Coming off a thrilling road win over the Houston Texans, the Dallas Cowboys had a prime-time game at home against the 0-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were starting an undrafted rookie free agent at quarterback with starter Baker Mayfield on the mend. What could go wrong for the Cowboys?

Well, everything, actually.

After slumping into a 10-7 halftime lead, Dallas was outscored by Tampa Bay in the second half, 17-6, losing 24-16. The Cowboys trailed by as many as 14 points with 8:32 remaining in the fourth quarter, and were on the verge of going down three scores at said point before making a fourth down stand at the 1-yard line, and quarterback Dak Prescott threw two interceptions.

All the main characters were going through it after the loss, which dropped Dallas to 2-3.

What Jerry Jones Said

“Extraordinarily disappointed,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a postgame press conference on Thursday night, per 105.3 The FAN. “They [the Buccaneers] were very physical. I thought both their fronts [were good]. I was really surprised at how hell they ran the ball and how they ran it between the tackles. That was surprising. We thought if they were going to run it, they’d do it outside. We thought we’d put it on the quarterback’s shoulders. Their staff, their quarterback and all their players got a great victory here tonight, and it was a tough loss for us.”

Jones expressed that the Cowboys “missed a great opportunity to build something.”

Tampa Bay possessed the ball for a whopping 39:21 and had two possessions that extended beyond eight minutes, including a 10:58 touchdown drive the first time it touched the ball. Running back Bucky Irving rushed for 165 yards and one touchdown on 7.9 yards per carry, with the Buccaneers collectively rushing for 241 yards and two scores on 6.2 yards per carry. In what was just his second NFL start, quarterback Jalon Daniels threw for 189 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, while posting a 110.3 passer rating and completing 76.0% of his passes (19 of 25).

Under new and first-time defensive coordinator Christian Parker, the Cowboys’ defense remains among the worst in the sport. Dallas is surrendering the most rushing yards in the NFL (168.4 per game), while being 31st in opponent total yards (395.4 per game), 26th in opponent points (27.2 per game), tied for 24th in sacks (six) and 20th outright in opponent passing yards (227.0 per game).

What Dak Prescott Said

“It’s a loss we’re definitely supposed to have [are supposed to win],” Prescott said in his postgame press conference. “To use the word ‘embarrassing,’ though, is tough. I feel like I’m discrediting the NFL if I use that word, and particularly the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a great Todd Bowles coach and defensive coached team. He’s been a winning coach for a long time, whether he’s been a head coach or a defensive coordinator. The plan and what they did tonight is the reason for that. To say ‘embarrassing,’ I think that would be discrediting them, but we’re definitely supposed to win this game. This is a game that we were supposed to have on paper or whichever way you want to look at it.

“And I think Schotty [Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer] said it best in the locker room, in this league you’ve got to win the games you’re supposed to win, and when a winless team comes into your home stadium on a Thursday night prime-time game, yeah, we’re supposed to win that. It sucks and right up there close to embarrassing, but I don’t know if I would say that.”

Prescott finished the night with 316 passing yards, one passing touchdown, two interceptions and a 69.1 passer rating, while completing 57.1% of his passes (24 of 42). Star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb had two catches for nine yards. Meanwhile, Dallas rushed for just 50 yards and a score on 3.8 yards per carry.

Through five games, Prescott, a four-time Pro Bowler, has totaled 1,381 passing yards, nine passing touchdowns, three interceptions and a 97.2 passer rating, while completing 67.2% of his passes.

Prescott was actually pressed before he even got to the podium, as a video got public of somebody in the tunnel saying “embarrassing” to the Cowboys quarterback, who looked back at the person who made the remark.

Brian Schottenheimer Message

“We believe in what we’re doing,” Schottenheimer said after the game. “We believe that we have good players and coaches. We believe the solution is in this room, and we’re going to get back to work.”

The head coach also expressed that the video of Prescott being told his play was “embarrassing” by somebody in the Cowboys’ own building is “motivating.”

Next up for the Cowboys is a road matchup against the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 18.

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Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has died. He was 86.

Ditka’s family announced the death on Friday in a statement.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka,” the family said. “While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family. Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever.”

Nicknamed “Iron Mike” as a player, Ditka helped revolutionize the tight-end position, then moved to the sidelines and took over as Chicago’s coach. His 1985 team featured one of the game’s most dominant defenses ever. It also had enough outsized personalities to record a rap video, “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” and back up their boasting in the championship game three months later.

After retiring as a coach, Ditka became a restaurateur, pitchman and TV personality, as well as a forceful advocate for improved medical and retirement benefits for former players.

Former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Soldier Field in Chicago on September 10, 2017. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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Ditka was tough and gruff, the quintessential Chicago Bear. He did everything from order off the menu to knock defensive backs on their butts with a growl. His adopted hometown reveled in every minute.

