DETROIT (Interstat) — Jared Goff threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams with 4:35 left in the fourth quarter, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 19-15 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL game at Ford Field. The announced attendance was 64,008. Detroit improved to 5-2, while Minnesota fell to 6-1.

Kyler Murray, a 5-foot-10, 207-pound quarterback from Allen, Texas, led Minnesota’s offense by completing 17 of 29 passes for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns, and he ran 4 times for 35 yards. He found Justin Jefferson for a 1-yard score in the second quarter and T.J. Hockenson for an 8-yard score in the fourth. Jefferson finished with 5 receptions for 33 yards and a touchdown. Hockenson had 4 catches for 58 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Addison had 3 receptions for 66 yards, caught the 2-point conversion after the Hockenson score and made 1 tackle. Aaron Jones Sr. added 5 carries for 22 yards and 2 receptions for 18 yards. Jordan Mason had 8 carries for 20 yards, DeeJay Dallas had 1 carry for 4 yards and 1 tackle, Jauan Jennings had 2 catches for 11 yards, and Ben Yurosek had 1 catch for 24 yards. Myles Price returned 3 kickoffs for 72 yards and 1 punt for no yards. Brett Thorson punted 5 times for 217 yards.

The top star for Detroit was Jared Goff, a 6-foot-4, 217-pound quarterback who completed 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards and 1 touchdown. He connected with Williams for the winning score after earlier having a 24-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown reversed by replay review in the first quarter. Goff’s touchdown pass to Williams was the final scoring play of the game. In his previous outing, Goff completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards and 2 touchdowns in a win over Green Bay. Jahmyr Gibbs carried 23 times for 153 yards and a touchdown and added 2 receptions for 15 yards. Sione Vaki had 11 carries for 65 yards and 1 reception for 5 yards. St. Brown had 7 receptions for 46 yards and 1 carry for 10 yards. Williams had 4 receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. Sam LaPorta had 3 receptions for 33 yards and 1 carry for 2 yards. Tyler Conklin added 1 catch for 7 yards. Jack Fox punted 4 times for 186 yards.

Minnesota opened with a missed opportunity when Will Reichard’s 57-yard field goal went wide right. Detroit then appeared to take the lead on Goff’s deep pass to St. Brown, but the replay official reversed the completion ruling, leaving the pass incomplete. The Lions settled for Jake Bates’ 25-yard field goal with 2:18 remaining. Minnesota answered early in the second quarter when Murray hit Jefferson for 1 yard and Reichard made the extra point. Bates made a 37-yard field goal with 2 seconds left before halftime to cut Detroit’s deficit to 7-6.

Bates missed a 46-yard field goal off the left upright with 9:54 left in the third quarter. Detroit later took a 12-7 lead when Gibbs ran 30 yards for a touchdown with 4:40 remaining, but the 2-point conversion attempt failed. Minnesota moved ahead in the fourth when Murray found Hockenson for 8 yards with 8:44 remaining and then hit Addison for the 2-point conversion. Detroit answered on its next scoring drive, with Goff finding Williams for 7 yards with 4:35 remaining and Bates making the extra point. The scoring strike capped Detroit’s response after Minnesota had moved ahead.

Minnesota outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel had 4 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Joshua Metellus made 13 tackles, Eric Wilson had 12 tackles and 1 sack, Byron Murphy Jr. and Blake Cashman each had 10 tackles, Isaiah Rodgers had 5 tackles, Harrison Smith had 4 tackles, and Theo Jackson had 4 tackles. James Pierre had 2 tackles and an interception. Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins had 2 tackles and half a sack. Dallas Turner, Jalen Redmond and Chaz Chambliss each had 2 tackles. Jay Ward, Jacob Thomas, Kyle Van Noy, Levi Drake Rodriguez, Domonique Orange, Caleb Banks and Ivan Pace Jr. each had 1 tackle. Reichard made an extra point and missed the long field goal.

Detroit’s Jack Campbell made 3 tackles. Jimmy Rolder had 5 tackles and 1 sack, Aidan Hutchinson had 4 tackles, and Roger McCreary and Malcolm Rodriguez each had 4 tackles. Chuck Clark, Rock Ya-Sin, Brian Branch and Trevor Nowaske each had 3 tackles. Skyler Gill-Howard had 3 tackles and 1 sack. The Lions’ defense limited Minnesota to 15 points and came up with the late stop after the go-ahead touchdown.

Minnesota had won its first six games before the loss. Detroit has won five of seven. The Vikings are next scheduled to host Buffalo, while the Lions are set to visit Miami. Minnesota beat Indianapolis 16-10, New Orleans 23-13, Miami 15-10, Tampa Bay 23-16, Chicago 9-3 and Green Bay 39-22. Detroit beat New Orleans 31-30 in overtime, lost at Buffalo 41-31, beat the New York Jets 31-24, lost at Carolina 32-26, beat Arizona 45-21 and beat Green Bay 20-17. Minnesota’s only loss came at Detroit. The teams are scheduled to meet again in Minnesota later in the season.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected Detroit 27, Minnesota 26. Interstat’s ELO system gave Detroit a 56.7 percent win probability. Detroit was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The total score of 34 went over the over/under line of 46.