Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a 69-yard touchdown on the first snap of overtime after Jake Bates matched a career high with a 59-yard field goal in the final minute of regulation, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 34-27 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.
New York had a chance to extend the game, but turned it over on downs at the Detroit 31 when Aidan Hutchinson sacked Jameis Winston.
The Lions (7-4) entered the game out of the playoff picture, trailed by double digits multiple times and rallied to avoid losing consecutive games for the first time in more than three years.
They wouldn’t have pulled it off without Gibbs, who had a career-high 264 yards from scrimmage and three scores.
The dual-threat running back had a career-high 219 yards rushing — the third-highest total in team history — and two touchdowns along with 45 yards receiving and another score.
Filling in for injured rookie Jaxson Dart, Winston had a 33-yard touchdown reception and threw a 39-yard touchdown pass on trick plays in regulation.
Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (0) runs past New York Giants safety Dane Belton (24) for a touchdown in overtime of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)
The Giants (2-10) lost their sixth straight game and fifth this season after leading in the fourth quarter.
In his second game as New York’s interim coach, Mike Kafka made a risky decision late that ended up working in Detroit’s favor.
With the Giants leading 27-24, Devin Singletary was stopped for a 4-yard loss on third-and-goal from the 2. Instead of kicking a short field goal, Kafka went for it, and Winston’s pass to Theo Johnson was incomplete, ending a 14-play, 86-yard drive with no points.
Detroit took advantage. Bates connected on his long field goal with 28 seconds left, giving Jared Goff another opportunity to put the ball in Gibbs’ hands.
Goff was 28 of 42 for 279 yards with two touchdowns: an 11-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown and a 3-yard pass to Gibbs in the first half. He had a deflected pass picked off.
St. Brown had nine catches for 149 yards.
Making his second start for the Giants, Winston was 18 of 36 for 366 yards — becoming the first to throw for at least 300 yards against Detroit this season — with two touchdowns and an interception.
Wan’Dale Robinson set career highs with nine receptions for 156 yards and had a 12-yard touchdown in the second quarter that gave the Giants one of their three 10-point leads.
The Giants have lost an NFL-high five games after leading in the fourth. Last month at Denver, they became the first team since at least 1970 to lead by 18-plus points with six minutes remaining and lose in regulation.
The Lions host the Green Bay Packers at noon on Thursday for their traditional Thanksgiving Day game.
— Larry Lage in Detroit
Green Bay Packers 23, Minnesota Vikings 6
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Emanuel Wilson rushed for a career-high 107 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 on Sunday.
Green Bay’s Micah Parsons and Devonte Wyatt each had two sacks. The Vikings totaled 4 net yards and three turnovers in the second half.
Wilson had two 1-yard touchdown runs while filling in for Josh Jacobs, who was unavailable because of a bruised left knee. This was the first career two-touchdown game for the 2023 undrafted free agent from Fort Valley State.
His 28 carries and 107 yards rushing represented the highest single-game totals by any Packers running back this season.
Green Bay (7-3-1) improved to 2-0 in divisional games after going 1-5 against NFC North foes last season. This started a stretch of three straight divisional matchups for the Packers, who visit Detroit on Thursday and host the Chicago Bears on Dec. 7.
The Vikings (4-7) were attempting to beat the Packers on the road for a third straight season, something they last accomplished in 1991-93. They instead fell for the fifth time in their past six games.
Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy continued his struggles as a first-year starter by going 12 of 19 for 87 yards. Minnesota’s final two series ended with McCarthy throwing interceptions to Isaiah McDuffie and Evan Williams.
The Vikings trailed 10-6 but stopped Green Bay on the opening drive of the second half when a special teams turnover helped the Packers break the game open.
Daniel Whelan’s punt bounced inside the 10-yard line and then hit the body of Minnesota’s Myles Price, who was blocking a Green Bay player at the time. Zayne Anderson recovered at the Minnesota 5 to give Green Bay first-and-goal, and Wilson scored two plays later.
Minnesota spent the first half relying on running backs Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones to lead a ball-control attack that took the pressure off McCarthy. Once Green Bay opened up a two-score lead, the Vikings needed to rely more on McCarthy but couldn’t handle the Packers’ pass rush.
McCarthy was sacked five times, with four of them coming in the second half.
The Vikings’ only points came on a pair of Will Reichard field goals from 52 and 59 yards. Reichard became the first player in NFL history to have four field goals of at least 59 yards in one season.
Reichard’s first field goal capped the game’s first series with a 52-yard field goal. Green Bay answered with a 70-yard touchdown drive on its opening possession.
Minnesota wasted a golden opportunity in the second quarter when it had third-and-1 on the Green Bay 17. Tight end TJ Hockenson took a direct snap on third down and got stopped, then Kingsley Enagbare stuffed Mason on fourth down.
The two teams then traded field goals later in the second period, with Green Bay’s Brandon McManus making a 32-yarder before Reichard delivered from 59 yards with 10 seconds left in the half.
McManus added a 30-yarder and a 40-yarder in the fourth quarter.
— Steve Megargee in Green Bay, Wis.