Still revered as “Da Coach” and ringmaster of the 1985 Bears, one of the most dominant and perhaps the zaniest Super Bowl-winning team in league history. Ditka was enshrined in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame and the Bears said during a ceremony in 2013 that his “No. 89” jersey will be the last one retired by the team.

He was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, the son of a welder who changed the family name from Dyczko. He grew up in nearby Aliquippa, close to the coal-mining and steel-manufacturing plants that dotted the western part of the state, a big, talented, three-sport athlete and All-American at Pitt whose bruising style made his first nickname, “Iron Mike,” a good fit.

Selected fifth overall by flinty Chicago owner George Halas in the 1961 draft, Ditka went on to Rookie of the Year honors, multiple Pro Bowl trips and the 1963 NFL Championship. In the bargain, he and Baltimore’s John Mackey changed the tight end position and offensive schemes forever. He was a battering ram of a blocker, but Ditka was just as likely to catch a short pass and pinball through an entire secondary or outrace a lone safety on a deep touchdown throw.

He left Chicago in 1966, playing briefly for Philadelphia and Dallas. He moved to the sideline in 1973 as an assistant to the revered Tom Landry and stayed with the Cowboys for eight seasons, before returning to a hero’s welcome in Chicago as head coach in 1982.

Ditka’s return to the Bears lasted 10 tumultuous years, including five straight NFC Central titles, the Super Bowl win, a DUI conviction, a heart attack, a long-running feud with defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan and, finally, a new nickname — “Da Coach.”

To Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary, the seeds of what was to come were planted in Ditka’s first meeting with the team. He laid out his vision, saying Chicago would be in the Super Bowl in three years — and many of the players in the room would not be around for it.

“When I first heard him, when he walked in the room, to me, Coach Ditka had the opportunity to be the greatest coach of all time because he had the fire,” Singletary said at the Bears’ 100th anniversary celebration in June 2019. “I don’t know George Halas coached. But I can imagine that the fire and intensity and passion that Coach Ditka exuded that first day set the tone for exactly what he said: ‘Three years from now, we’re going to be in the Super Bowl.’ And that was 1982. In ’85, we were there and it was because of that vision.”

The public beefs with Ryan mirrored the behind-the-scenes battles that Ditka waged trying to contain a team bristling with outsized personalities.

“It was more than a team,” Ditka once said. “It was a team of characters that had a character that played for a crazy man, who let him be crazy and had fun doing it and don’t apologize for it ever. I wouldn’t want to be one of these suits walking around on the sideline today.

“I have no desire to be that. I was what I was, and they were what they were and, damn, it was fun.”

It wasn’t until two dozen players recorded “The Super Bowl Shuffle” — an audacious rap-styled video released three months ahead of the 1986 title game — that the rest of the football world wondered whether Ditka was losing his grip.

His players never did.

Mike Ditka led the Chicago Bears to a 46-10 Super Bowl XX win over the New England Patriots on January 26, 1986. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

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“We call him ‘Sybil’ after that girl in the movie,” quarterback Jim McMahon once explained. “You know, the one that had all those personalities. Mike will be calm one minute, then throw a clipboard the next. People don’t understand that, but we do.”

The Bears demolished the New England Patriots 46-10 in the Super Bowl, but Ditka often said he regretted having McMahon and defensive tackle William “The Refrigerator” Perry run for touchdowns instead of Walter Payton, Chicago’s loyal and long-suffering running back.

Ryan departed for a head coaching job in Philadelphia soon after. While the Bears continued to be a contender for most of the next five years, a 5-11 season prompted Ditka’s departure in 1992.

After a five-year absence, he returned to coaching with the New Orleans Saints, but failed to revive the franchise. After a miserable 1999 season ended with a 3-13 record — Ditka’s worst as either a player or coach — he left the sidelines for good.

His face and demeanor were so familiar by then that a second act became an easy segue. Ditka began building a stable of restaurants and appeared as himself in TV sitcoms from “Cheers” to “Third Rock from the Sun,” as well as shows such as “L.A. Law” and “Saturday Night Live.”

He also stayed close to the game as an NFL analyst and game-day show personality at ESPN. Ditka’s high-profile status also made him an effective advocate to secure improved health and retirement benefits for former players.

His name also circulated for years in Illinois political circles. Though he never ran for office, Ditka described himself as a staunch conservative and was mentioned several times as a possible Republican candidate, including a congressional race against then-state Rep. Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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The Detroit Lions are struggling on defense, but defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard isn’t worried about the outside noise concerning his unit.

“I couldn’t care less about perceptions. I couldn’t care less about the talk. It’s all poison,” Sheppard said in a press conference on Thursday afternoon about the negative view of his defense.” Every word of it is poison. The praise is the big poison. It’s not the negativity. It all comes in waves, and it’s all poison. We have a three-phase team here, and I firmly believe that, and I’m going to stand strong in that belief. And I think it’s ultra disrespectful to my unit to say somebody has to carry us.

“We’re going to do our one-third here, come hell or high water. Point, blank, period.”

