With a raucous crowd helping out every step of the way, Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions made the most of their long-awaited return to Monday night.

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Stafford threw two touchdown passes and Jahvid Best added an 88-yard scoring run in Detroit’s 24-13 victory over Chicago. The Bears looked unnerved from the start by the noise level at Ford Field. They committed nine false start penalties and struggled to protect quarterback Jay Cutler.

“Our fans came out and did an unbelievable job. We need that kind of support every week,” Stafford said.”That’s just the potential of this city. We know that they can get behind us like that and come out and really wreck a game for another team.”

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The Lions are now 5-0 for the first time since 1956 – the year before their most recent NFL title. This was their first regular-season Monday night game in a decade, and with the nation watching, they showed emphatically this is no longer the sorry franchise that endured a winless season just three years ago.