American football scores and results on Sunday, 4 October 2026: full round-up

The day in numbers

On Sunday, 4 October 2026 our American football coverage recorded 36 matches across 2 competitions: 18 home wins and 18 away wins.

Those matches produced 1921 points in total, an average of 53.4 per match. The highest-scoring game was Sul Ross State Lobos 43-56 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds in NCAA Football, with 99 points. The biggest winning margin was 47 points: Chapman University Panthers 57-10 Whittier College Poets in NCAA Football. Home sides won 50% of the matches on the day.

NFL

NFL produced 13 matches on the day and 586 points in total.

Indianapolis Colts recorded the biggest win of the day in this competition, 30-13 against Washington Commanders.

Results in NFL: Washington Commanders 13-30 Indianapolis Colts; Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14-17 Green Bay Packers; Cincinnati Bengals 17-22 Jacksonville Jaguars; Houston Texans 30-34 Dallas Cowboys; Chicago Bears 23-12 New York Jets; Buffalo Bills 26-29 New England Patriots.

NCAA Football

NCAA Football produced 23 matches on the day and 1335 points in total.

Chapman University Panthers recorded the biggest win of the day in this competition, 57-10 against Whittier College Poets.

Results in NCAA Football: Sul Ross State Lobos 43-56 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds; Idaho State Bengals 31-38 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks; Colorado Mesa Mavericks 30-20 Chadron State Eagles; Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas 28-21 West Texas A&M Buffaloes; New Mexico Highlands Cowboys 24-52 Western Colorado Mountaineers; Lakeland University Muskies 13-49 Benedictine University (IL) Eagles.

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