Detroit, which is 2-2, is giving up the most total yards (423.8 per game) and passing yards (304.0 per game) in the NFL, while being 31st in opponent points (31.8 per game) and 21st in opponent rushing yards (119.8 per game). Yet, they’re second in the sport with 15.0 sacks.

In Week 1, New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough threw for a career-high 410 yards against the Lions; the Buffalo Bills rushed for 203 yards against Detroit in Week 2; New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns and completed 31 of 37 passes against the Lions in Week 3; Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young threw for 329 yards, the third-highest mark of his NFL career, and completed 70.7% of his passes against the Lions last week.

Meanwhile, Detroit’s offense is fourth in the NFL in points (29.8 per game) and sixth in total yards (389.3 per game); quarterback Jared Goff has thrown zero interceptions and boasts a 108.6 passer rating, while running back Jahmyr Gibbs has picked up 26 first downs on the ground, which leads the sport.

Sheppard, who was previously the Lions’ outside linebackers coach (2021) and linebackers coach (2022-24), is in his second season as Detroit’s defensive coordinator. He was promoted to the position after defensive coordinator of four years Aaron Glenn left to become the new head coach of the Jets in 2025.

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In Sheppard’s first year as the Lions’ defensive coordinator (2025), they were 22nd in opponent points (24.3 per game), 20th in opponent passing yards (217.4 per game), 18th in opponent total yards (331.9 per game), 14th in opponent rushing yards (114.5 per game) and tied for fourth in sacks (49.0).

The Lions will square off on the road against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX).

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Return of the Mack … or Jayden Daniels.

Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn revealed in a press conference on Friday afternoon that quarterback Jayden Daniels will return for the team’s Week 5 home matchup against the New York Giants (Sunday at 1 p.m. ET).

Daniels missed Washington’s Week 3 and 4 contests after suffering a gruesome injury to his left elbow in Week 2, which resulted in the Commanders’ quarterback being carted off the field. Marcus Mariota started in Daniels’ place the last two weeks, highlighted by a Week 3 win at home over the defending Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks.

Heightening the urgency for Daniels’ return, though, Mariota suffered an MCL sprain of his right knee in Washington’s Week 4 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in London; Mariota suffered the same injury in the preseason. Rookie undrafted free agent Athan Kaliakmanis stepped in for Mariota at quarterback and will presumably be Washington’s backup to Daniels.

Jayden Daniels Injury History

Following a 2024 campaign that saw him win Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and lift Washington to its first playoff win since 2005 and its first appearance in the NFC Championship Game since 1991, Daniels’ sophomore campaign was mired by injuries.

Initially, Daniels missed two starts in 2025 due to a knee injury. Later, he missed one start due to a hamstring injury and then suffered an elbow injury in Week 9, which limited the quarterback to one more start the rest of the season. Daniels appeared in just seven of Washington’s 17 games, and the Commanders missed the playoffs at 5-12.

Jayden Daniels Success vs. Giants

Daniels has turned the tide in this NFC East rivalry.

The Giants are second in NFL history for wins against an opponent, boasting an all-time 108-75-5 record against Washington. With that said, the Commanders are 3-0 against the Giants with Daniels under center and have swept the season series against New York in back-to-back years.

In his three career starts against the Giants, Daniels has thrown for 668 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, while posting a 107.4 passer rating and completing 70.4% of his passes. He has also rushed for 147 yards.

  What’s At Stake

New York is atop the NFC East at 3-1 despite losing starter Jaxson Dart for the year with a knee injury in Week 2. Veteran Jameis Winston has filled in as the Giants’ starting quarterback in what’s their first year with former Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh as head coach.

Washington is 1-3 and already 0-2 in divisional play, with road losses to the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys; the Giants beat the Cowboys at home in Week 1.

The Giants and Commanders will square off in New Jersey on Nov. 12.

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The Cleveland Guardians lost the first two games of their American League Division Series at home. Then they went to Chicago and scored nine runs twice.

Wins of 9-3 on Wednesday and 9-5 on Thursday, the second fueled by a six-run sixth inning, evened the series with the Chicago White Sox and set up a winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday night at Progressive Field. The winner gets the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS.

If Cleveland finishes the job, it joins one of the more notable lists in playoff baseball: teams that dropped the first two games of a Division Series and won the next three.

Since the Division Series became a permanent part of the postseason in 1995, only seven teams have done it. The 1981 Dodgers also rallied from 0-2 against Houston, in a one-time division round created by that year’s strike-split season.

Cleveland knows this story from the wrong side. The franchise blew 2-0 leads to the Boston Red Sox in 1999 and to the New York Yankees in 2017, the most recent team to pull off the comeback. The Athletics is the only other club to have blown a 2-0 lead twice.

History says Saturday is close to a coin flip. Of the 18 teams that fell behind 2-0 in a best-of-five series and won Games 3 and 4, 10 went on to win Game 5, according to MLB.com. Home teams are 19-22 in winner-take-all Division Series games.

