{
  "id": 7203499,
  "title": "Bills edge Texans while Bears beat Panthers in NFL record-setting opener",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/bills-edge-texans-while-bears-beat-panthers-in-nfl-record-setting",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T00:02:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-edge-texans-while-bears-000249293.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Buffalo's quarterback Josh Allen delivered a masterful performance, passing for 334 yards and two touchdowns and running for two more, leading the Bills to a thrilling 36-31 victory over the Houston Texans. Allen's final-minute 34-yard pass to Joshua Palmer secured the win, with a crucial sack by Greg Rousseau and a recovered fumble by Terrel Bernard sealing the outcome. New coach Joe Brady secured his first NFL win.\n\nIn a record-breaking game, Chicago's Caleb Williams led the Bears to a 59-37 triumph over the Carolina Panthers, setting the 12th-highest scoring game of all time and a new opening weekend record. Wide receiver D Andre Swift rushed for three touchdowns, though he lamented the team's narrow margin of victory.\n\nDetroit's Jared Goff threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown to give the Lions a 31-30 victory over New Orleans, but the Saints answered with a game-winning two-point conversion. Baltimore's Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry fueled the Ravens' 41-23 win over Indianapolis, with Henry surpassing Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson as the all-time rushing touchdown leader.",
  "summary": "Buffalo's Josh Allen finally managed his first triumph at Houston in a thrilling win over the Texans on Sunday while Chicago bested Carolina in the highest-scoring opening weekend game in NFL history.Chicago's Caleb Williams threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more in the Bears' madcap 59-37 victory at Carolina -- the 12th-highest scoring NFL game of all time, and a record for opening…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "What TV channel is Panthers vs. Bears on today? Time, TV schedule, odds for Week 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/what-tv-channel-is-panthers-vs-bears-on-today-time-tv-schedule-odds",
        "published": "2026-09-13T09:08:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}