. Geno Smith was making his first start for the Seahawks, and both teams came in with a 2-3 record and were looking to get back to .500. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 229 yards and threw a touchdown pass to Harris. Pittsburgh led 14-0 at halftime thanks to a rushing touchdown from tight end Eric Ebron late in the 2nd quarter.
Pittsburgh's defense looked dominant in the first half, but that quickly changed in the third quarter. The late Alex Collins gashed the Steelers' defense with over 100 yards on the ground and a touchdown to cut the Pittsburgh lead to 14-7, but Seattle would tie the game early in the 4th quarter on a touchdown pass from Smith to Will Dissly and a Jason Myers field goal to even the score at 17-17.
Chris Boswell gave the Steelers the lead on a 52-yard field goal with 1:30 left to play, but Seattle would manage to tie the game on a Myers field goal as regulation expired. In overtime, both teams swapped punts and it felt like a tie was inevitable, but TJ Watt would sack Smith, knocking the ball loose and Devin Bush would recover. This set up a game-winning field goal from Boswell from 37 yards away to give the Steelers the win.
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Ben Roethlisberger looks to throw against the Seahawks in 2021.
2019 – Seahawks 28, Steelers 26
Steelers fans try to forget this game as best as they can, but it was the beginning of a very odd 2019 season. In this Week 2 matchup, Roethlisberger would injure his throwing elbow and leave the game in the first half, inserting Rudolph for his first NFL regular season action.
Rudolph did well, throwing for 112 yards and two touchdowns in the second half with one interception, but he almost led the Steelers to win over a solid Seattle squad. A missed two-point conversion early in the fourth quarter ended up being the difference. Roethlisberger missed the remainder of the 2019 season with that elbow injury.
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Former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf catches a touchdown over former Steelers safety Terrell Edmunds during a regular season matchup.
2015 – Seahawks 39, Steelers 30
This game was pure chaos. Markus Wheaton exploded for 201 yards and a touchdown on nine catches. Roethlisberger threw for 456 yards, but also had two costly picks. On the other side, Russell Wilson went off for 345 yards and five touchdowns, and three of them to Doug Baldwin. The Steelers led 18-14 at halftime, but the Seahawks would outscore Pittsburgh 25-12 in the second half to come away with the victory.
2011 – Steelers 24, Seahawks 0
This one was all Pittsburgh. In the 2011 home opener, the Steelers completely dominated. Roethlisberger threw for 298 yards and a TD, Mike Wallace caught eight balls for 126 and a score, and Rashard Mendenhall added 66 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Seattle couldn’t do a thing offensively, finishing with just 164 total yards.
It was one of the cleaner, more complete wins of the early 2010s era, and any Steelers fan would sign up for a repeat of that result on Sunday.
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