DETROIT LIONS 20, WASHINGTON REDSKINS 17
At Ford Field, Detroit ■ RECAP: Matthew Stafford’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin with 16 seconds remaining boosted the Lions (4-3) over the Redskins (4-3) for their third straight victory.
In the 100th game of his career, Stafford (18 of 26, 266 yards, one TD) threaded a sharp pass to Boldin between lunging linebacker Will Compton and a blanketing cornerback. Stafford, who set up winning kicks in the final minutes of the previous two games, has 24 career wins with drives in the fourth quarter or overtime.
Stafford drove the Lions 75 yards in six plays to snatch the Redskins’ would-be fifth straight victory after Kirk Cousins’ 19-yard touchdown run with 1:05 to play had given Washington a 17-13 lead.
Cousins faked a handoff to Chris Thompson, tucked the ball and ran to the right to score against a defense that didn’t expect him to be carrying the ball in a critical situation. Cousins was 30 of 39 for 301 yards with a TD and a fumble.
Detroit’s Zach Zenner scored on a 1-yard run midway through the third quarter against a defense that hadn’t allowed a touchdown in nine quarters, giving Detroit a 10-3 lead.
Both teams lost their top cornerback to an injury. Washington’s Josh Norman was knocked out of the game with a concussion, landing hard on his left shoulder after giving up a 52-yard reception to Marvin Jones in the third quarter. Detroit’s Darius Slay left with a hamstring injury in the second quarter.
■ QUOTABLE: “With Stafford, it’s never in the bag if it’s close. I call him (Brett) Favre Jr. because those are the kind of attributes and intangibles he has.” — Redskins safety Will Blackmon
■ NEXT: Lions at Texans (-2½), 10 a.m. Sunday; Redskins vs. Bengals (-3) at London, 6:30 a.m. Sunday