   2017 ALDS: Yankees Over Cleveland

Cleveland won 102 games and opened the series with a 4-0 shutout and a 13-inning, 9-8 win at Progressive Field. The Yankees answered with 1-0 and 7-3 wins in the Bronx to force Game 5 back in Cleveland.

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Didi Gregorius took it from there, homering off eventual AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber in the first and again in the third. Brett Gardner fought through a 12-pitch at-bat for an RBI single in the ninth, and Aroldis Chapman got the final six outs of a 5-2 win.

   2015 ALDS: Blue Jays Over Rangers

Texas won both games in Toronto, including a 14-inning Game 2. The Blue Jays won twice in Arlington to bring it home.

Game 5’s seventh inning lasted 53 minutes. Texas went ahead when Russell Martin’s throw back to the mound hit Shin-Soo Choo’s bat and Rougned Odor raced home, a ruling that set off a delay as fans threw debris onto the field.

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Then the Rangers made three straight errors in the bottom half, and Jose Bautista crushed a three-run homer off Sam Dyson, followed by a bat flip that became one of the sport’s defining images. Toronto won, 6-3.

   2012 NLDS: Giants Over Reds

The Reds outscored San Francisco 14-2 in the first two games at AT&T Park, and a one-year 2-3 format gave Cincinnati the last three games at home. It didn’t matter.

The Giants took Game 3 in 10 innings when Scott Rolen bobbled a grounder, then won Game 4, 8-3. In Game 5, Buster Posey hit a grand slam off Mat Latos in the fifth for a 6-0 lead.

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Cincinnati brought the winning run to the plate in the ninth before Sergio Romo struck out Scott Rolen, the final at-bat of the Hall of Famer’s career. The Giants became the first team to win a best-of-five series by taking three straight on the road, and they went on to win the World Series.

   2003 ALDS: Red Sox Over Athletics

The Athletics won Game 1 in 12 innings on Ramon Hernandez’s bases-loaded bunt single, then took Game 2, 5-1. Back at Fenway Park, Trot Nixon’s two-run homer won Game 3 in the 11th, and David Ortiz’s two-run double in the eighth won Game 4.

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Game 5 went back to Oakland. Jason Varitek tied it with a sixth-inning homer off Barry Zito, and Manny Ramirez followed with a three-run shot for a 4-1 lead behind Pedro Martinez.

The A’s got within 4-3 and loaded the bases on three walks in the ninth, but Derek Lowe struck out Terrence Long looking to end it. The team had now blown a 2-0 series lead twice in three years.

   2001 ALDS: Yankees Over Athletics

The three-time defending champions lost the first two games at Yankee Stadium to a 102-win Athletics team. Game 3 in Oakland produced one of the most replayed plays in postseason history, Derek Jeter’s flip to Jorge Posada to cut down Jeremy Giambi at the plate and save a 1-0 win.

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After a 9-2 win in Game 4, the Yankees took Game 5 at home, 5-3, behind a David Justice homer and a Mariano Rivera save. Jeter added one more highlight in the eighth, tumbling into the stands behind third base to catch a foul pop from Terrence Long, the same hitter who made the final out of Boston’s comeback two years later.

The Yankees became the first team to win a Division Series after losing the first two games at home.

   1999 ALDS: Red Sox Over Cleveland

Cleveland won Game 1 on a Travis Fryman walk-off single and routed Boston 11-1 in Game 2. Then the Red Sox scored 32 runs in two games at Fenway, including a 23-7 Game 4 that set the record for runs by one team in a postseason game.

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With Game 5 tied 8-8 in the fourth inning in Cleveland, Boston turned to Pedro Martinez, who had left Game 1 with a back injury. He threw six no-hit innings of relief with eight strikeouts.

Troy O’Leary, who had already hit a grand slam, crushed a three-run homer in the seventh, and Boston won, 12-8. Cleveland fired manager Mike Hargrove after the series.

   1995 ALDS: Mariners Over Yankees

In the first Division Series of the wild-card era, the Yankees won twice in the Bronx, the second a 15-inning marathon that ended after 1 a.m. Under that year’s 2-3 format, Seattle had the last three games at the Kingdome.

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Randy Johnson won Game 3, and Edgar Martinez drove in seven runs in Game 4, including a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth. In Game 5, a Ken Griffey Jr. homer and a bases-loaded walk tied it in the eighth, and Johnson came out of the bullpen for three innings.

New York went ahead 5-4 in the 11th. In the bottom half, Joey Cora bunted for a hit, Griffey singled and Martinez lined a double to left, with Griffey racing home from first for a 6-5 win. The moment is widely credited with keeping baseball in Seattle.

If Cleveland wins Saturday, it joins the 2001 Yankees and 2015 Blue Jays as the only teams to drop the first two games of a Division Series at home and then win Game 5 in their own ballpark. The 2012 Giants also lost the first two at home but closed it out on the road.

Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams struck out 11 in Game 2 of the ALDS and got the final three outs of Thursday’s 9-5 win in Chicago that forced Game 5. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

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The White Sox would become the eighth team since 1995 to lose a Division Series after winning the first two games. First pitch at Progressive Field is 8 p.m. ET, with the Rays waiting in the ALCS.

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College football Week 6 opens with two unbeaten Big Ten teams at noon ET and builds to a primetime matchup of 5-0 Georgia and Alabama. BIG NOON KICKOFF is in Lincoln, where No. 7 Indiana visits Nebraska on FOX, and No. 5 Ohio State hosts Maryland later in the afternoon. This guide covers eight Saturday games on FOX, FS1 and BTN plus three more national matchups, including No. 1 Texas against Oklahoma in Dallas.

This is a curated top-games schedule, not the complete national slate. Rankings reflect the AP Top 25 released Oct. 4.

College Football Week 6 Top Games Schedule

No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: Noon ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Indiana vs. Nebraska on FOX One
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

Indiana and Nebraska are both 5-0 overall and 2-0 in Big Ten play. The Hoosiers beat Rutgers 47-15 last week, and the Cornhuskers beat Maryland 48-23. Indiana’s closest game so far was the 29-23 win over Northwestern in Week 4, while Nebraska has won all five of its games by at least 18 points.

Indiana won the most recent meeting between the programs, 56-7 in 2024.

Ball State at Northwestern

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• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
• TV: BTN
• Stream: Watch Ball State vs. Northwestern on FOX One
• Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern is 3-1 and 1-1 in the Big Ten, with its lone loss coming 29-23 at Indiana on Sept. 25. Ball State of the MAC enters at 1-4 and has lost three straight, most recently 39-24 to Toledo. The Wildcats beat Penn State 34-13 last week.

Ball State’s losses include a 56-3 defeat at Ohio State on Sept. 5.

No. 22 Houston at Kansas State

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Houston vs. Kansas State on FOX One
• Location: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas

Houston is 4-1 and 1-1 in the Big 12 after a 27-17 win over UCF, its second straight victory. The Cougars’ only loss was 28-26 at Texas Tech.

Kansas State is 3-1 and 0-1 in conference play. The Wildcats come off a bye after a 31-26 loss at Cincinnati on Sept. 26. Before that, Kansas State beat Washington State 34-7 and Tulane 31-20.

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Illinois at Michigan State

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV: FS1
• Stream: Watch Illinois vs. Michigan State on FOX One
• Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan

Both teams are 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten. Illinois has lost two straight, to Ohio State and Purdue, most recently 24-17 last week. Michigan State has dropped three in a row, most recently 31-3 at Wisconsin.

Michigan State has dropped three in a row, including a 31-3 loss at Wisconsin last week.

Maryland at No. 5 Ohio State

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 4:15 p.m. ET
• TV: BTN
• Stream: Watch Maryland vs. Ohio State on FOX One
• Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Ohio State is 4-1 and 2-0 in the Big Ten, with three straight wins since a 24-23 loss at Texas. The Buckeyes won 31-14 at then-No. 14 Iowa last week.

Maryland is 2-3 and 0-2 in conference play after three consecutive losses, most recently 48-23 at Nebraska.

Nevada at UTEP

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• TV: FS1
• Stream: Watch Nevada vs. UTEP on FOX One
• Location: Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas

Nevada (1-3) and UTEP (1-4) are both 0-1 in the Mountain West and have each lost three straight games. UTEP lost 61-7 at New Mexico last week, while Nevada is coming off a bye after a 36-33 loss to Air Force.

Nevada comes off a bye after a 36-33 loss to Air Force on Sept. 26.

Minnesota at Purdue

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 8 p.m. ET
• TV: BTN
• Stream: Watch Minnesota vs. Purdue on FOX One
• Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana

Minnesota is 4-1 and 2-0 in the Big Ten after a 20-14 win over Michigan, its third straight victory. The Golden Gophers also won 27-24 at Washington in Week 4, and they beat Purdue 27-20 last season.

Purdue is 2-3 and 1-1 in league play after a 24-17 win at Illinois ended a three-game losing streak. It was the Boilermakers’ first win since Week 1.

Hawaii at Arizona State

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
• TV: FS1
• Stream: Watch Hawai’i vs. Arizona State on FOX One
• Location: Mountain America Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

Arizona State is 2-2 and 1-1 in the Big 12. Hawaii of the Mountain West enters at 1-4. The Sun Devils lost 55-19 to Baylor last week, and the Rainbow Warriors have lost two straight, most recently 20-16 to San Jose State.

The nonconference game closes the FOX-family Saturday lineup.

FOX, FS1 and BTN games in this guide stream on FOX One. Fans can watch college football on FOX One, subject to the service and plan available in their market.

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No. 1 Texas vs. Oklahoma

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV: ABC
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle
• Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Texas is 4-0 and No. 1 in the AP poll for a fourth straight week. The Longhorns’ wins include a 24-23 decision over Ohio State and a 20-17 victory at Tennessee.

