Steelers vs. Bills 2024 NFL Playoff Game Rescheduled for Monday Due to Weather | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Sophia Aguilar
Published Mar 23, 2026
Due to severe weather conditions, the AFC Wild Card Round playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers originally set for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET has been rescheduled.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Saturday that the game will instead be played Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET at the Bills' Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochulI've been in communication with <a href="">@NFL</a> commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the dangerous conditions in Buffalo this weekend. <br><br>In consultation with our emergency response teams, <a href="">@BuffaloBills</a> leadership, and the NFL, the Bills game will be postponed to 4:30 pm Monday.
Buffalo Bills @BuffaloBillsAn update on our Super Wild Card game. <a href="">#PITvsBUF</a> <a href="">
The Athletic's Tim Graham reported Tuesday remains "very much in play" should the game need to get postponed a second time.
On Friday, Hochul declared a state of emergency for multiple counties in Western New York from Saturday at 1 p.m. ET until Monday at 7 a.m. ET due to lake effect snow and high winds.
Per Weather.com, the forecast in Western New York calls for snowfall between two to three feet from 10 a.m. ET on Saturday until 7 a.m. ET on Monday in areas "where the [snow] bands persist the longest."
The forecast also projects wind gusts up to 65 mph, which could have potentially created whiteout conditions had the game been played Monday afternoon.
Per WIVB's Adam Gorski, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz suggested Saturday that the decision to move the game was primarily made for the safety of the fans who would have been in attendance:
"We want our Bills to win, but we don't want 60 to 70 thousand people traveling to the football game in what is going to be horrible conditions. [Law enforcement officials] need to be assisting in the middle of a snowstorm, helping those in need, not directing traffic at a football stadium … This is something we all agreed on."
Last season, the NFL moved a game scheduled to be played between the Bills and Cleveland Browns in Orchard Park to a neutral site in Detroit due to a massive blizzard that hit Western New York.
A venue change won't happen this time around, but the NFL playoff schedule is being altered to allow the storm to mostly pass through.
Buffalo beat the Miami Dolphins 21-14 on the road in Week 18 to finish 11-6 and secure their fourth consecutive AFC East title.
The Bills also clinched the No. 2 seed in the AFC and a home date with the Steelers in the Wild Card Round. Pittsburgh won its final three games and had several other results go its way to finish 10-7 and reach the playoffs for the third time in the past four seasons.
Per DraftKings Sportsbook, the Bills are 10-point favorites, making them the only double-digit favorite of the Wild Card Round.
There was some thought that if the game was played in blizzard conditions it would limit Bills superstar quarterback Josh Allen and level the playing field, but most of the snow and wind will have calmed down by Monday, as Weather.com forecasts only minimal snow throughout the day Monday.
