Week 5 · Recap
Lions 45, Cardinals 21: Week 5 recap
What happened
The Lions rolled past the Cardinals 45-21 on the road at State Farm Stadium in Week 5, moving to 3-2.
The Lions outgained the Cardinals 412-327 in total yards, won the turnover battle 1-0, and went 4-13 on third down.
Jared Goff went 19 of 30 for 271 yards and 3 TDs. Jahmyr Gibbs had 25 carries for 151 yards and 2 TDs on the ground. Sam LaPorta led the receivers with 5 catches for 88 yards and 1 TD.
On defense, DJ Wonnum led with 2 sacks and Jack Campbell had 11 tackles.
Team stats
- 412Total yards327
- 249Passing yards271
- 163Rushing yards56
- 24First downs20
- 4-13Third down8-18
- 4-4Red zone (TD-att)3-4
- 0Turnovers1
- 3-22Sacked-yards5-28
- 4-31Penalties-yards5-45
- 29:49Possession30:11
Box score from ESPN.
Scoring plays
Score: DET-ARI- 1st quarter
- ARITeagan Quitoriano 2 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)5:060-7
- 2nd quarter
- DET(No Huddle) J.Gibbs up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.12:227-7
- DETSam LaPorta 38 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)9:3014-7
- DETJameson Williams 8 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)4:5021-7
- DETJake Bates 46 Yd Field Goal0:5324-7
- 3rd quarter
- DETJameson Williams 39 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)9:4231-7
- ARITeagan Quitoriano 13 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)4:2231-14
- DETJared Goff 1 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)1:0538-14
- 4th quarter
- DETJahmyr Gibbs 3 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)5:0345-14
- ARITrey McBride 9 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)2:1145-21
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