After the Vikings defense forced a three-and-out, sacking Goff on third down for emphasis, the offense needed to sustain a drive with 4:16 left. But the Vikings went three-and-out, too. On third-and-4, Darnold overthrew Justin Jefferson and they had to punt. Given more than two minutes and needing only a field goal to win, Goff delivered.

The game started with the Vikings forcing a turnover on downs following a fake punt by the Lions. A couple of plays later, veteran running back Aaron Jones took a carry, bounced outside, and raced 34 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-0 in favor of the Vikings.

Justin Jefferson and Aaron Jones scored touchdowns for the Vikings' offense. Sam Darnold was mostly solid outside of an interception in the first half that led to one of the Lions' scores, but he couldn't connect with Jefferson on a key third down late in the game.