There were seven early games in the NFL on Sunday before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played at the New Orleans Saints, the Dallas Cowboys traveled to the Denver Broncos and the Tennessee Titans visited the Indianapolis Colts.
The Miami Dolphins were at the Atlanta Falcons, the Chicago Bears were at the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills headed to the Carolina Panthers.
The New York Jets also took on the Cincinnati Bengals, while the San Francisco 49ers were at the Houston Texans, the Cleveland Browns were at the New England Patriots and the New York Giants took a trip to the Philadelphia Eagles.
101GreatGoals.com brings you all the early NFL results from Sunday, including results, highlights and standings.
First receiving TD for the rook!
Let’s go @Ollie_Gordon2 👏 pic.twitter.com/qMmVwt0WEC
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) October 26, 2025
Miami Dolphins vs Atlanta Falcons: Tagovailoa shines
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa overcame requiring antibiotics to deal with an illness on the day of the game to throw a season-high four touchdown passes as Miami (2-6) ended their three-game losing run by beating the depleted Falcons 34-10.
Tagovailoa, who was withdrawn during the fourth quarter of the 31-6 defeat at Cleveland last week, completed 20 of 26 passes for 205 yards and supplied Jaylen Waddle, De’Von Achane, Malik Washington and Ollie Gordon II to score.
The Falcons’ (3-4) absentees includeed quarterback Michael Penix Jr, top wide receiver Drake London and sacks leader Zach Harrison. Tyler Allgeier made a six-yard scoring run with 5:01 remaining.
TDot scoops it up & gets us the ball back 👊
📺 @NFLonCBS & @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/mOavIXaJMl
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) October 26, 2025
“Any time you have an embarrassing outing as a team, you can go one of two ways,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said.
“I didn’t see the negative way as being something that was on the table for this locker room. We were trying to keep them one-dimensional.”
Falcons coach Raheem Morris said his team had been “smashed”. “[Miami] had a beat on what we’re doing defensively,” Morris added.
“They had a beat on what we were doing on special teams. They did a nice job today. We did not.”
Chicago Bears vs Baltimore Ravens: Henry at the double
Ravens running back Derrick Henry made two rushing touchdowns to reached 112 in his career as part of a 30-16 win for his team, finishing on 21 carries for 71 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
The Bears (4-3) were 6-0 ahead at the end of the first quarter but did not add to that tally until the fourth, including their only touchdown by D’Andre Swift.
The legend of Derrick Henry grows pic.twitter.com/PktRuEqInm
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 26, 2025
Charlie Kolar also scored for the Ravens (2-5), who ended a four-game losing run and ended the Bears’ four-game winning streak.
Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers: Cook dominates
Running back James Cook recorded 216 rushing yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns – one a 64-yard run in the second quarter – as the Buffalo Bills (5-2) ended a two-game losing streak with a 40-9 win.
Josh Allen contributed two touchdowns and Khalil Shakir added another as the Bills scored 34 points without reply between the second and fourth quarters.
Chuba Hubbard replied in the fourth for the Panthers, who are 4-4.
New York Jets vs Cincinnati Bengals: Glenn starts with win
Aaron Glenn’s first win as Jets head coach arrived in thrilling fashion as his team recovered from being 10-0 behind at the end of the first quarter and 15 down at the start of the fourth to win 39-38.
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. intercept a pass aimed at Andrei Iosivas with under two minutes remaining to seal victory with a season-high points total for the victors (1-7), who made 502 yards with the help of 133 from Breece Hall.
Joe Flacco became the seventh player aged over 40 to score a touchdown for the Bengals (3-5), who were 38-24 ahead with 8:41 of regulation time remaining.
“I told our guys at half-time that these are the games when I really can tell the mental and physical toughness of our team,” said Glenn, calling the result “very, very exciting”.
“The grit we’ve been talking about that we need to play with to win these games… there were a number of things we did that didn’t put us in a position to lose this game but put us in a position to win.”
timely TD from @BreeceH for his first of the season#NYJvsCIN on CBS | @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/812OcMdOKe
— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 26, 2025
San Francisco 49ers vs Houston Texans: CJ Stroud stars
CJ Stroud’s touchdown passes of 12 yards to Jayden Higgins and 30 yards for Xavier Hutchinson helped the Texans (3-4) beat the 49ers 26-15 for a third win in their last four games.
49ers quarterback Mac Jones was 19-of-32 for 193 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, supplying George Kittle and Jake Tonges for a team who are 5-3 after losing three of their last 5.
The winners lost defensive linesmen Sam Okuayinonu and Jordan Elliot to ankle injuries, as well as linebacker Dee Winters with a knee issue.
ICYMI
📺: @NFLonFOX https://t.co/nkOcycSedV pic.twitter.com/YUBavRdaF9
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) October 26, 2025
Cleveland Browns vs New England Patriots: Maye matches Mahomes
The Patriots (6-2) needed three field goals to lead 9-7 at half-time against the Browns (2-6) before a seven-play, 77-yard touchdown drive culminated in Hunter Henry’s touchdown in their 32-13 win.
That was part of a third quarter in which the winners scored 21 points without reply, with Stefon Diggs and Kayshon Boutte scoring and David Njoku replying for Cleveland.
New England quarterback Drake Maye posted more than 200 passing yards and eclipsed a 100 passer rating for a seventh consecutive game, matching Patrick Mahomes’ record for the longest such streak in NFL history by a player in his position aged under 24.
Down to seam to HOOP 🎯@DrakeMaye2 | @AustinHooper18
📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/bdi00GjFRW
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 26, 2025
New York Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles: Barkley injury worry
Saquon Barkley surpassed 100 yards in rushing but suffered a groin injury as the Eagles (6-2) won 38-20 against the Giants (2-6).
Dallas Goedert touched down twice and Jahan Dotson followed suit once for the Eagles, with Jaxson Dart reducing the deficit with 2:44 remaining.
Rookie Giants running back Cam Skattebo, who recorded 12 rushing yards, 18 receiving yards and a touchdown reception, suffered a dislocated ankle in the second quarter.