Oklahoma is 2-2, with losses at Michigan and Georgia. Texas won the last two Red River Rivalry games, 34-3 in 2024 and 23-6 in 2025. Both teams are coming off a Week 5 bye.

No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
• TV: CBS
• Stream: Paramount+
• Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

UCLA is 4-0 and 2-0 in the Big Ten, with wins over Purdue and Maryland in league play. Oregon is 3-1, with its only loss coming 39-31 at Oklahoma State. Both teams are coming off a Week 5 bye. The Bruins beat Maryland 54-3 in Week 4, and the Ducks beat USC 41-27.

Oregon has won the last five meetings in the series. The teams last played as ranked opponents in 2022.

No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 10
• Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
• TV: ABC
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle
• Location: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Georgia and Alabama are both 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the SEC. Georgia beat Vanderbilt 38-14 last week, and Alabama won 56-23 at Mississippi State. The Crimson Tide have scored at least 45 points in each of their five games.

The teams split two meetings in 2025, with Alabama winning 24-21 in September and Georgia winning 28-7 in December.

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How to Watch College Football Week 6

The eight FOX-family games in this guide air on FOX, FS1 or BTN and stream on FOX One. Indiana at Nebraska and Houston at Kansas State air on FOX. Illinois at Michigan State, Nevada at UTEP and Hawaii at Arizona State air on FS1. Ball State at Northwestern, Maryland at Ohio State and Minnesota at Purdue air on BTN.

Texas vs. Oklahoma and Georgia at Alabama are available through ESPN Unlimited via the FOX One / ESPN Bundle. UCLA at Oregon airs on CBS. Subscriptions, authentication requirements and availability vary by service, plan and location.

Check local listings before kickoff. College football times and network assignments can change during the week.

The Week 6 FOX-family Saturday starts with Indiana at Nebraska at noon ET and ends with Hawaii at Arizona State at 10:30 p.m. ET, and the national schedule also features ranked matchups UCLA at Oregon and Georgia at Alabama.

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Week 5 of the NFL regular season runs from Thursday, Oct. 8 through Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, and includes an International Series game in London, with the Eagles and Jaguars meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. FOX carries six games this week, including a four-game window at 1 p.m. ET and a two-game window at 4:25 p.m. ET.

Below is the complete Week 5 schedule with kickoff times and TV networks, followed by previews of the biggest matchups and everything you need to know about how to watch.

NFL Week 5 Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 8

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys – 8:15 p.m. ET (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 11

Monday, Oct. 12

• Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams – 8:15 p.m. ET (ABC, ESPN)

Four FOX games share the 1 p.m. ET window and two share the 4:25 p.m. ET window. The Eagles-Jaguars game in London kicks off at 9:30 a.m. ET as part of the NFL’s International Series.

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NFL Week 5 Game Previews

Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Bengals vs. Dolphins on FOX One
• Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

The Bengals are 2-2, while the Dolphins are 0-4. Miami looks for its first win of the season at home against a Cincinnati team that sits at .500.

Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Vikings vs. Saints on FOX One
• Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Vikings are 4-0 after their win over Miami on Sunday. They head to New Orleans to face the Saints inside the Superdome.

New York Giants at Washington Commanders

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Giants vs. Commanders on FOX One
• Location: Northwest Stadium, Landover, Maryland

The Giants are 3-1, while the Commanders are 1-3. New York looks to build on its winning record against a Washington team trying to turn its season around.

Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 1 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Bears vs. Packers on FOX One
• Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

The Bears are 3-1, while the Packers are 2-2. This NFC North rivalry game takes place at Lambeau Field.

Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 4:25 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch Lions vs. Cardinals on FOX One
• Location: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

The Lions are 2-2, while the Cardinals are 1-3. Arizona looks for its second win of the season at home against Detroit.

San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 4:25 p.m. ET
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch 49ers vs. Seahawks on FOX One
• Location: Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

The 49ers are 4-0, while the Seahawks are 3-1. This NFC West matchup pits the 4-0 49ers against a 3-1 Seattle team.

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Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville Jaguars

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 9:30 a.m. ET
• TV: NFL Network
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle
• Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England

The Eagles and Jaguars meet in London as part of the NFL’s International Series. The Eagles are 2-2 and the Jaguars are 3-1, with an early-morning kickoff on NFL Network.

Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons

• Date: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
• Time: 8:20 p.m. ET
• TV: NBC, Peacock
• Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

The Ravens are 3-1 and visit the Falcons on Sunday Night Football. Atlanta’s record heading into this game was not yet final as of this writing, because the Falcons play their Week 4 game on Monday night.

Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams

• Date: Monday, Oct. 12, 2026
• Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
• TV: ABC, ESPN
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle
• Location: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

The Bills are 3-1, while the Rams are 2-2. Buffalo travels to SoFi Stadium to close out the Week 5 slate on Monday Night Football.

