Detroit led 21-0 in the third quarter and still needed overtime, an overturned touchdown and a stopped two-point try to get out of it. Watch Saints vs Lions highlights on FOX Sports or stream on FOX One. The Week 1 game of the 2026 NFL season came from Ford Field in Detroit, MI on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT.

The Lions won 31-30 in overtime on an Amon-Ra St. Brown touchdown, then watched Tyler Shough’s throw to Chris Olave fall incomplete on the conversion that would have won it for New Orleans.

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Shough threw for 410 yards, the first Saints quarterback past 400 since Drew Brees in 2018, and tied it at 24 with a 9-yard pass to Juwan Johnson inside the last 1:07 of regulation. New Orleans then missed from 62 to end the fourth quarter. In overtime a Saints defensive touchdown came off the board on review, ruled an incomplete pass because Jared Goff had started his throwing motion. Jahmyr Gibbs carried Detroit with 156 yards, and his first score was the 50th of his career in his 50th game. You can stream Saints vs Lions recaps on FOX One. FOX One brings together live FOX NFL games, highlights, expert coverage, and live and on-demand FOX programming, all in one place. Start your 3-day free trial and stream on supported devices.

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These two have been meeting since 1955 and the Superdome years gave New Orleans most of what it owns in the series, which is why a one-point overtime result at Ford Field reads the way it does. Detroit has now taken the last two. The franchises last met in the postseason in January 2012, a 45-28 New Orleans win in the Wild Card round in which Drew Brees threw for 466 yards, still among the largest passing days in NFL playoff history.