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Detroit • Titus Young made the most of his opportunity to replace Nate Burleson.

Young caught his second touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford on a 1-yard slant with 20 seconds left, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Zach Miller made a spectacular, 16-yard catch on a toss from Russell Wilson with 5:27 left to put the Seahawks ahead. But Seattle (4-4) couldn't stop the Lions (3-4) on their last possession.

Stafford led a 16-play drive that started at Detroit 20 with 5:27 remaining. The possession began with a 15-yard pass to Calvin Johnson and was kept alive with third-down conversion passes to Johnson in Lions territory and to Joique Bell that set up the winning score from just outside the goal line.

After Stafford had to throw two passes away to avoid sacks, Young broke inside of cornerback Brandon Browner and caught the winning TD pass.

Burleson broke his right leg in Monday night's loss at Chicago, pushing Young up the depth chart. The second-year pro took advantage of his shot to get more involved with an offense that has fallen short of expectations. Young, who caught a go-ahead TD midway through the second quarter, set career highs with nine receptions and 100 yards receiving.

Stafford was 34 of 49 for 352 yards with three TDs, also connecting with rookie Ryan Broyles in the end zone at the end of the first quarter. The quarterback also ran for a 1-yard TD that gave Detroit a lead early in the fourth period for the first time this year.

It looked like the Lions were going to blow it. The Seahawks went ahead when Wilson lobbed a pass into the end zone that a leaping Miller tipped to himself with his right hand and hauled in with both hands for the go-ahead TD.

Seattle, though, was the team that failed to hold onto the lead and ended up losing consecutive games for the first time this year.

Wilson was 25 of 35 for 236 yards with two TDs and an interception. Marshawn Lynch ran just 12 times for 105 yards, including a career-high 77-yard run early in the second quarter for one of the many lead changes in the closely contested game.

Sidney Rice had six receptions for 55 yards and a 9-yard score that put Seattle up 17-7 early in the second quarter.

Young's first score, catching a 46-yard pass in stride from Stafford, started Detroit's comeback on the ensuing possession. His second one sealed the much-needed victory for the Lions. —

Seattle 24, Detroit 28

Seattle 3 14 0 7 — 24

Detroit 7 7 0 14 — 28

First Quarter

Sea • FG Hauschka 23, 5:30.

Det • Broyles 6 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), :00.

Second Quarter

Sea • Lynch 77 run (Hauschka kick), 14:43.

Sea • Rice 9 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 11:39.

Det • T.Young 46 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 8:49.

Fourth Quarter

Det • Stafford 1 run (Hanson kick), 11:35.

Sea • Miller 16 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 5:27.

Det • T.Young 1 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), :20.

Attendance • 63,497.

Sea Det

First downs 21 26

Total Net Yards 369 415

Rushes-yards 19-133 22-84

Passing 236 331

Punt Returns 3-29 1-6

Kickoff Returns 4-68 1-21

Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-26

Comp-Att-Int 25-35-1 34-49-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-21

Punts 3-48.3 4-44.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0

Penalties-yards 2-10 5-61

Time of Possession 25:17 34:43

Individual Statistics

Rushing • Seattle, Lynch 12-105, Turbin 4-14, Wilson 1-9, Rice 1-3, Robinson 1-2. Detroit, LeShoure 10-46, Bell 7-25, Stafford 4-12, K.Smith 1-1.

Passing • Seattle, Wilson 25-35-1-236. Detroit, Stafford 34-49-1-352.

Receiving • Seattle, Tate 7-64, Rice 6-55, Turbin 2-28, McCoy 2-27, Miller 2-22, Martin 2-17, Washington 2-16, Robinson 1-6, Lynch 1-1. Detroit, T.Young 9-100, Pettigrew 7-74, Scheffler 4-46, Bell 4-33, Johnson 3-46, Broyles 3-37, LeShoure 3-9, K.Smith 1-7.

Missed Field Goals • Seattle, Hauschka 61 (SH).