Lions receive kick. 3 and out.
Dallas one first down and punt.
Lions’ Reggie Bush runs for first down, picks up 14 yards and the lions punt.
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7:41
Dallas marches inside Lion territory but get stuck
Lions start at own 10. Matthew Stafford passes over the middle to Megatron, who runs 87 yards to the Dallas three.
After an incompletetion on third and goal, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz elects to go for it. Stafford completes the touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson on a quick inside slant.
Dallas goes 3 and out, punts. Lions run 11 yards to Dallas territory – end of 1st quarter.
2nd Quarter (Lions lead 7-0)
Stafford picked off at Cowboys 23, returned to the 38.
Cowboys punt after another 3 and out inside the Lions 20.
Lions punt back through the end zone for a touchback.
Comboys fail on third and two at the Lions’ 35, settling for a 53 yarder. 7-3. 5:39 left in first half.
The Lions took three first downs to the Dallas 27 with under two minutes left, but a Cowboy interception to the Lion four helped Dallas receive a 10-7 lead without having mustered much first half offense at all.
The second half will not receive such lengthy recap, for this article has sat unfinished since the game.
The Lions looked done, but Stafford took the team the length of the field with just over a minute to go. He saw everyone standing around for a spike at the goal line and said to himself, “Shoot, Imma go get that!
And he did.
31-30 final in Detroit.
Sorry, Dez.
…………… this is one game all Lions Fans were waiting for…. we knew we had a team full of guys who could make things happen………Schwartz,Stafford,Calvin,Reggie & Co…….these guys are for real and the defense did not let one of those turnovers turn into points… the clock management could not have been better…………. can’t remember a Lions game like this? that’s cause they burned a brand new page into the lions storybook……1st time a team has come back with 4 turnovers in how long?……….yeah the LIONS!