American football: the main stories of 13.09.2026
Chicago and Carolina put up 96 points between them, and the Bears won 59:37 . Two outlets report the total as a scoring record. One report sets it against the previous Week 1 mark of 88 points, set…
Chicago and Carolina put up 96 points between them, and the Bears won 59:37. Two outlets report the total as a scoring record. One report sets it against the previous Week 1 mark of 88 points, set in 2018. Caleb Williams threw for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 65 more. Carolina's defence found no answer, and Chicago go into Week 2 with 59 points on the board.
The Rams may lose their best pass rusher for at least a month. One outlet reports that Myles Garrett will have surgery on a knee that troubled him through training camp and the opener, and will miss at least 4 games. On 12 September, after the loss to San Francisco in Melbourne, Garrett said he had never played worse. In Baltimore, a single report says Derrick Henry scored 3 touchdowns in the 41:23 win over Indianapolis. That moves him to third on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdown list.
- Arizona beat the Chargers 26:14 in Mike Laughlin's first game in charge. According to one report, he is the Cardinals' first permanent head coach since 1973 to win his debut.
- Buffalo came from behind late to beat Houston.
- Former West Virginia running back Noel Devine, 38, was arrested by Morgantown police on Sunday on a felony strangulation charge, one outlet reports.
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