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New England Patriots at Detroit Lions

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · FC Bayern Munich Stadium · International

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New England Patriots—Away
Detroit Lions—Home

Game details

Venue designation
Neutral site

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 2–2 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 12 · 7 days of rest
Detroit Lions 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 4 games, DET 4 games
MetricNEDET
Points per game16.330th29.84th
Points allowed per game19.36th31.831st
Total yards per game331.516th389.36th
Passing yards per game225.018th303.52nd
Rushing yards per game117.810th102.020th
Turnovers per game2.531st0.31st
Sacks allowed per game2.520th2.013th
Penalty yards per game46.06th56.814th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  2. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  3. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  4. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  2. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  3. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  4. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 854 yds
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 163 yds
Receiving
Mack Hollins 209 yds
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 2.5

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,214 yds
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 353 yds
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 303 yds

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Behren Morton QB
  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Dametrious Crownover LT
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller
  • Out Rock Ya-Sin RCB
  • Questionable Tyleik Williams RDT

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NE 5 · DET 2 in 7 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 5 DET 0, NE 29
  2. 2018 · Week 3 NE 10, DET 26
  3. 2014 · Week 12 DET 9, NE 34
  4. 2010 · Week 12 NE 45, DET 24
  5. 2006 · Week 13 DET 21, NE 28

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NE 41.2% · DET 58.5%

Matchup quality 64.9 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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