Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions: player stats (Jan 5, 2025)

Week 18Final

At Ford Field

Score by quarter
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
MIN	–	6	3	–	9
DET	7	3	7	14	31

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MIN

Game leaders

DET

Passing yards
Minnesota Vikings: Sam Darnold166 YDS18/41, 0 TD, 0 INT
Detroit Lions: Jared Goff231 YDS27/33, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing yards
Minnesota Vikings: Cam Akers65 YDS6 CAR, 0 TD
Detroit Lions: Jahmyr Gibbs139 YDS23 CAR, 3 TD
Receiving yards
Minnesota Vikings: Justin Jefferson54 YDS3 REC, 0 TD
Detroit Lions: Amon-Ra St. Brown77 YDS6 REC, 0 TD
Tackles
Minnesota Vikings: Ivan Pace Jr.10 TCK5 SOLO, 0 SCK
Detroit Lions: Alex Anzalone7 TCK3 SOLO, 0 SCK

In Week 18, the Detroit Lions ran away from the Minnesota Vikings, 31-9, on January 5, 2025 at Ford Field. Jared Goff passed for 231 yards for the Detroit Lions, and Sam Darnold had 166 for the Minnesota Vikings.

Scoring plays

Q1

Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 1:43J.Gibbs up the middle for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.MIN 0, DET 7

Q2

Minnesota Vikings, Field goal · 6:35W.Reichard 25 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-A.DePaola, Holder-R.Wright.MIN 3, DET 7
Minnesota Vikings, Field goal · 0:20W.Reichard 31 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-A.DePaola, Holder-R.Wright.MIN 6, DET 7
Detroit Lions, Field goal · 0:00J.Bates 48 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.MIN 6, DET 10

Q3

Minnesota Vikings, Field goal · 9:55W.Reichard 51 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-A.DePaola, Holder-R.Wright.MIN 9, DET 10
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 2:30(Shotgun) J.Goff pass short middle to J.Gibbs for 10 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.MIN 9, DET 17

Q4

Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 13:06J.Gibbs left end for 13 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.MIN 9, DET 24
Detroit Lions, Touchdown · 5:14(Shotgun) J.Gibbs left tackle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.MIN 9, DET 31

Team stats

Team stats: Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions
MIN	Stat	DET
3-1323%	3rd down efficiency	5-12(better)42%
0-30%	4th down efficiency	2-4(better)50%
16618/41 C/ATT	Passing yards	231(better)27/33 C/ATT
12019 CAR	Rushing yards	178(better)31 CAR
2	Sacks taken	2
0(better)	Turnovers	2

Box score

Minnesota Vikings: Passing

Sam DarnoldQB	18/41	166	0	0	2	55.5

Detroit Lions: Passing

Jared GoffQB	27/33	231	1	2	2	80.7

Minnesota Vikings: Rushing

Sam DarnoldQB	3	10	3.3	9
Aaron Jones Sr.RB	10	45	4.5	8
Cam AkersRB	6	65	10.8	58

Detroit Lions: Rushing

Jahmyr GibbsRB	23	139	6.0	3	47
Craig ReynoldsRB	8	39	4.9	0	17

Minnesota Vikings: Receiving

Aaron Jones Sr.RB	5	6	30	10
Cam AkersRB	2	2	4	3
Jalen NailorWR	3	4	53	27
Justin JeffersonWR	3	9	54	31
T.J. HockensonTE	2	8	9	8
Josh OliverTE	2	3	16	13
Jordan AddisonWR	1	6	0	0

Detroit Lions: Receiving

Jahmyr GibbsRB	5	5	31	1	14
Craig ReynoldsRB	0	2	0	0	0
Sam LaPortaTE	7	7	63	0	17
Jameson WilliamsWR	6	8	34	0	14
Amon-Ra St. BrownWR	6	7	77	0	23
Tim PatrickWR	2	2	15	0	8
Kalif RaymondWR	1	1	11	0	11

Minnesota Vikings: Defense

Ivan Pace Jr.LB	10	5	0	1	1	1
Blake CashmanLB	8	5	0	0	0	0
Cam BynumS	7	7	0	1	0	0
Andrew Van GinkelLB	7	4	0	1	0	1
Byron Murphy Jr.CB	7	5	0	1	0	0
Harrison PhillipsDT	6	1	0	0	0	0
Joshua MetellusS	5	3	0	0	0	1
Jonathan GreenardLB	5	4	1	2	0	0
Harrison SmithS	4	3	0	0	1	1
Theo JacksonS	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jonathan BullardDT	3	1	1	1	0	1
Jihad WardLB	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shaquill GriffinCB	2	2	0	0	0	0
Stephon GilmoreCB	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dallas TurnerLB	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jalen RedmondDT	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay WardS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trent SherfieldWR	1	1	0	0	0	0
C.J. HamFB	1	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Lions: Defense

Jared GoffQB	1	0	0	0	0
Craig ReynoldsRB	1	0	0	0	0
Alex AnzaloneLB	7	3	0	0	1
Jameson WilliamsWR	1	1	0	0	0
Jack CampbellLB	6	2	0	0	0
Kerby JosephS	6	4	0	0	0
Brian BranchS	6	3	0	0	1
Amik RobertsonCB	5	4	0	0	1
Za'Darius SmithDE	3	3	1	1	1
DJ ReaderDT	3	1	0	0	0
Levi OnwuzurikeDE	3	2	0	0	0
Al-Quadin MuhammadLB	2	1	1	1	0
Ifeatu MelifonwuS	2	2	0	0	0
Terrion ArnoldCB	2	1	0	0	1
Kindle VildorCB	2	0	0	0	1
Hogan HattenLS	2	1	0	0	0
Jalen Reeves-MaybinLB	1	1	0	0	0
Mitchell AgudeLB	1	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Vikings: Kicking

Will ReichardPK	3/4	51	0

Detroit Lions: Kicking

Jake BatesPK	1/1	48	4

Lines

Consensus close, 10 books

Spread: DET −3; opened DET −2.5; DET covered
Total: 56; opened 51; Under

BetMGM closed DET −3, total 56. 9 more books and every move are in Pro

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Season series

MIN 0, DET 2

Oct 20Detroit Lions 31, Minnesota Vikings 29
Jan 5 · this gameMinnesota Vikings 9, Detroit Lions 31

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