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Detroit Lions beat Miami 19-9, with four field goals from Bates
DETROIT — The Detroit Lions beat the Miami Dolphins 19-9 on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium and moved to 6-2.
The team recap said Jake Bates made field goals of 28, 40, 33 and 43 yards. The 43-yarder with about four and a half minutes left made it a 10-point game and ended the scoring. Jahmyr Gibbs scored the only touchdown, an 8-yard run on fourth-and-1. The defense held Miami out of the end zone. The Lions’ recap said Miami had 182 yards. The Dolphins’ recap said Detroit had the NFL’s top offense and that Miami kept Jared Goff without a passing touchdown, ending a 30-game streak. Both accounts agree on 19-9 and on the end-zone drought.
Jack Campbell missed the first game of his career with a neck injury from the Minnesota game, the Lions said. Defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard and the linebackers wore Campbell’s No. 46. Chuck Clark intercepted a pass in the third quarter and the drive ended in a Bates field goal. Derrick Moore, filling in for injured DJ Wonnum, had the first two sacks of his career. Alim McNeill added a sack and has 5.5 on the season. The defense had five quarterback hits, five tackles for loss and four passes defended, and it forced a turnover on downs late.
Miami’s account of the same afternoon
The Dolphins said Josh Uche sacked Goff on the opening drive and Detroit settled for a 28-yard field goal. Malik Willis and a 20-yard catch by Caleb Douglas set up Zane Gonzalez’s 36-yarder to tie it at 3. Bradley Pinion’s fake punt to Kaytron Allen gained 46 yards, and Gonzalez made it 16-9. Bates’s last field goal made it 19-9. Ollie Gordon II rushed for 55 yards on 16 carries. Douglas had six catches for 70 yards. Jordyn Brooks had 12 tackles. Miami is 1-7 and plays at Indianapolis on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m., the Dolphins’ recap said. The Lions’ box score lists Detroit with 270 net yards to Miami’s 228, 31:15 of possession, and nine penalties for 63 yards.
Bates’s four field goals were from 28, 40, 33 and 43. Gibbs’s touchdown was the only one, on fourth-and-1 from eight yards. Moore’s two sacks were the first of his career. McNeill’s sack made 5.5 for the year. Clark’s interception set up one of the kicks. Miami’s fake punt gained 46 and still did not produce a touchdown. The box has Detroit at 270 net yards and 31 minutes of possession. The record is 6-2.
The photograph is Ford Field. Sunday’s game was in Miami.
Sources:
Detroit Lions, Week 9 recap at the Dolphins, Nov. 8, 2026, https://www.detroitlions.com/news/recap-lions-at-dolphins-bates-goff-moore
Miami Dolphins recap, Nov. 8, 2026, https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/game-recap-dolphins-defense-battles-lions-prevail-19-9
Detroit Lions box score, Nov. 8, 2026, https://www.detroitlions.com/game-day/2026/reg-week9/lions-at-dolphins/box-score
Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, “Washington Football Team vs. Detroit Lions at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 2020.jpg”, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWashington_Football_Team_vs._Detroit_Lions_at_Ford_Field%2C_Detroit%2C_Michigan%2C_November_15%2C_2020.jpg
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