{"id":476627,"date":"2024-01-21T20:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T00:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=476627"},"modified":"2024-01-21T20:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T00:07:37","slug":"lions-reach-nfc-title-match-with-31-23-victory-vs-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lions-reach-nfc-title-match-with-31-23-victory-vs-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions reach NFC title match with 31-23 victory vs Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/jared-goff\/\">Jared Goff<\/a> had 2 TD passes, and the Detroit Lions defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in a divisional-round postseason match at Ford Field in Detroit, MI, lifting the long-suffering organization into the NFC championship for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time in 32 years and just 2<sup>nd<\/sup> time in team\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On to the NFC title game.<\/p>\n<p>With all of Detroit behind them.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFLPlayoffs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4gFnwVq2E\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/f4gFnwVq2E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1749209328362594306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Detroit (14-5) won 2 postseason matches in a campaign for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time since 1957, the last time they took home the NFL trophy. Their next playoff match will be in San Francisco, against the NFC&#8217;s top-seed 49ers, next weekend for a place in the Super Bowl \u2013 a match they have never been part of.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Detroit Lions Jahymr Gibbs in the WIN today:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 9 Carries<br \/>\n&#8211; 74 Yards<br \/>\n&#8211; 8.2 YPC<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 TD<br \/>\n&#8211; 40 Yards Receiving<br \/>\n&#8211; 114 Total Yards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/caKhXr2SZN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/caKhXr2SZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL Rumors (@nflrums) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflrums\/status\/1749213319083311417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/baker-mayfield\/\">Baker Mayfield<\/a> threw 3 touchdown passes for the Bucs (10-9), including a 16-yard to <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/mike-evans\/\">Mike Evans<\/a> that got the franchise within 1 score with almost 5 minutes left in the match. Tampa Bay received 1 last chance, but Baker threw a pick that LB <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/derrick-barnes\/\">Derrick Barnes<\/a> intercepted, as that was Mayfield\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> pick of the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Y&#8217;all ever heard a roof pop off a building?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derrickbarnes21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@derrickbarnes21<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllGrit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AllGrit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KSFvFxKBH9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/KSFvFxKBH9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Lions (@Lions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions\/status\/1749212736301551879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iatLmdIyvcg?si=39w1Cjp9O400hj3y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Goff had 2 TD passes, and the Detroit Lions defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in a divisional-round postseason match at Ford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":476628,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16776,17324,16750],"news_category":[16703,14084],"gn_keywords":[18736,17873,18185],"acf":{"announce":"Goff threw 2 touchdown passes for the victory of Detroit.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/476627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/476627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476632,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/476627\/revisions\/476632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476627"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=476627"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=476627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}