Jared Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a game-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams 24-23 on Sunday night.

The NFL’s longest-ever nine-game postseason losing streak, which began with a victory over Dallas in January 1992, was snapped by the Lions (13-5). They lost a home playoff game two years later and hadn’t hosted one since.

Detroit will have two home playoff games for the first time in franchise history, hosting either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia in the divisional round next Sunday.

“I was playing for the city. This city has been so deserving of this for so long,” said defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, who grew up a Lions fan in the Detroit area. “The fans have been through a lot of years of bad football.”

The Rams (10-8) had a chance to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, but Detroit’s defense held. Los Angeles was forced out of field goal range by a holding penalty, and Stafford, the former quarterback for the Lions who was traded to the Rams and went on to win a Super Bowl, completed an incomplete pass on fourth down.

To the delight of long-suffering fans who witnessed the team’s second postseason victory since winning the 1957 NFL title, Goff hit Amon-Ra St Brown for 11 yards on the first play following the two-minute warning, allowing the Lions to run out the clock.

“Hats off to the Lions. I got nothing but respect for that group,” said Rams head coach Sean McVay.

Against the franchise he led to the Super Bowl five years ago, Goff was 22 of 27 for 277 yards and threw a two-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end Sam LaPorta to put Detroit ahead 21-10 midway through the second quarter. The Lions acquired Goff and a pair of first-round picks for Stafford three years ago.