According to Rooney, whose statement was made available via the Steelers’ digital and social media accounts, the team is honored to make history in the first-ever game in Paris, France.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re honored to represent the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> and the NFL in the league\u2019s first-ever game in Paris this upcoming season,” Rooney said.<\/a> “Playing the New Orleans Saints in such a historic setting is a great opportunity to showcase the NFL\u2019s global growth and to connect with fans around the world. It\u2019s an exciting moment for our organization and for Steelers Nation everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking back at the team’s history, the Steelers have played in two international games \u2014 vs. the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> in London (2013) and vs. the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland (2024).<\/p>\n Despite a long absence from out-of-country games from 2014-2023, the Steelers will now play internationally in consecutive seasons, with the 2026 trip to Paris highlighting the NFL’s global expansion efforts.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a> For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 13, 2026, 11:23 a.m. ET Following the NFL’s official announcement of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ 2026 international game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[395,5,30,10914,10915,10916,5599,10919,10603,3854,10596,5601,10605,297,400,10918,10598,10917,299,295],"class_list":{"0":"post-14395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paris","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-france","10":"tag-paris","11":"tag-sourcesteelers-wire","12":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","13":"tag-sstsnsteelers","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagfacebook","16":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagparis","23":"tag-tagpittsburgh-connect","24":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","25":"tag-tagsmg-timely","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/86618667007-usatsi-26862833.jpg\")