Jahmyr Gibbs had 170 yards from scrimmage and 4 touchdowns and the host Detroit Lions pulled away for a 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday evening to safe the No. 1 seed within the NFC playoffs for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Jared Goff accomplished 27 of 33 passes for 231 yards, one landing and two interceptions for Detroit (15-2). Gibbs rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns and caught 5 passes for 31 yards and one rating.
Sam Darnold accomplished 18 of 41 passes for 166 yards for Minnesota (14-3), which was held with no landing. The Vikings’ nine-game profitable streak ended.
The Lions clinched the NFC North title for the second 12 months in a row. They may have a bye subsequent week and have secured home-field benefit all through the convention playoffs.
The Vikings will enter the postseason as a wild-card workforce and the No. 5 seed within the NFC. They may journey to Inglewood, Calif., to face the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 13.
Gibbs gave the Lions the higher hand with three straight touchdowns within the second half.
Detroit was clinging to a 10-9 lead when Gibbs caught a 10-yard landing cross from Goff with 2:30 remaining within the third quarter. His rating, which got here on fourth-and-2, gave the Lions a 17-9 lead.
Gibbs added a 13-yard dashing landing to extend Detroit’s result in 24-9 with 13:06 remaining within the fourth.
The second-year operating again out of Alabama was not completed. He powered throughout the aim line for a 4-yard landing to make it 31-9 with 5:14 to go.
Gibbs joined Barry Sanders as the one operating backs in workforce historical past to attain 4 touchdowns in a sport. He additionally recorded the franchise file for many dashing and receiving touchdowns in a single season (20), surpassing the earlier mark of 17 touchdowns set by Sanders through the 1991 marketing campaign and matched by Jamaal Williams in 2022.
Detroit opened the scoring with 1:43 remaining within the first quarter. Gibbs reduce to his left and sprinted for a 25-yard landing.
The Vikings pulled inside 7-6 after back-to-back area targets by Will Reichard.
Jake Bates hit a 48-yard area aim to provide Detroit a 10-6 benefit on the break.
Reichard made his third area aim of the sport to chop the Vikings’ deficit to 10-9 with 9:55 left within the third quarter.
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