Saints vs Lions

Final/OT · Week 1 · Sun Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET · Ford Field

New Orleans SaintsSaints0-1

Final/OTSep 13, 2026

Detroit LionsLions1-0

TVFox

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

NO+270

DET−340

Spread

NO +7−110

DET −7−110

Total O/U

Over 49.5−115

Under 49.5−105

Spread: Saints +7 covered.
Total O/U: over 49.5 (61 points).

Recap

The Detroit Lions beat the New Orleans Saints 31-30 in overtime at Ford Field in Detroit on Sep 13, 2026 to move to 1-0.

The Lions won the turnover battle 3-1. The Lions won despite being outgained 469-369 in total yards.

Score by quarter

New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NO	0	0	14	10	6	30
DET	7	0	14	3	7	31

Scoring plays

First Quarter

DETTouchdown · 3:39Jahmyr Gibbs 1 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)0-7

Third Quarter

DETTouchdown · 11:14Jahmyr Gibbs 1 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)0-14
DETTouchdown · 8:54Amon-Ra St. Brown 19 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)0-21
NOTouchdown · 4:27Kendre Miller 8 Yd Rush (Daniel Carlson Kick)7-21
NOTouchdown · 0:28Devaughn Vele 1 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Daniel Carlson Kick)14-21

Fourth Quarter

NOField Goal · 7:41Daniel Carlson 28 Yd Field Goal17-21
DETField Goal · 2:32Jake Bates 23 Yd Field Goal17-24
NOTouchdown · 1:07Juwan Johnson 9 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Daniel Carlson Kick)24-24

Overtime

DETTouchdown · 5:04Amon-Ra St. Brown 4 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)24-31
NOTouchdown · 1:34Noah Fant 8 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)30-31

Team stats

NODET

1st Downs: 29; 26
Total Yards: 469; 369
Passing: 378; 204
Rushing: 91; 165
3rd down efficiency: 8-17; 5-13
Turnovers: 3; 1
Possession: 31:35; 36:51

Top performers

New Orleans SaintsDetroit Lions

Passing

Tyler Shough35/56, 410 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT

Jared Goff26/39, 206 YDS, 2 TD

Rushing

Travis Etienne Jr.9 CAR, 46 YDS

Jahmyr Gibbs29 CAR, 156 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving

Chris Olave10 REC, 182 YDS

Amon-Ra St. Brown10 REC, 67 YDS, 2 TD

Sacks

Carl Granderson1

Aidan Hutchinson2

Tackles

Jonas Sanker10

D.J. Reed10

Player stats

Saints · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Tyler Shough	35/56	410	7.3	3	2	5-32	38.9	87.6

Saints · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Travis Etienne Jr.	9	46	5.1	0	18
Kendre Miller	9	30	3.3	1	8
Tyler Shough	4	8	2.0	0	4
CJ Donaldson	2	4	2.0	0	3
Barion Brown	1	3	3.0	0	3

Saints · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Chris Olave	10	182	18.2	0	47	13
Devaughn Vele	7	69	9.9	1	31	9
Juwan Johnson	3	54	18.0	1	27	7
Bryce Lance	3	42	14.0	0	19	4
Noah Fant	4	33	8.3	1	10	8
Travis Etienne Jr.	7	32	4.6	0	16	9
CJ Donaldson	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	2

Saints · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Tyler Shough	2	1	0
Travis Etienne Jr.	0	0	1
Vernon Broughton	0	0	1

Saints · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Jonas Sanker	10	7	1	0	0
Kaden Elliss	9	3	0	1	3
Justin Reid	8	5	1	0	0
Kool-Aid McKinstry	7	4	0	1	0
Pete Werner	7	3	1	1	0
Julian Blackmon	6	2	0	0	0
Danny Stutsman	6	2	0	0	0
Davon Godchaux	5	2	1	0	0

Saints · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Barion Brown	3	55	18.3	21	0
Kendre Miller	1	19	19.0	19	0

Saints · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Barion Brown	4	21	5.3	16	0

Saints · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Daniel Carlson	1/2	50.0	28	3/3	6

Saints · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Wright	5	238	47.6	0	2	57

Lions · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Jared Goff	26/39	206	5.3	2	0	1-2	43.0	96.7

Lions · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jahmyr Gibbs	29	156	5.4	2	21
Sione Vaki	2	7	3.5	0	4
Jared Goff	2	2	1.0	0	2

Lions · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Amon-Ra St. Brown	10	67	6.7	2	19	14
Sam LaPorta	5	48	9.6	0	19	8
Jameson Williams	4	45	11.3	0	22	9
Jahmyr Gibbs	5	30	6.0	0	11	5
Sione Vaki	1	11	11.0	0	11	1
Brock Wright	1	5	5.0	0	5	1
Isaac TeSlaa	0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Lions · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jahmyr Gibbs	1	1	0
Jared Goff	1	0	0
Jameson Williams	0	0	1
DJ Wonnum	0	0	1

Lions · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
D.J. Reed	10	7	0	0	1	0
Rock Ya-Sin	7	7	0	0	0	0
Jack Campbell	7	5	0	1	0	0
Avonte Maddox	7	4	0	0	2	0
Derrick Barnes	6	3	1	1	2	1
Aidan Hutchinson	5	4	2	2	0	4
Roger McCreary	4	4	1	1	0	1
Malcolm Rodriguez	4	2	0	0	0	1

Lions · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Derrick Barnes	1	3	0
Chuck Clark	1	1	0

Lions · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tom Kennedy	2	59	29.5	33	0
Jacob Saylors	2	25	12.5	25	0

Lions · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tom Kennedy	3	35	11.7	17	0

Lions · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jake Bates	1/1	100.0	23	4/4	7

Lions · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jack Fox	7	336	48.0	1	3	56

Game info

VenueFord Field, Detroit, MI

Attendance62,897

OfficialsLine Judge: Greg Bradley · Umpire: Paul King · Side Judge: Dale Shaw · Referee: Alan Eck

TVFox · national

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