Goff responded by leading the Lions (7-2) on a nine-play, 53-yard drive that culminated in a Patterson kick. The key play: Goff’s 6-yard wing to rookie tight end Sam LaPorta at fourth and second at the Los Angeles 26. -Yard line.
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Goff, playing at SoFi Stadium for the second time since being traded by the Rams to the Lions in 2021, was 23 of 33.
David totaled 116 yards on 12 carries, adding a 75-yard landing in the second quarter. Jahmyr Gibbs added 77 yards and two touchdowns for the NFC North-leading Lions.
Amon-Ra St. Brown threw for a career-high 156 receiving yards on 8 receptions, a 20-yard landing to give the Lions a 31-24 lead in the third quarter. He is the first Detroit receiver to play six 100-yard passes. games in seven games since Calvin Johnson in 2012.
Herbert completed 27 of 40 passes for 323 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. Allen had 11 catches for 175 yards and two touchdowns, one landing of 29 yards in the second quarter.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Dan Campbell speaks with 16-year-old quarterback Jared Goff during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis).
The teams traded goals in the box before a pair of one-yard touchdown runs through Gibbs gave the Lions a 17-3 lead midway through the second quarter. His first touchdown was set on a 35-yard run where he went off to the right. He then made a big cut before being tackled at the Chargers’ one-yard line.
The Chargers pulled within 24-17 on a 2-yard run by Austin Ekeler with 23 moments remaining in the first half. After forcing Detroit to punt on the first drive of the second half, Los Angeles tied it for the second time when Herbert threw an 18-yard ball to Jalen Guyton.
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After that, the game adopted a trend in which Detroit took the lead and Los Angeles rallied to tie the game.
After St. Brown’s touchdown, Chargers first-round pick Quentin Johnston scored his first landing on a 1-yard reception in the fourth and on purpose with 11:30 left in the fourth quarter.
Four minutes later, the Lions’ Brock Wright went wide up the middle on a 25-yard touchdown reception.
FIT RACE
One play after Allen’s first touchdown, he replaced Goff, moved up the middle, missed 3 Chargers defenders in the Detroit 45, then made a cut and discovered a lane on the left sideline to give Detroit a 24-10 lead. Replay to determine if it was played in LA 16, but the game was confirmed.
It’s the Lions’ longest landing since Jahvid Best rushed for 88 yards in 2011. Montgomery is also the first Detroit player to score two rushing touchdowns of at least 40 yards since Barry Sanders in 1998.
INJURY
Lions: WR Donovan Peoples-Jones, acquired on a contract with Cleveland on Oct. 31, inactive.
Chargers: LB Chris Rumph II injured his foot in the pregame warmup and played. . . . LB Kenneth Murray Jr. (shoulder) and TE Gerald Everett (back) were injured in the third quarter.
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NEXT
Lions: Host Chicago on Sunday.
Chargers: At Green Bay on Sunday.