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Jake
Bates
kicked a
22-yard
field
goal
with one
second
left
Sunday,
giving
the
Detroit
Lions a
20-17
win over
the
Green
Bay
Packers
in a
back-and-forth
NFC
North
game.
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Lions
Edge
Packers
20-17 on
Last-Second
Field
Goal
Willis
Jones -
Sports
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Detroit
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Bureau
DETROIT
- Jake
Bates
kicked a
22-yard
field
goal
with one
second
left
Sunday,
giving
the
Detroit
Lions a
20-17
win over
the
Green
Bay
Packers
in a
back-and-forth
NFC
North
game.
The kick
came
after
Green
Bay’s
kicker,
Smack,
hit a
43-yarder
with
7:14 to
play to
tie the
game at
17. The
teams
traded
the lead
through
the
second
half.
Detroit
started
fast.
Jared
Goff hit
Jameson
Williams
on a
16-yard
touchdown
pass
midway
through
the
first
quarter.
Green
Bay
answered
late in
the
period
when
Jordan
Love
found
tight
end
Tucker
Kraft
for a
14-yard
score,
tying it
at 7-7.
Bates
put the
Lions
ahead
10-7
with a
40-yard
field
goal in
the
second
quarter,
and that
was the
score at
halftime.
Green
Bay took
its
first
lead
early in
the
third
quarter,
when
Love
threaded
a
25-yard
touchdown
pass to
running
back
Josh
Jacobs
for a
14-10
edge.
Goff and
Williams
responded
about
six
minutes
later
with a
10-yard
touchdown,
and
Detroit
led
17-14.
Neither
offense
found
the end
zone
after
that,
and the
kickers
decided
it.
Goff
finished
22 of 32
for 303
yards
and two
touchdowns
with no
interceptions,
good for
a 119.7
passer
rating.
Williams
caught
both
scores.
Detroit
outgained
Green
Bay 415
yards to
324 and
ran 33
times
for 119
yards.
The
Lions
were far
from
clean.
They
lost two
fumbles
and
committed
five
penalties.
But
Green
Bay
could
not take
full
advantage.
Love
went 27
of 45
for 274
yards
and two
touchdowns,
but he
threw an
interception
and
averaged
only 5.7
yards
per
attempt.
The
Packers’
ground
game
managed
60 yards
on 19
carries,
their
kickers
went 1
for 3 on
field
goals
including
a
blocked
attempt,
and they
were
flagged
eight
times
for 81
yards.
Detroit’s
defense
hit Love
six
times,
forced
two
three-and-outs
and
stopped
Green
Bay on
one
fourth
down.
The
Packers’
defense
also had
its
moments,
with two
forced
fumbles
and two
fourth-down
stops.
The win
moves
Detroit
to 4-2,
while
Green
Bay
falls to
4-3.
Both
trail
the
unbeaten
Minnesota
Vikings
(6-0)
and the
Chicago
Bears
(5-2) in
the
division.
The
Lions
host the
Vikings
next
Sunday
at 1
p.m. The
Packers
get
another
shot at
Detroit
in the
regular-season
finale,
scheduled
for Jan.
10 at
Lambeau
Field,
though
the date
and time
could
change
under
flex
scheduling.
This
report
is built
from the
official
box
score
and
play-by-play
data. No
player
or coach
quotes
are
included,
and
details
the data
did not
cover,
such as
who made
the
interception,
were
left
out.
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