Jared Goff passed for 199 yards and two touchdowns and the Detroit Lions topped the Arizona Cardinals 20-13 on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
Goff, who threw one interception, completed 18 of 23 passes. David Montgomery rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries for the Lions (2-1).
Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 83 yards and scored a 21-yard touchdown on a hook-and-ladder play. Amon-Ra St. Brown caught seven passes for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Kyler Murray passed for 207 yards and a touchdown with an interception for Arizona (1-2). Marvin Harrison Jr. caught five passes for 64 yards and a score.
Goff completed all 12 of his first-half passes as the Lions grabbed a 20-10 halftime advantage.
Montgomery rushed for 39 yards on the Lions' first possession, which he finished with a 1-yard plunge.
Arizona responded with a 70-yard drive in which Murray passed for 38 yards and rushed for 34 more. Murray connected with Harrison on a 10-yard pass to complete the drive.
Detroit regained the lead on a 13-play drive, capped by Goff's 5-yard pass to St. Brown. Jake Bates missed the extra-point try.
The Lions then used a little razzle-dazzle to score again with 29 seconds remaining in the half. Goff completed a short pass to St. Brown, who then tossed a lateral to Gibbs. The speedy running back raced 21 yards for the touchdown.
A personal foul penalty helped the Cardinals get into field-goal range and the half ended on Matt Prater's 42-yard field goal.
Murray's pass was picked off in the end zone by Kerby Joseph early in the second half. Arizona also failed to pick up a first down after Goff's pass was intercepted by Dennis Gardeck.
The Cardinals scored the first points of the half with 3:48 remaining on Prater's 45-yard field goal. Murray's 28-yard pass to Michael Wilson was the big play on the drive.
The Lions converted a key third-and-12 on Goff's 18-yard pass to St. Brown. Goff's 8-yard scramble picked up another first down and ended the contest.
--Field Level Media
Detroit | Arizona | |
David Montgomery | Player | Kyler Murray |
23 | Attempts | 5 |
105 | Yards | 45 |
4.6 | Avg Yards | 9.0 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
16 | Long | 21 |
Detroit | Arizona | |
Amon-Ra St. Brown | Player | Marvin Harrison Jr. |
7 | Receptions | 5 |
75 | Yards | 64 |
10.7 | Avg Yards | 12.8 |
1 | Touchdowns | 1 |
20 | Long | 17 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Detroit | 373 | 187 | 186 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
Arizona | 277 | 77 | 200 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 |