How to Watch NFL Week 5

FOX has six games in Week 5, including a four-game window at 1 p.m. ET and a two-game window at 4:25 p.m. ET. Because multiple FOX games overlap in each window, the exact matchup available in your market depends on your local broadcast map, so check local listings before kickoff.

The Thursday night game between the Buccaneers and Cowboys airs exclusively on Prime Video. The Eagles-Jaguars International Series game from London airs on NFL Network at 9:30 a.m. ET. CBS carries five Sunday games, including the Broncos-Chargers game at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Ravens-Falcons Sunday night game airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. The Monday night Bills-Rams game airs on ABC and ESPN.

More NFL Coverage This Week

Catch up on the latest from around the league before Week 5 kicks off Thursday night.

Week 5 brings an International Series game in London, a Vikings team looking to stay unbeaten and a 49ers-Seahawks matchup between a 4-0 team and a 3-1 team. Check the schedule above for exact kickoff times and TV channels, and check back throughout the week for more NFL coverage on FOX Sports.

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The Baltimore Ravens will be without their star quarterback this week, as Lamar Jackson has officially been ruled out for the Week 5 matchup against the Falcons.

Backup quarterback Tyler Huntley will make his first start of the season in Jackson’s place.

“We have a ton of confidence in [Huntley] to play really well,” head coach Jesse Minter said of Huntley’s start on Sunday. “I think everyone on the team is excited to see that.”

Jackson has been battling an ankle injury following the Week 4 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Although he didn’t suffer a long-term injury, his status against the Falcons was up for debate and not guaranteed.

The Ravens offense has already been dealing with a few injuries, specifically with wide receivers Ja’Kobi Lane and Zay Flowers in Week 1; Flowers returned from his hamstring injury, while Lane remains on injured reserve with a fractured wrist.

Baltimore and Huntley will face a talented Falcons team following their dominant 45-24 win over the New Orleans Saints. Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. finished the night with 15 completions on 20 attempts for 223 yards and a touchdown. Running back Bijan Robinson ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries.

In his 12 starts across his six seasons in a Ravens jersey, Huntley has compiled a 5-6 record. Huntley last started for Baltimore on Jan. 4, when he led the Ravens to a 41-24 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Minter enters the Sunday night matchup with a 3-1 record as head coach. In his first game without Jackson, Minter will need to lead the offense past the Falcons’ defense to secure a 4-1 start to the season.

Coincidentally, the last time the Ravens faced the Falcons in a regular-season game was in 2022, when Huntley started for Baltimore and led the team to a 17-9 win. Now, Huntley will face the Falcons again, but this time on the road in Atlanta at 5:15 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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AT&T STADIUM (Arlington, Texas) – You get to 0-4 as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did, it’s easy to worry that soon, you might cost your head coach his job.

The Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, has never fired a coach during a season. The Bucs hadn’t been 0-4 since 2013, though, so there was a real urgency to get that first win out of the way, to change the narrative to something positive.

“I think everyone felt it,” veteran left tackle Tristan Wirfs told me.

The Buccaneers delivered in surprising fashion on Thursday night, not just beating the Cowboys but thoroughly outplaying them in a 24-16 road win.

With the win, Bowles made an emphatic statement as he sat on what was perceived to be the hottest seat in the NFL: He can still lead an NFL team to victory. This is only one win, but it’s a first step for the Buccaneers to bounce back this season.

That was a valid concern before Thursday’s win, not only from the 0-4 start, but also a midseason collapse last season that had them lose seven of their last nine. Entering Week 5, that stretch was 11 losses in their last 13 games, which is a free-fall that many coaches don’t get the chance to pull themselves up from.

Undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels played well on Thursday night and was a huge reason Todd Bowles’ Bucs got their first win of the season. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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It was easy to speculate that a bad loss on Thursday night, combined with the long weekend, might give ownership a window where there’s more time to implement a difficult in-season change.

Instead, the night ended with Buccaneers players in a relieved postgame locker room consistently giving credit to Bowles, not only for the defensive game plan that held the Cowboys to 14 points below their season average, but the focus to win under the most difficult of logistical circumstances.

“It’s a long way to climb out,” Bowles said after the game. “At the same time, we’re upbeat, and if we play this hard and play this effective, we’ll be OK.

Bowles told the team the first quarter of the season was over after the 0-4 start. So, all they could do next was start fresh on the second.

It’s no surprise that a Bowles-coached team did it through defense. He also had two moments that showed he needed to improve both his decisions and his actions.

Late in the first half, the Bucs lined up for a 61-yard field goal, but just before the snap, before kicker Chase McLaughlin put the ball through the uprights, the Bucs were flagged for delay of game. Bowles said he had expected officials to “pump the clock” for more time, but he should have recognized they hadn’t and used one of his three time-outs to avoid a five-yard penalty that forced them to punt.

Then, in the fourth quarter, the Bucs had a fourth-and-goal from the Cowboys’ 1-yard line with a 24-10 lead. A short, easy field goal would have made it a three-score game with 8:36 left, but Bowles chose to go for it, and running back Sean Tucker was stopped short.

