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Weekend Sports Roundup – October 19, 2026

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Upsets ruled college football’s Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays moved within one win of the World Series, and the unbeaten Chiefs kept rolling in the NFL. Here’s a look at the weekend in sports, Friday through Sunday night.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs stayed perfect at 5-0 with a 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium. Kenneth Walker ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns and Patrick Mahomes threw for 272 yards. The Chargers fell to 0-6.

In Sunday night’s game, the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 23-13 at Lambeau Field.

Buffalo improved to 5-1 by holding off the Raiders 33-30 in Las Vegas. Josh Allen threw two touchdowns and Tyler Bass kicked four field goals. In Cleveland, Andre Szmyt’s 37-yard field goal as time expired gave the Browns a 13-10 win over Baltimore; both AFC North rivals are now 4-2.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ slide continued. Carolina won 25-14 in Philadelphia behind Chuba Hubbard’s 120 rushing yards and two touchdown catches from Tommy Tremble, dropping the Eagles to 2-4. The Pittsburgh Steelers rallied to beat Tampa Bay 26-19 in overtime.

Other Sunday results:

  • Texans 34, Jaguars 31 (London)
  • Bears 31, Falcons 23
  • Patriots 26, Jets 19 (third straight win for New England)
  • Saints 34, Giants 27
  • Titans 26, Colts 20
  • Cardinals 18, Rams 16 (Chad Ryland’s sixth field goal on the final play)

On Thursday night, Denver edged Seattle 17-14 in overtime. Washington visits San Francisco on Monday night. Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami and Minnesota had the week off.

College Football (incl. Penn State)

Penn State lost 21-18 at Michigan and fell to 3-4 overall and 0-4 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions led 3-0 at halftime on a Ryan Barker field goal, but Michigan scored three rushing touchdowns after the break. Rocco Becht’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Chase Sowell, who had a career-best 151 receiving yards on 11 catches, cut the lead to three late, but Michigan recovered the onside kick to run out the clock. Linebacker Tony Rojas had a career-high 12 tackles.

Nationally, five of the top seven teams in the AP poll lost:

  • Unranked Auburn upset No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens.
  • No. 8 BYU beat No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24.
  • Unranked Florida won 27-24 at No. 7 Texas.
  • No. 14 Tennessee beat No. 6 Alabama 26-10, Alabama’s second straight loss.
  • No. 4 Ohio State won 19-15 at No. 5 Indiana, ending the Hoosiers’ 22-game home winning streak.
  • No. 3 Miami outlasted Florida State 43-35 in double overtime.

Other ranked results included No. 9 Ole Miss 31, No. 13 Missouri 3; No. 10 Texas Tech 53, Arizona State 25; No. 11 Utah 27, Colorado 24; No. 12 UCLA 17, Wisconsin 7; No. 15 Kentucky 21, Oklahoma 13; No. 20 Houston 35, No. 18 Oklahoma State 32; and No. 22 LSU 31, No. 16 Mississippi State 0.

In Sunday’s new AP poll, Miami (6-0) rose to No. 1, followed by BYU, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Georgia. Texas dropped to No. 19 and Alabama to No. 13.

Around Penn State athletics, field hockey beat No. 18 Michigan 2-1 Sunday behind two goals from Ella Gaitan, after topping Ohio State in a shootout Friday. The team has won seven straight and is 10-4 (4-1 Big Ten). Women’s hockey blanked Lindenwood 3-0 Saturday, and men’s hockey dropped its home opener 6-3 to No. 8 Quinnipiac on Friday.

MLB

The Tampa Bay Rays are one win from the World Series after beating the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 in Cleveland on Sunday to take a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series. Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over seven innings, and Yandy Díaz had three hits. Tampa Bay also won Game 4 on Saturday, 7-3, to even the series.

Game 6 is Monday night at 8 p.m. in Tampa Bay, with Game 7, if needed, on Tuesday. The winner faces the Milwaukee Brewers, who swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS. The World Series begins Friday.

Around the Sports World

  • NASCAR: Tyler Reddick won the Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, ahead of Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell and Corey Heim. The Chase moves to Talladega on Oct. 25.
  • LPGA: Ruoning Yin won the Buick LPGA Shanghai at 11 under par, one stroke ahead of Hye-Jin Choi, with two late birdies.

Gettysburg College

It was a tough Saturday for the Bullets:

  • Football: Carnegie Mellon 41, Gettysburg 6 at Musselman Stadium. The Bullets (2-4, 0-3 Centennial) play at Johns Hopkins on Friday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
  • Field hockey: Muhlenberg 2, Gettysburg 1 (8-5, 2-4 Centennial). Next: McDaniel at home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m.
  • Men’s soccer: Ursinus 2, Gettysburg 1 (7-6-1, 2-3-1 Centennial). Next: McDaniel at home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.
  • Women’s soccer: Ursinus 2, Gettysburg 0, with both goals in the second half.
  • Volleyball: Haverford swept Gettysburg 3-0 (12-7, 1-3 Centennial). Next: at Dickinson on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.

No Gettysburg College events were listed for Monday.

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