{"id":505480,"date":"2025-12-05T02:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=505480"},"modified":"2025-12-05T02:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:36:53","slug":"gibbs-rushes-for-3-touchdowns-as-lions-secure-crucial-win-vs-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/gibbs-rushes-for-3-touchdowns-as-lions-secure-crucial-win-vs-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibbs rushes for 3 touchdowns as Lions secure crucial win vs Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jahmyr Gibbs and a defense that played at the highest level, along with turnovers, helped the Detroit Lions stay in contention for a place in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>He ran for 3 TDs, including a 13-yarder with almost 2 minutes until the end of the match that secured the 44-30 victory against the Dallas Cowboys on TNF.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lions<\/a> hang 44 on TNF to secure the win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BnnOvitMRq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/BnnOvitMRq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1996801452820537612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Detroit sacked Prescott 5 times \u2013 7 days after they had no sacks and were defeated by the Packers \u2013 and had 2 picks and recovered a fumble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw how everybody showed their best level as we knew that only a victory would keep our chances for the playoffs,\u201d Goff shared.<\/p>\n<p>Lions (8-5) avoided losing straight matches for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time in more than 3 seasons. Detroit remains outside the postseason picture with 4 matches left, but they improved their chances considerably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy players didn\u2019t panic,\u201d the Lions boss Dan Campbell claimed after the game. \u201cThat was our best game this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lions&#8217; chances to reach the postseason are now over 50%, while those of the Cowboys fell to below 10%, according to the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lions<\/a> RB Jahmyr Gibbs has reached 47-career TDs, tying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarrySanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BarrySanders<\/a> for the most TDs scored in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NFL<\/a> history through three-career seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He also ties Sanders for the most TDs scored before the age of 24 in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFL<\/a> history.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnePride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OnePride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProBowlVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ProBowlVote<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzAsZG1whH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/DzAsZG1whH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Lions PR (@LionsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LionsPR\/status\/1996799261007356240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jahmyr Gibbs and a defense that played at the highest level, along with turnovers, helped the Detroit Lions stay in contention for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":505481,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17627,16776],"news_category":[16703,16715],"gn_keywords":[18361,18736],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Detroit beat Dallas and almost ended their chances for the playoffs.","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\/505480"}],"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=505480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/505480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505482,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/505480\/revisions\/505482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505480"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=505480"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=505480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}