NFL Week 5

Every NFL Week 5 game is listed below, running from October 9 to October 13, 2026, with each kickoff automatically converted to your local timezone. There’s no time-zone math to do and no guessing whether a listing is in ET or your own clock. Once the first game starts, scores on this page update by themselves, and final results stay here afterwards, so the same page works as a Week 5 schedule before kickoff and a live scoreboard through the weekend.

What’s on the Week 5 schedule

Week 5 opens with Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys on October 9 and closes with Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Rams on October 13, with most games on Sunday, October 11. Division rivalries dominate the middle of the slate: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans vs Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos vs Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants vs Washington Commanders and Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers. Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars round out the notable inter-conference games.

Bye weeks start here

Week 5 is the first week of the season with byes, so 15 games are played instead of 16 and two teams sit out. That changes how the week reads: the standings get slightly uneven, and for anyone playing fantasy football this is the first week where a full roster isn’t guaranteed. Bye assignments run through to Week 14, so from here on the number of fixtures varies week to week.

Live scores that update on their own

You don’t need to refresh anything. Each fixture card shows the current score, the game state — scheduled, in progress or completed — and updates as plays happen. It’s a useful single page to keep open on a Sunday if you’re following more than one game at once, or tracking fantasy matchups across the early and late windows.

Kickoff times in your timezone

Times shown are converted to wherever you’re reading from, so a 1:00 PM ET kickoff appears at whatever hour that lands for you. This matters most for the night games, which often fall in the early hours for readers outside North America.

Individual game pages

Every fixture links through to its own page with the live score, both teams’ records going into the game, kickoff time, broadcast and streaming details for how to watch, and our reporting on both sides — injury news, recent form and what the result means for each team.

Where Week 5 sits in the season

By Week 5 the early-season picture has largely resolved. Teams that started hot have either sustained it or regressed, injury lists have settled into something like their season shape, and the division races have a recognisable order. The concentration of division games this week means several standings positions change hands directly rather than through tiebreakers. It’s also the last stretch before the trade deadline conversation begins in earnest for teams whose seasons aren’t going to plan.

Keep following the season

For more, see the full NFL schedule, current standings, live scores from around the league, the latest injury report and our fantasy coverage.