GLENDALE, Ariz. (Interstat) — The Detroit Lions scored 24 points in the second quarter and pulled away for a 45-21 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at State Farm Stadium. Detroit improved to 3-2, while Arizona fell to 1-4. An announced attendance of 60,968 saw the Lions overcome an early deficit and dominate the middle quarters. Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Jahmyr Gibbs powered the Detroit offense with a big day on the ground.

Arizona opened the scoring with 5:06 remaining in the first quarter when Jacoby Brissett found Teagan Quitoriano for a 2-yard touchdown. Chad Ryland made the extra point. Detroit responded with 12:22 remaining in the second quarter when Gibbs scored on a 1-yard run up the middle. Jake Bates tied the game with the extra point. With 9:30 left in the second, Goff hit Sam LaPorta for a 38-yard touchdown. Bates again converted. With 4:50 remaining, Goff connected with Jameson Williams for an 8-yard score. Bates made it 21-7. With 53 seconds left in the half, Bates drilled a 46-yard field goal to give Detroit a 24-7 halftime lead.

The Lions extended their lead with 9:42 remaining in the third quarter when Goff found Williams deep right for a 39-yard touchdown. Walter Nolen was injured during the play, and Bates added the extra point. Arizona answered with 4:22 remaining when Brissett hit Quitoriano for a 13-yard touchdown, and Ryland converted. With 1:05 left in the third, Goff scored on a 1-yard run up the middle. Bates’ extra point made it 38-14. In the fourth quarter, with 5:03 remaining, Gibbs broke free for a 3-yard touchdown run. Bates converted. Arizona capped the scoring with 2:11 remaining when Brissett connected with Trey McBride for 9 yards, and Ryland added the extra point.

Goff, listed at 6-foot-4 and 217 pounds, completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran once for 1 yard and a touchdown. Gibbs, a 5-foot-9, 200-pound running back, finished with 25 carries for 151 yards and two touchdowns and added five receptions for 56 yards. Amon-Ra St. Brown, a 6-foot, 202-pound receiver, caught six passes for 69 yards and returned two punts for 36 yards. LaPorta, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound tight end, had five receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown. Williams, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound receiver, caught two passes for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Brock Wright added one reception for 11 yards. Sione Vaki ran six times for 11 yards and made four tackles. Jacob Saylors returned four kickoffs for 109 yards. Tom Kennedy returned two punts for 33 yards. Jack Fox punted four times for 200 yards. Bates made his only field goal attempt.

Detroit’s defense was led by Jack Campbell, a 6-foot-5, 243-pound linebacker who made 10 tackles. D.J. Reed and Chuck Clark each had seven tackles. Keith Abney II and Roger McCreary each finished with six tackles, and Abney recorded an interception. Derrick Barnes had five tackles and a sack. DJ Wonnum recorded two sacks. Aidan Hutchinson, Alim McNeill and Skyler Gill-Howard each had two tackles and half a sack. Malcolm Rodriguez added four tackles and half a sack. Ennis Rakestraw Jr. had four tackles. Derrick Moore, Jalen Mills and Trevor Nowaske each made two tackles. Levi Onwuzurike, Devin White, Khalil Dorsey, Christian Izien, Jimmy Rolder and Eric O’Neill each had one tackle. Tay Martin also recorded one tackle. Tyler Lacy, Tate Ratledge, Juice Scruggs and Isaac TeSlaa appeared in the game without recording a statistic.

Brissett, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound quarterback from West Palm Beach, Fla., completed 29 of 47 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns for Arizona. He ran twice for 19 yards and caught one pass for 7 yards. Quitoriano, a 6-foot-6, 259-pound tight end, caught two passes for 15 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Higgins had three receptions for 57 yards and one tackle. Reggie Virgil caught two passes for 29 yards. Jalen Brooks had two receptions for 16 yards and returned one kickoff for 27 yards. Budda Baker, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound safety, led the Cardinals with 11 tackles and a sack. Mack Wilson Sr. made seven tackles. Denzel Burke, Roy Lopez and Dadrion Taylor-Demerson each had six tackles, and Lopez added a sack. Baron Browning finished with four tackles and a sack. Walter Nolen III had four tackles. Josh Sweat made three tackles.

The Lions entered the game after a 32-26 loss at Carolina on Sunday and had won two of their previous three games. Arizona had lost three straight before the matchup. The Cardinals had dropped games to the New York Giants, San Francisco and Seattle, while their lone win came against the Los Angeles Chargers. Detroit’s next game is scheduled against Green Bay, and Arizona is set to visit the Los Angeles Rams, though neither contest was part of Sunday’s result. Detroit’s upcoming schedule also includes Minnesota, Miami, New England, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Atlanta, Tennessee, Minnesota again and the New York Giants. Arizona’s upcoming schedule includes Denver, Dallas, Seattle, the Los Angeles Rams again, Kansas City, Washington, Philadelphia, the New York Jets and New Orleans.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit 43, Arizona 38. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Detroit with a 74.4 percent probability to win. Arizona had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -5.5. The total score of 66 went under the over/under line of 55.5.