The Pittsburgh Steelers found out their 2024 regular season schedule last Wednesday, and included in that 17-game list of opponents are four games played in consecutive weeks against teams in the AFC North division. While it certainly is a rarity for any NFL team to play four consecutive divisional games without a bye week mixed in, it has happened several times since NFL realignment last took place in 2002. How many times? Let’s have a look.
According to data I compiled on Stahead.com, an NFL team has played at least four consecutive games without a bye week mixed in against teams within their own division 12 times in total since 2002.