Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 26 | |
| Carolina Panthers | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 32 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:05 | Detroit Lions field goal. Jake Bates 54 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:50 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Chuba Hubbard 15 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:37 | Detroit Lions field goal. Jake Bates 43 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:08 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Tetairoa McMillan 32 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald PAT Failed) |
| 2:14 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Jahmyr Gibbs 1 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick) |
| 0:28 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Ryan Fitzgerald 47 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Detroit Lions field goal. Jake Bates 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:33 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Tetairoa McMillan 10 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald PAT Failed) |
| 6:21 | Detroit Lions field goal. Jake Bates 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:47 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Chuba Hubbard 2 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 8:59 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Ryan Fitzgerald 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:38 | Detroit Lions touchdown. Sam LaPorta 8 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Total first downs | 24 | 28 |
| First downs from rushing | 3 | 10 |
| First downs from passing | 19 | 17 |
| First downs from penalties | 2 | 1 |
| Third down | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 42 % |
| Fourth down | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Total yards | 452 | 445 |
| Total rushing yards | 46 | 127 |
| Total passing yards | 406 | 318 |
| Total offensive plays | 68 | 72 |
| Average yards per play | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| Time of possession | 26:45 | 33:15 |
| Rushing | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Total rushing plays | 15 | 28 |
| Total rushing yards | 46 | 127 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 67 | 60 |
| Turnovers | Detroit Lions | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| Bryce Young | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| AJ Dillon | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jared Goff | 52 | 32 | 62 % | 412 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 1-6 | 71.3 |
| Carolina Panthers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Bryce Young | 41 | 29 | 71 % | 329 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 3-11 | 85.4 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jameson Williams | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 0 | 49 | ||||
| Isaac TeSlaa | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Sam LaPorta | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Jahmyr Gibbs | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Sione Vaki | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Brock Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Tetairoa McMillan | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| John Metchie III | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Darren Waller | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Brycen Tremayne | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Tommy Tremble | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Mitchell Evans | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| AJ Dillon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ja'seem Reed | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Tetairoa McMillan | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jack Campbell | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Izien | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Clark | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Reed | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyleik Williams | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Nowaske | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ennis Rakestraw Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Rolder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alim McNeill | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aidan Hutchinson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Rodriguez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Lacy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khalil Dorsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amen Ogbongbemiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DJ Wonnum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalen Mills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger McCreary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Levi Onwuzurike | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tay Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Saylors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skyler Gill-Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carolina Panthers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Akayleb Evans | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devin Lloyd | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Okereke | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Lee III | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zakee Wheatley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Princely Umanmielen | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Scott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lathan Ransom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Hall | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Jones II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackson Kuwatch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Rochell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brycen Tremayne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyrel Dodson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Isaiah Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaelan Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chau Smith-Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Tyus III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Incoom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Brown III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jacob Saylors | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Kennedy | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Anthony Tyus III | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| David Moore | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jake Bates | 4/4 | 54 | 2/2 | 14 | |||||
| Carolina Panthers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ryan Fitzgerald | 2/2 | 47 | 2/4 | 8 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jack Fox | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | 47 | |||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Sam Martin | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | 52 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 8:42 AM.