The Week 5 Sunday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers did not get off to a great start. In fact, as of 9:20 p.m. Eastern, an hour after the scheduled kickoff time, it had not gotten off to any kind of start because of the weather.
After a beautiful stretch of fall weather, storms rolled through the area right before the game was supposed to start. The game was delayed right around the time NBC was about to begin the broadcast because there was lightning in the area. As you can see from all the pictures and videos, there was more than just electricity in the air.
The Cowboys and Steelers will have to wait.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 7, 2024
Due to lightning in the area of Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium, "Sunday Night Football" is in a weather delay. pic.twitter.com/jkYMlMBkYF
At one point power went out in downtown Pittsburgh, darkening the skies even more with the skyline suddenly gone.
Uuuuuuh. Power just went out in downtown Pittsburgh 😅 Can’t see the skyline from the stadium anymore. So strange seeing the entire skyline disappear at the same time pic.twitter.com/XCimWTgbL7
— Matt Speck (@the_mattspeck24) October 7, 2024
The rain even appeared to turn to hail at one point as teams hid in the locker rooms and fans were advised to stay safe in the concourse.
This game isn’t starting soon @1053thefan pic.twitter.com/llq5qpAW91
— Zach Wolchuk (@ZachWolchuk) October 7, 2024
Perfect football weather.
The game is expected to start at 9:45 p.m. ET.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Steelers–Cowboys Game Delayed a Long Time Because of Inclement Pittsburgh Weather.