Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs: Box score, player stats, and summary feat. Jared Goff, Patrick Mahomes

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In 2023, the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Detroit Lions in the Kickoff Game. The then-defending Super Bowl champions were looking to begin their defense on a high note, but it did not go well.

Patrick Mahomes was intercepted once, while his receivers dropped pass after pass, including on the final drive of the game that ended in a turnover on downs. The result was a 20-21 defeat that had many asking if this was the end of the dynasty.

But little did many know, it would be the beginning of a magical season for both teams. The Lions finished 12-5 to clinch the NFC North title and eventually reached the conference championship game - both for the first time since the days of Barry Sanders. Meanwhile, the Chiefs overcame a few more horrid losses to clinch the AFC West yet again at 11-6 and eventually won the Super Bowl.

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Over two years later, both once again meet at Arrowhead. Will the outcome be the same, or will payback be had?

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Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs box score

	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
Detroit Lions	3	7			10
Kansas City Chiefs	6	7			13

Detroit Lions player stats

Passing

Player	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
Jared Goff	9/12	93	1	0	124.7

Rushing and receiving

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD
Jahmyr Gibbs	13	59	0	0	3	0
David Montgomery	4	24	0	0	0	0
Jared Goff	1	7	0	0	0	0
Amon-Ra St. Brown	1	2	0	3	4	0
Jameson Williams	0	0	0	3	44	1
Sam LaPorta	0	0	0	3	42	0

Defense

Player	TOTAL	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD	INT
Jack Campbell	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rock Ya-Sin	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Anzalone	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kerby Joseph	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Branch	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
DJ Reader	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amik Robertson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aidan Hutchinson	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Craig Reynolds	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al-Quadin Muhammad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arthur Maulet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Stuard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Lacy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyrus Wheat	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Harper	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP
Jake Bates	1/1	1/1

Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS
Jack Fox	1	49

Kansas City Chiefs player stats

Passing

Player	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG
Patrick Mahomes	10/14	132	1	0	124.7

Rushing and receiving

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	REC	YDS	TD
Isiah Pacheco	5	18	0	1	0	0
Patrick Mahomes	4	15	1	0	0	0
Kareem Hunt	2	5	0	0	0	0
JuJu Smith-Schuster	0	0	0	2	47	0
Travis Kelce	0	0	0	3	40	0
Hollywood Brown	0	0	0	2	33	0
Xavier Worthy	0	0	0	1	6	1
Noah Gray	0	0	0	1	6	0

Defense

Player	TOTAL	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD	INT
Chamarri Conner	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cook	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Chenal	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Bolton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trent McDuffie	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Danna	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Roland-Wallace	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Watson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Karlaftis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Omenihu	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cooper McDonald	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nohl Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Brownlee	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Jones	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Drue Tranquill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP
Harrison Butker	0/0	1/2

Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS
Matt Araiza	0	0

Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs summary

The Lions began the game in controversial fashion, as an apparent Jared Goff touchdown catch was overturned by a penalty. Another one forced them to settle for a field goal.

Patrick Mahomes capitalized, finding Xavier Worthy for a touchdown. But Jared Goff responded early in the second quarter with a mid-range strike to Jameson Williams:

Both teams then exchanged turnovers on downs on the next two drives, before Mahomes rushed to the end zone to end the drought. A Lions punt ended the first half.

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