Lions vs. Dolphins live score updates, injury news, highlights

We’re providing live updates of Lions vs. Dolphins, including highlights, injury news and the latest scores.

The Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins face off on Sunday, October 30 in an important game for each team—but for very different reasons. The Dolphins (4-3) are in the midst of a playoff race, looking up at both the Bills (5-1) and Jets (4-2). They do still occupy a Wild Card spot, though, and a win over the Lions would hold that position for another week.

The Lions (1-5), on the other hand, are desperate to show signs of progress. This week owner Ford Hamp—sensing the building frustration from fans—addressed the media to declare that while she is frustrated with how few wins the team has, she still has full confidence in general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell. If the losses continue to mount, that’s going to be a tougher and tougher sell to a Lions fanbase that you can already sense is starting to check out.

With stars D’Andre Swift and Amon-Ra St. Brown returning to the lineup this week, they’ll have a fighting chance against the Dolphins, but Miami remains the slight road favorite.

We’ll be providing live updates from Ford Field in Detroit as the game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET. Follow along here and continually refresh the page for drive-by-drive analysis, injury updates, highlights and the latest score of the game.

In the meantime, feel free to read our keys to the game, official preview, and our staff’s picks for Lions vs. Dolphins in Week 8.

First quarter

The Lions offense, who had struggled in previous weeks, got off to a near-perfect start. Aided by a taunting penalty that got him to midfield, Jared Goff attacked downfield, hitting Kalif Raymond for a 27-yard pickup on a pinpoint throw. After a 14-yard pass to rookie James Mitchell, Jamaal Williams punched it in for an easy 7-yard touchdown and a 7-0 Lions lead.

A couple of run plays got the Dolphins to midfield, but a sack from Malcolm Rodriguez pushed Miami back. The Dolphins worked their way back into a fourth-and-3 on Detroit’s side of the field, and converted with a 9-yard pass to Jaylen Waddle. But on the next play, safety Kerby Joseph laid on a huge hit for the second consecutive week and forced a fumble, with Rodriguez recovering.

The Lions offense went back to work with a huge 58-yard catch and run by T.J. Hockenson on third-and-2.

Three plays later, the Lions cashed in with a sick angle route from D’Andre Swift. 14-0 Lions.

A couple of big plays got the Dolphins deep into Lions territory, both involving Tyreek Hill. Tua Tagovailoa found him for 24 yards to start the drive, but the key play was a third-and-13 play in which Hill blew past AJ Parker and Tagovailoa found him for 36 yards.

Detroit appeared to have gotten a stop to hold the Dolphins to a field goal, but an illegal contact on Detroit gave Miami a fresh set of down. Tagovailoa found Waddle for a 5-yard touchdown the next play. 14-7 Lions.

Detroit worked their way to midfield with a big gainer by Amon-Ra St. Brown to close out the first quarter.

Second quarter

Goff uncorked a deep shot on the first play of the second quarter, and although it was underthrown, Kalif Raymond adjusted and made the 43-yard catch all the way down to the Dolphins’ 5-yard line. Two plays later, Williams punched it in for his second touchdown of the game. 21-7 Lions.

Tagovailoa answered with a 42-yard bomb to Hill to start the next drive. A few plays later, Waddle cleanly beat AJ Parker for a 29-yard score. 21-14 Lions.