Bowles said it was less than a yard and the Bucs had run the ball well, so he wanted to firmly put the game away. A field goal would have put Tampa Bay up 17 points, which is a three-possession game. Instead, Dallas drove 99 yards for a touchdown to pull within one score, although the Cowboys attempted a two-point conversion and failed to make it 24-16.

Dallas got the ball back and drove inside the Bucs’ 30 before Dak Prescott’s second interception of the game sealed the win. None of that matters if Bowles simply settles for the field goal.

Linebacker Alex Anzalone (right) intercepted Dak Prescott to seal the Buccaneers’ win late in the fourth quarter. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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While Bowles could still be better, Buccaneers players backed him in the locker room after the game and credited him for the win. The hope is that the lessons learned in victory can help as much as those that lead to a loss.

“It feels good, but this is not it. We have to keep building,” said outside linebacker Yaya Diaby, who got his first career interception on another deflection. “I love this team. We’re in the right mindset, we have the right guys and the right coaches. We just have to keep doing what we’re doing.”

Thursday is only one win, but if the Bucs can beat the Cowboys on a short week on the road, they’ll have a shot in 10 days to win at home against the Steelers. After that, Tampa Bay gets divisional matchups against the Panthers and Buccaneers.

Soon after the game against Pittsburgh, quarterback Baker Mayfield will be back. There’s a chance he still plays all six games against NFC South opposition this season.

Only one 0-4 team has ever bounced back to make the playoffs, but that won’t stop the Buccaneers from dreaming big.

“We believe in ourselves, and better than belief, we know ourselves, and we know that we can handle anybody,” corner Zyon McCollum said.

Even before the win, the Buccaneers entered Week 5 only two games behind the NFC South-leading Panthers at 2-2. It’s not an insurmountable deficit.

Tampa Bay is 1-4, within two games of first in a bad division. Bowles has earned the right to coach his team as they try to do what only one NFL team has ever done, making the playoffs after an 0-4 start.

The pressure isn’t entirely off Bowles for this season, though. If Tampa Bay doesn’t make the playoffs, this could still be the season that costs him his job.

For now, the immediate pressure is off Bowles with one win. Whether he’s able to turn that one into more and potentially make a playoff push remains to be seen and will determine his future with the Buccaneers.
 

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The San Francisco 49ers visit the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 4:25 p.m. ET from Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. The 49ers are 4-0 after beating Denver on Oct. 4. The Seahawks are 3-1 after facing the Chargers the same day.

San Francisco has allowed 64 points through four games, 16.0 per game. The offense ranks sixth in the NFL in rushing at 137.3 yards per game and eighth in passing at 251.8.

Seattle has allowed 73 points through four games, 18.25 per game. The Seahawks are plus 3 in turnover margin, tied for fourth in the league, and rank 14th in passing at 237.0 yards per game.

The Seahawks are 3-point favorites over the 49ers at DraftKings, with a total of 46.5 and a moneyline of -161 for the Seahawks and +135 for the 49ers.

Below, we’ll give you all the details you need to know about how to watch this game.

How to Watch 49ers vs. Seahawks

• When: Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 4:25 p.m. ET
• Where: Lumen Field, Seattle, WA
• TV: FOX
• Stream: Watch 3 days free on FOX One

Players To Watch

Seattle’s passing game ranks 14th in the NFL at 237.0 yards per game, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been its most reliable target. He leads the Seahawks with 481 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 32 catches. His biggest game was nine catches for 155 yards and three scores at Arizona on Sept. 20.

San Francisco has allowed 64 points through four games, 16.0 per game. Space is hard to come by against a defense that stingy, and Seattle’s top receiver has to find it.

Seattle’s ground game ranks 13th in the NFL at 110.3 yards per game, and Emanuel Wilson leads it with 190 yards on 53 carries. He ran 21 times for 81 yards and a touchdown against the Chargers on Oct. 4.

San Francisco converts 57.5 percent of its third downs, the best rate in the league. That keeps Seattle’s offense on the sideline longer, so every early-down carry for Wilson has to count toward a first down.

San Francisco is 4-0, and Brock Purdy has thrown at least two touchdown passes in every game. He has 1,007 yards and 11 touchdowns with one interception for an offense that ranks eighth in the NFL at 251.8 passing yards per game. He completed 19 of 30 passes for 218 yards and two scores against Denver on Oct. 4.

Seattle has allowed 73 points through four games, 18.25 per game. The road trip puts the 49ers offense against a defense that does not give up many points.

Christian McCaffrey has scored in each of San Francisco’s last three games and leads the team with 218 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 50 carries. That production helps a 49ers ground game that ranks sixth in the NFL at 137.3 yards per game. He had 15 carries for 52 yards and a score against Denver on Oct. 4.

Seattle is plus 3 in turnover margin, tied for fourth in the league. Ball security matters on every McCaffrey carry against a team that takes it away this often.

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