The Detroit Lions won 31-24 against the New York Jets in Week 3 on September 27, 2026 at Ford Field. Geno Smith threw for 321 yards for the New York Jets, while Jared Goff had 269 for the Detroit Lions.
Scoring plays
Q2
Detroit Lions, Field goal · 9:35J.Bates 30 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.NYJ 0, DET 3
New York Jets, Touchdown · 5:33(Shotgun) G.Smith pass deep right to K.Sadiq for 24 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Sanders extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Hennessy, Holder-A.McNamara.NYJ 7, DET 3
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 1:36J.Goff pass short right to A.St. Brown for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.NYJ 7, DET 10
Q3
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 10:56J.Gibbs right end for 17 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.NYJ 7, DET 17
New York Jets, Field goal · 6:22 J.Sanders 42 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-T.Hennessy, Holder-A.McNamara.NYJ 10, DET 17
Q4
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 14:57S.Gill-Howard and L.Borom reported in as eligible. J.Gibbs up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.NYJ 10, DET 24
New York Jets, Touchdown · 11:17G.Smith pass short middle to J.Ruckert for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN. TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. G.Smith pass to G.Wilson is incomplete. ATTEMPT FAILS.NYJ 16, DET 24
New York Jets, Touchdown · 4:06(Shotgun) G.Smith pass deep right to G.Wilson to DET 1 for 22 yards (D.Reed).Penalty on DET-D.Reed, Defensive Pass Interference, declined.New York Jets challenged the short of the goal line ruling, and the play was REVERSED.(Shotgun) G.Smith pass deep right to G.Wilson for 23 yards, TOUCHDOWN.Penalty on DET-D.Reed, Defensive Pass Interference, declined. TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. G.Smith pass to S.Shepard is complete. ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS.NYJ 24, DET 24
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 2:25(Shotgun) J.Goff pass short right to J.Gibbs for 11 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.NYJ 24, DET 31
The Jets had just completed their climb from 14 down, but Jared Goff and the Lions answered with the drive that defined Sunday, September 27. Detroit beat New York 31-24 at Ford Field after Goff found Jahmyr Gibbs for the winning 11-yard touchdown with 2:25 left.
New York had tied it 24-24 at 4:06, when a review changed Garrett Wilson’s catch at the 1 into a 23-yard touchdown and Geno Smith completed the two-point conversion. That sequence lifted the Jets’ win probability from 9.9% to 38.6%, the game’s largest swing toward New York.
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