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October 29: Green Bay beats Carolina, Troy wins in overtime at JMU, North Texas wins a shootout, and all three NBA games are final.

Covered action date: Thursday, October 29, 2026, Eastern Time. All six scheduled games across the five covered sports are final: one NFL game, two FBS games and three NBA games. A finish after midnight remains attached to its scheduled October 29 action date. These sports results are not ISR paid-pick performance.

NFL — Green Bay wins at Lambeau

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers19–27Final
  • Green Bay beat Carolina 27–19, improving to 5–3; Carolina fell to 3–4.
  • Jordan Love completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
  • Christian Watson caught eight passes for 113 yards. Josh Jacobs supplied both a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown.
  • The Packers recorded six sacks. Bryce Young finished 23-for-41 for 209 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

ISR analysis: Green Bay’s passing production and pressure explain more than the eight-point margin alone. Jacobs’ 39 rushing yards on 21 carries also show why the scoring contribution and rushing efficiency need separate notes.

NCAA Football FBS — shootout and overtime

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Florida Atlantic Owls at North Texas Mean Green41–48Final
Troy Trojans at James Madison Dukes24–21Final/OT
  • North Texas beat FAU 48–41. Tayven Jackson threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns; Jahiem White rushed for 193 yards and two scores.
  • FAU’s Caden Veltkamp threw for 452 yards and five touchdowns. Easton Messer caught 16 passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns.
  • Troy won 24–21 in overtime at James Madison. Tucker Kilcrease passed for 179 yards, and Jaheim Merriweather rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
  • JMU’s Seth Cromwell rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown. Camden Coleman threw two touchdown passes and two interceptions.

ISR analysis: The Denton total reflects production by both passing games, while JMU’s rushing output did not prevent an overtime loss. Preserve those different paths instead of treating every high-yardage individual line as evidence of team control.

NBA — three completed games

  • Atlanta beat Cleveland 114–111. Onyeka Okongwu led the Hawks with 29 points and 12 rebounds; James Harden scored 24 for Cleveland.
  • New Orleans earned its first win, 132–120 over Sacramento. Jeremiah Fears supplied 22 points and 13 assists.
  • Sacramento’s Darius Acuff Jr. recorded 34 points and 14 assists in defeat; Domantas Sabonis had 15 rebounds.
  • Memphis beat Portland 124–103. Cameron Boozer recorded 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Deni Avdija led Portland with 24 points.

ISR analysis: Fears’ creation and Boozer’s all-around line are useful role notes. Acuff’s productive night in a loss is also a reminder that one player’s output does not summarize the team’s defense or possession balance.

No-game status

MLB: No October 29 games listed. NCAA men’s basketball: No October 29 games listed. Both checks use the Eastern action date.

Betting notebook — retained source snapshots

The following outcomes use DraftKings lines displayed by ESPN and retained with ISR’s October 29 previews. They were checked October 29 at 7:52 a.m. EDT and are morning source snapshots, not universal closing lines or claims about market movement.

  • Green Bay covered its retained -3.5 spread; 46 points finished under 46.5.
  • North Texas did not cover -14.5; 89 points finished over 76.5.
  • Troy covered +19.5; 45 points finished under 49.5.
  • Atlanta covered -1.5; 225 points finished under 237.5.
  • Memphis covered +7.5; 227 points finished under 233.5.

These comparisons are not paid-pick results. No market outcome is assigned to Sacramento–New Orleans without a retained source line.

Sources and completion check

Every score links to its box score. NFL detail also uses Green Bay’s official game recap. No-game checks: MLB and NCAA men’s basketball. All six games were verified final; none remains unresolved.

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