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Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

Final · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 5 · Ford Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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GBGreen Bay Packers23Away
DETDetroit Lions31Home
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Lions beat Packers 31–23 in 2018 Week 5

The Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers 31–23 at home at Ford Field in Week 5 of the 2018 regular season on October 7, 2018. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 8 points.

The result moved the Lions to 2–3 and dropped the Packers to 2–2–1. The Packers finished 2018 at 6–9–1 and missed the playoffs. The Lions finished 2018 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Detroit Lions won 35–11 on December 31, 2017. When they met again, the Detroit Lions won 31–0 on December 30, 2018.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Packers lead the series 28–11 after meeting No. 39 since 1999 Full series history

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