most rushing and receiving td single game lions history

The Detroit Lions scored their most rushing touchdowns in a game against the Rams on September 7, 1980 and against the Rams on October 30, 1960, with 5 touchdowns.

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Data note: Rushing Touchdowns, Receiving Touchdowns: player game data may be incomplete before 1960

	TEAM	RUSH TD	REC TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG
1	Lions	5	0	9/7/1980	DET	@	LA	330	46	7.2	173	10		17.3
2	Lions	5	0	10/30/1960	DET	@	LA	241	36	6.7	242	22		11.0
3	Lions	4	1	12/4/2025	DET	vs	DAL	109	22	5.0	309	25	31	12.4
4	Lions	4	1	9/22/2025	DET	@	BAL	224	38	5.9	202	20	26	10.1
5	Lions	4	0	11/20/2022	DET	@	NYG	160	37	4.3	165	17	25	9.7
6	Lions	4	0	11/4/2012	DET	@	JAX	149	34	4.4	285	22	33	13.0
7	Lions	4	1	10/9/2005	DET	vs	BAL	169	37	4.6	97	10	23	9.7
8	Lions	4	0	9/13/1998	DET	vs	CIN	224	34	6.6	204	15		13.6
9	Lions	4	2	11/27/1997	DET	vs	CHI	222	29	7.7	282	20		14.1
10	Lions	4	0	11/24/1991	DET	@	MIN	267	38	7.0	124	13		9.5
11	Lions	4	1	10/30/1983	DET	@	CHI	192	37	5.2	216	12		18.0
12	Lions	4	0	10/1/1973	DET	vs	ATL	258	47	5.5	67	6		11.2
13	Lions	4	1	10/1/1972	DET	@	CHI	197	43	4.6	131	8		16.4
14	Lions	4	1	10/29/1967	DET	@	SF	229	44	5.2	162	17		9.5
15	Lions	4	0	10/29/1961	DET	@	LA	168	34	4.9	249	11		22.6
16	Lions			11/23/1950	DET	vs	NYY
17	Lions	3	3	10/11/2026	DET	@	ARI	163	32	5.1	271	19	29	14.3
18	Lions	3	1	1/5/2025	DET	vs	MIN	178	31	5.7	231	27	32	8.6
19	Lions	3	0	11/24/2024	DET	@	IND	137	33	4.2	269	26	33	10.3
20	Lions	3	4	11/17/2024	DET	vs	JAX	196	43	4.6	449	27	31	16.6
21	Lions	3	3	9/30/2024	DET	vs	SEA	116	28	4.1	299	19	19	15.7
22	Lions	3	1	12/24/2023	DET	@	MIN	143	36	4.0	257	30	39	8.6
23	Lions	3	2	11/12/2023	DET	@	LAC	200	31	6.5	333	23	32	14.5
24	Lions	3	3	10/8/2023	DET	vs	CAR	159	30	5.3	236	20	27	11.8
25	Lions	3	1	9/28/2023	DET	@	GB	211	43	4.9	210	19	27	11.1

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,134

Goff

RUSH

847

Gibbs

REC

657

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

27.8

5th

OPP PPG

23.6

16th

RUSH YDS/G

127.8

7th

PASS YDS/G

268.1

5th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	6	1	.857
Bears	6	2	.750
Lions	6	2	.750
Packers	5	3	.625

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/22	TB	@	DET	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	TEN	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Lions

6 - 2

Final

Dolphins

1 - 7

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

2,374

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

758

Higgins

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

19

Cousins

18

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Chase

7

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

8.0

Young

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

30.0

28.6

28.1

27.8

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.1

17.9

18.0

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

393.1

387.3

384.1

379.8

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

280.8

280.5

273.1

268.1

266.7

Sack Leaders

27.0

26.0

25.0

23.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

156

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

111.8

Higgins

Fantasy TE Rankings

84.4

McBride

82.8

Likely

82.7

Bowers

Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

89

McLaughlin

89

Sanders

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

7-2

6-2

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-6-1

1-8

2-7

2-5

3-6

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	TB	@	CHI	8:20 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM

The Detroit Lions scored their most rushing touchdowns in a game against the Rams on September 7, 1980 and against the Rams on October 30, 1960, with 5 touchdowns.

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880

872

847

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758

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19

18

10

9

9

9

7

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114.8

111.7

110.1

8.0

7.5

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NFL Fantasy 2026

175.2

170.4

149

156

131.8

111.8

84.4

82.8

82.7

106

89

89

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