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Lions Rout Patriots 35-10 in Munich Behind St. Brown's Homecoming

Amon-Ra St. Brown scored twice in his mother's home country, Jahmyr Gibbs piled up 252 scrimmage yards, and Detroit (7-2) buried New England (5-5) 35-10 — a game swung by the first-quarter sack that knocked out Drake Maye and Aidan Hutchinson both.

Miles Rook2 min read Updated Nov 15, 12:39 PM ET

Amon-Ra St. Brown in 2022 (archive); the Lions receiver caught 2 touchdown passes in Detroit's 35-10 win over New England in Munich, his first NFL game in his mother's home country. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Summary

The Lions take a four-game winning streak — and a receiver playing in his mother's home country — into the NFL's only Germany game of the season against a banged-up Patriots team.

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MUNICH — The homecoming belonged to Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the day belonged to the Detroit Lions. St. Brown caught touchdown passes of 56 and 28 yards in his mother's home country, Jahmyr Gibbs ran for 153 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Detroit routed New England 35-10 on Sunday in Munich — a game that turned on one first-quarter sack that cost both teams a star.

New England's opening drive reached the Detroit 15 before Aidan Hutchinson sacked Drake Maye on third-and-goal. Maye injured his right ankle on the play, limped to the locker room and was ruled out in the second quarter; Hutchinson injured his knee celebrating the sack and didn't return either. The Patriots settled for Andy Borregales' 33-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead — and never seriously threatened again. Tommy DeVito finished at quarterback for New England (12 of 24, 81 yards) and threw the Patriots' only touchdown, a 10-yarder to Lan Larison in the fourth quarter.

The next four scores were all Detroit touchdowns: St. Brown's 56-yarder and Isaac TeSlaa's 12-yard catch in the first half, Gibbs' 5-yard run for 21-3 at the two-minute warning, and St. Brown's second touchdown for 28-3 in the third. After Larison's score, Gibbs closed the day with a 28-yard touchdown run. Jared Goff finished 20 of 31 for 303 yards and 3 touchdowns with 2 interceptions; Gibbs totaled 252 yards from scrimmage (153 rushing, 99 receiving); St. Brown had 4 catches for 98 yards and the 2 scores.

Detroit is 7-2, a winner in its first international game since 2015, and heads home with one cloud: Hutchinson, who entered tied for second on the team with five sacks, was ruled out during the second half, and his knee is the Lions' open question this week.

New England falls to 5-5 and has lost its last three games overseas — Frankfurt in 2023, London in 2024 and now Munich. Everything for the Patriots waits on Maye's ankle: the team confirmed the injury Sunday and gave no timeline for its quarterback's return.