The Patriots and Steelers have played many memorable games over the last two decades, but few of those clashes — just one, actually — started at the same time as when the two teams will kick off this Sunday.

The Week 3 matchup is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium. And such standard scheduling is particularly rare in one of the NFL’s more underrated rivalries.

In 1998, the Patriots visited the Steelers in a Week 14 game that started at 1 p.m. on a Sunday. The teams then went on a three-year break before reuniting in 2002. From that point through the 2019 campaign, all 16 matchups were either playoff or primetime games, or started in the late-afternoon slot (typically 4-4:30 p.m.).

So, zero 1 p.m. Sunday games for over two decades. The streak broke in 2022 when Mac Jones

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