The Detroit Lions led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-9, with 10:18 left in the fourth quarter. They sent kicker Jake Bates out onto the field to attempt a 58-yard field goal instead of trying to draw the defense offside before inevitably punting. He made Lions history.

The football ‘doinked' off the right upright. Detroit, though, still made out with three points after the doink proved beneficial to the kick's chances of conversion. The score held for the remainder of Monday night's game, leaving the Lions victorious by a 24-9 margin.

Detroit advanced to 5-2 on the season with the win, with the 4-1-1 Packers still atop the NFC North. Bates' field goal was the third of his career from 58, or more, yards out, per Lions PR. Most notably, he became the first kicker in Detroit's franchise

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