DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes and the Detroit Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in a divisional-round playoff game on Sunday, lifting the long-suffering franchise into the NFC championship for the first time in 32 years and just the second time in franchise history. The Lions (14-5) won two playoff games in a season for the first time since 1957, the last year they won the NFL title. They will play at San Francisco, the NFC's top seed, next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl — a game they have never played in. Baker Mayfield threw three TD passes for Tampa Bay (10-9), including a 16-yard toss to Mike Evans that got the Bucs within one score with 4:37 left. The Lions kneeled to run out the clock as their fans stood, screamed and twirled white towels.

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Persons: — Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, Goff, Amon, Ra St, Brown, Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, Derrick Barnes Organizations: DETROIT, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFC, Lions, NFL, San, Bay, Detroit couldn't, Tampa Locations: San Francisco