Cardinals vs. Lions Live updates Score, results, highlights, for Sunday's NFL game

Live scores, highlights and updates from the Cardinals vs. Lions football game

Game Recap

The Detroit Lions took an ego-bruising defeat against the Green Bay Packers last week, but they kept their chin up and bounced back on Sunday. The Lions narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Arizona Cardinals 26-23.

Detroit QB Matthew Stafford was slinging it as he passed for two TDs and 270 yards on 31 attempts. Stafford ended up with a passer rating of 119. We would be remiss not to mention K Matt Prater, too, whose 39-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was the deciding factor in the contest.

Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, which contributed 14. Prater delivered a perfect 4-for-4 game.

No one had a standout game offensively for Arizona, but QB Kyler Murray led the way with three touchdowns.

The matchup brought Detroit to 1-2 and dropped Arizona to a mirror-image 2-1.

Detroit will square off against the New Orleans Saints at 1 p.m. ET next Sunday at Ford Field. If the game is anything like New Orleans 52-38 win from their previous meeting October of 2017, the scorekeeper will be kept real busy. As for the Cardinals, they will go up against the Carolina Panthers at 1 p.m. ET next Sunday at Bank of America Stadium.