Summary

  • Seahawks & Bills are first teams to move to 4-0 record

  • Eagles beat 49ers in late game

  • Browns beat Cowboys 49-38 in thriller; Brady leads Bucs fightback

  • Saints, Vikings, Bengals & Colts hold on; comfortable wins for Panthers, Ravens & Rams

  • Chiefs v Patriots delayed to Tuesday (00:05 BST) after New England QB Cam Newton tests positive for coronavirus

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  1. Eagles upset 49ers in Californiapublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    San Francisco 49ers 20-25 Philadelphia Eagles

    The Philadelphia Eagles shocked the San Francisco 49ers with a 25-20 away victory in week four's late game.

    Wideout Travis Fulgham and linebacker Alex Singleton scored their first career touchdowns in the fourth quarter as the Eagles came from behind to win.

    It was a second straight home defeat for the 49ers, last season's NFC champion who were beaten in Super Bowl 54 by the Kanas City Chiefs, and means they are now 2-2 and third in the NFC West.

    The Eagles win, their first of the season, puts them top of NFC East.

    Scroll down for a round-up of Sunday's games, with selected highlights, and then follow how the drama unfolded.

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  2. Week four recappublished at 01:26 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    The Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills were the only sides to improve their record to 4-0 on Sunday, although the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers have the chance to join them in their rescheduled games, external on Tuesday against the New England Patriots (00:05 BST) and Atlanta Falcons (01:50 BST), respectively.

    Odell Beckham Jr. scored three touchdowns as the Cleveland Browns went 3-1 and Tom Brady threw five touchdown passes to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers come from behind for victory.

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  3. Game of the daypublished at 01:17 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Dallas Cowboys 38-49 Cleveland Browns

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    Odell Beckham Jr. caught two touchdown passes and ran for a third for the Cleveland Browns to help prevent the Dallas Cowboys pulling off a late fightback for the second time in three weeks.

    The Cowboys led 14-7 after one quarter, before the Browns scored 34 unanswered points. Three touchdowns in the last quarter saw Dallas make it 41-38 with 3:42 remaining before Beckham produced a thrilling run down the right touchline to score a 50-yard touchdown.

    The Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott completed 41 of 58 passes for 502 yards and four touchdowns, but was intercepted at the Cleveland's four-yard line with 1:36 left as the Browns secured a 49-38 win, increasing their record to 3-1 for the first time since 2001.

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  4. Best of the late gamespublished at 01:07 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

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    Josh Allen passed for 288 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another as the Buffalo Bills remained unbeaten.

    The Bills won 30-23 at the Las Vegas Raiders to join the Seattle Seahawks as the only sides with a perfect 4-0 record, with Stefon Diggs catching six passes for 115 yards and Devin Singletary rushing for 55 yards and a touchdown.

    Philip Rivers passed for 190 yards and a touchdown as the Indianapolis Colts won 19-11 at the Chicago Bears, leaving both teams with a 3-1 record.

  5. Best of the early gamespublished at 00:52 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Russell Wilson threw for 360 yards and two touchdowns as the Seattle Seahawks became the first team to go 4-0 following a 31-23 win at the Miami Dolphins.

    After the Dolphins had closed to within 17-15, Wilson found David Moore with 5:30 left while Chris Carson scored his second rushing TD. The Seahawks' only other 4-0 start was in 2013, when they went on to win their only Super Bowl.

    Veteran quarterback Tom Brady passed for 369 yards and five touchdowns - to five different receivers - as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came from 24-7 down to win 38-31 against the Los Angeles Chargers.

    The Chargers' rookie QB Justin Herbert completed 20 of 25 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns but the Bucs secured victory as they intercepted Herbert at the death.

    Joe Burrow enjoyed his first NFL win as the Cincinnati Bengals held on to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 33-25, with the number one draft pick becoming the first rookie QB in league history to throw for at least 300 yards in three straight games.

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  6. Sunday round-uppublished at 00:47 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

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    Lamar Jackson passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one as the Baltimore Ravens eased to a 31-17 win over the Washington Football Team.

    Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes to Tre'Quan Smith and Latavius Murray scored two rushing touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints held off the Detroit Lions to win 35-29.

    Dalvin Cook rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns while Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson each posted 100-yard receiving games as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Houston Texans 31-23 for their first win of the season.

    Teddy Bridgewater threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-21, while the Los Angeles Rams eased to a 17-9 win over the New York Giants.

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  7. Full-timepublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 11-19 Indianapolis Colts

    And the Colts also do enough to run the clock down to zero.

    Chicago's perfect start is over. Indianapolis are now 3-1.

  8. Full-timepublished at 00:38 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 23-30 Buffalo Bills

    Buffalo push through!

    That's it. Bills go 4-0.

  9. Postpublished at 00:37 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 23-30 Buffalo Bills

    Devin Singletary with a big run takes it to third and one.

  10. Onside-kick unsuccessfulpublished at 00:36 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 23-30 Buffalo Bills

    Buffalo's Taron Johnson is first to smother the onside-kick.

    The Raiders have just one timeout to go. They can't give up a first down.

  11. touchdown

    Touchdown Raiderspublished at 00:34 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 23-30 Buffalo Bills

    But our second late-game comeback has just got going as Derek Carr finds Nelson Agholer on fourth and one.

    The extra point is good. Onside-kick awaits, 1:29 to go...

  12. Onside-kick unsuccessfulpublished at 00:33 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 11-19 Indianopolis Colts

    No! The Colts are first onto a spinning football.

    Indy now a couple of first downs away from going 3-1.

  13. Two-point conversion successfulpublished at 00:32 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 11-19 Indianapolis Colts

    David Montgomery rushes it in.

    Now to the onside-kick...

  14. touchdown

    Touchdown Bearspublished at 00:30 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 9-19 Indianapolis Colts

    Well well well.

    Allen Robinson with a tricky catch in the end zone to keep it alive.

    They go for two...

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  15. Postpublished at 00:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 3-19 Indianapolis Colts

    And the Bears are also chasing an unlikely comeback.

    They have the ball on the Colts' 16 with under two minutes to go.

  16. Postpublished at 00:27 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 16-30 Buffalo Bills

    Two-minute warning in Las Vegas. The hosts will pick it up at around the 22-yard line.

    They need two touchdowns to level up and have just the one timeout remaining.

  17. Postpublished at 00:25 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 16-30 Buffalo Bills

    The Bills punt. One final chance for Las Vegas?

    Derek Carr goes long and Jordan Poyer gets called on pass interference.

    The Raiders stop the clock on 2:52 on the 35-yard line.

  18. field goal

    Field goal Coltspublished at 00:22 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 3-19 Indianapolis Colts

    Rodrigo Blankenship posts another three for the Colts who take their lead up to 16 points.

    So the Bears need two touchdowns with two-point conversions on just one timeout to force overtime.

  19. Turnoverpublished at 00:20 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Las Vegas Raiders 16-30 Buffalo Bills

    Another Bills turnover!

    Surely it's all over now. Raiders are running out of time, under four minutes left.

  20. Postpublished at 00:19 British Summer Time 5 October 2020

    Chicago Bears 3-16 Indianopolis Colts

    And Philip Rivers has also dragged the Colts to the red zone.

    A score here would make it a three-possession game and effectively end this tie and Chicago's hopes of going 4-0.

    3:47 left.

    Philip RiversImage source, EPA