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Cal in NFL: Jared Goff's Big Day Carries Lions Past Cardinals

Ex-Golden Bears star has his best game since going to Detroit in big upset of Arizona

Jake Curtis

Cal in NFL: Jared Goff's Big Day Carries Lions Past Cardinals
Cal in NFL: Jared Goff's Big Day Carries Lions Past Cardinals /

Former Cal quarterback Jared Goff rid himself of a lot of demons with an outstanding performance that helped the Detroit Lions stun the Arizona Cardinals 30-12 on Sunday.

Goff completed 21-of-26 passes for 218 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. And his passer rating of 139.7 was his best of this season, and his best since the second game of last season when he was still with the Rams'

Goff now has 17 touchdown passes with eight interceptions, but over the past three games he has nine touchdown passes with just two picks.

It was just the second win of the season for the Lions (2-11-1), but they have shown improvement in recent games, as evidence by their stunning upset of Arizona, which slipped to 10-4 with its second straight loss.

Goff's first touchdown pass:

Goff's second TD pass:

Goff's third TD pass:

This postgame press conference was a bit easier for Goff than some of the others:

Here's how other ex-Cal players in the NFL did Sunday:

Ashtyn Davis, Jets safety: Davis was in the starting lineup again, and he recorded eight tackles in the Jets' 31-24 loss to the Dolphins. Davis also had his second interception of his career, with both coming this season.

Marvin Jones Jr., Jaguars wide receiver: Jones had four catches for 14 yards in a 30-16 loss to the Texans. It was Jacksonville's first game without Urban Meyer.

Jaylinn Hawkins, Falcons safety: Hawkins made his third start of the season and had three tackles on defense and one on special teams in Atlanta's 31-13 loss to the 49ers.

Alex Mack, 49ers center: Mack again was San Francisco's starting center Sunday, and he helped the 49ers record 162 rushing yards while allowing no sacks.

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Cover photo of Jared Goff by Kirthmon F. Dozier, USA TODAY Sports

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Jake Curtis
JAKE CURTIS

Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years, and won awards for his feature stories.

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