Lions beat Dolphins 19-9 behind Gibbs TD and Moore's 2 sacks

The Lions beat the Dolphins 19-9 at Hard Rock Stadium and moved to 6-2. Miami fell to 1-7. Detroit pulled away in the third quarter, when it outscored the Dolphins 10-3.

Jake Bates kicked a 28-yard field goal to open the scoring, and Zane Gonzalez answered from 34 yards to make it 3-3. Bates hit from 40 yards before halftime for a 6-3 lead. He added a 33-yarder early in the third to make it 9-3. Gonzalez hit from 52 yards to cut it to 9-6. Then Jahmyr Gibbs ran in from 8 yards, and with Bates' kick Detroit led 16-6. Gonzalez added a 34-yard field goal to make it 16-9 in the fourth, and Bates answered from 43 yards to close it out.

Derrick Moore was the player of the game with 3 tackles and 2 sacks. Gibbs ran 20 times for 74 yards. Amon-Ra St. Brown caught 8 passes for 86 yards. Chirp's Sim had the Lions at 61% before the game, and they delivered.