A late field goal by Jake Bates gave the Detroit Lions a NFC North win in Minnesota 31-29.
The win by Detroit marked Minnesota’s first loss of the season
The Lions entered the second quarter down 10-0 but two scoring plays from Jahmyr Gibbs and a touchdown from Amon-Ra St. Brown and carried a 21-10 lead into the locker room at half.
Lions entered the second quarter down 10-0 but two scoring plays from Jahmyr Gibbs and a touchdown from Amon-Ra St. Brown and carried a 21-10 lead into the locker room at half.s entered the second quarter down 10-0 but two scoring plays from Jahmyr Gibbs and a touchdown from Amon-Ra St. Brown and carried a 21-10 lead into the locker room at half.
Jared Goff completed his first 14 passes and his first incompletions came on Detroit’s opening drive of the 3rd quarter. Later in that drive, Khalif Raymond scored on a pass from Goff to extend the Lions leads to 28-17.
Detroit had a 28-23 lead late in fourth quarter when Minnesota punched the ball away from David Montgomery and returned it for a go-ahead touchdown.
But Jared Goff and the Lions drove into field goal range with :19 seconds left setting up the game winning field goal by Jake Bates.
Detroit is now 5-1 and returns home next Sunday hosting the Titans at Ford Field.