NFL 2026 · Week 1 · Ford Field

New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions

Final: Saints 30, Lions 31. The linescore, team stats, box score with fantasy points, and every scoring play and turnover.

New Orleans SaintsQ10Q20Q314Q410OT630

Detroit LionsQ17Q20Q314Q43OT731

Scoring plays and turnovers

TDQ1 3:41DET0-J. Gibbs rush for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
FumbleQ2 10:47DETFumble by 16-J. Goff, aborted, RECOVERED by 1-J. Williams returned for 7 yards.
FumbleQ2 9:34DET16-J. Goff, sacked for 9 yards (99-C. Young), fumble by 16-J. Goff (forced fumble by 99-C. Young), RECOVERED by 7-J. Sanker returned for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN (nullified). Official challenged the ruling, and the play was REVERSED, 16-J. Goff pass incomplete to 87-S. LaPorta.
TDQ2 9:34NO16-J. Goff, sacked for 9 yards (99-C. Young), fumble by 16-J. Goff (forced fumble by 99-C. Young), RECOVERED by 7-J. Sanker returned for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN (nullified). Official challenged the ruling, and the play was REVERSED, 16-J. Goff pass incomplete to 87-S. LaPorta.
FumbleQ2 7:46DET16-J. Goff pass to 0-J. Gibbs for 4 yards. New Orleans challenged the ruling, and the play was REVERSED, 16-J. Goff pass to 0-J. Gibbs for 4 yards, fumble by 0-J. Gibbs (forced fumble by 91-V. Broughton), RECOVERED by 91-V. Broughton returned for no gain.
INTQ2 5:31DET6-T. Shough pass intended for 87-N. Fant, INTERCEPTED by 36-C. Clark at DET 35, returned for 1 yard.
INTQ3 15:00DET6-T. Shough pass intended for 87-N. Fant, INTERCEPTED by 55-D. Barnes at NO 44, returned for 3 yards.
TDQ3 11:18DET0-J. Gibbs rush for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
FumbleQ3 9:54NO6-T. Shough, sacked for 8 yards (21-R. McCreary), fumble by 6-T. Shough (forced fumble by 21-R. McCreary), RECOVERED by 98-D. Wonnum returned for no gain.
TDQ3 8:59DET16-J. Goff pass to 14-A. St. Brown for 19 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
TDQ3 4:32NO5-K. Miller rush for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
TDQ3 0:34NO6-T. Shough pass to 14-D. Vele for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
FGQ4 7:45NO10-D. Carlson 28 yard field goal is GOOD.
FGQ4 2:35DET39-J. Bates 23 yard field goal is GOOD.
TDQ4 1:13NO6-T. Shough pass to 83-J. Johnson for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Missed FGQ4 0:02NO10-D. Carlson 62 yard field goal is NO GOOD.
TDOT 5:07DET16-J. Goff pass to 14-A. St. Brown for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
FumbleOT 3:49NOFumble by 6-T. Shough, aborted, RECOVERED by 3-T. Etienne Jr. returned for 4 yards.
TDOT 1:38NO6-T. Shough pass to 87-N. Fant for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

Team stats

Stat	NO	DET
Total yards	469	369
Passing yards	378	204
Rushing yards	91	165
First downs	29	26
Plays · avg gain	86 · 5.5	73 · 5.1
Red zone	80%	80%
Penalties · yards	6 · 53	8 · 61
Turnovers	3	1

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing
Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	Int	FPts
Tyler Shough QB	35/56	410	3	2	23.2

Rushing
Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	FPts
Travis Etienne RB	9	46	5.1	0	7.8
Kendre Miller RB	9	30	3.3	1	9.0
Tyler Shough QB	4	8	2.0	0	23.2
CJ Donaldson RB	2	4	2.0	0	0.2
Barion Brown WR	1	3	3.0	0	0.3

Receiving
Receiving	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	FPts
Chris Olave WR	13	10	182	0	18.2
Devaughn Vele WR	9	7	69	1	12.9
Juwan Johnson TE	7	3	54	1	11.4
Bryce Lance WR	4	3	42	0	4.2
Noah Fant TE	8	4	33	1	9.3
Travis Etienne RB	9	7	32	0	7.8
CJ Donaldson RB	2	1	-2	0	0.2

Kicking
Kicking	FG	Long	XP	FPts
Daniel Carlson K	1/2	28	3/3	5.0

Defense
Defense	PA	Sck	Int	FR	TD	FPts
New Orleans Saints D/ST DST	31	1	0	1	0	1.0

Detroit Lions

Passing
Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	Int	FPts
Jared Goff QB	26/39	206	2	0	16.4

Rushing
Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	FPts
Jahmyr Gibbs RB	29	156	5.4	2	28.6
Sione Vaki RB	2	7	3.5	0	1.8
Jared Goff QB	2	2	1.0	0	16.4

Receiving
Receiving	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	FPts
Amon-Ra St. Brown WR	14	10	67	2	18.7
Sam Laporta TE	8	5	48	0	4.8
Jameson Williams WR	9	4	45	0	4.5
Jahmyr Gibbs RB	5	5	30	0	28.6
Sione Vaki RB	1	1	11	0	1.8
Brock Wright TE	1	1	5	0	0.5
Isaac TeSlaa WR	1	0	0	0	0.0

Kicking
Kicking	FG	Long	XP	FPts
Jake Bates K	1/1	23	4/4	7.0

Defense
Defense	PA	Sck	Int	FR	TD	FPts
Detroit Lions D/ST DST	30	5	2	1	0	5.0

Linescore totals: NO 30, DET 31. FPts are per player in Standard scoring.

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