DETROIT (AP) &045; The Vikings took a big step toward their first playoff berth in four years &045; barely and with late help from the Lions.

Detroit botched an extra-point kick with 8 seconds left that would’ve tied the game, allowing Minnesota to seal a 28-27 win Sunday.

The Lions went 80 yards in 1:29 to pull within a point on Joey Harrington’s second touchdown pass to Roy Williams. Then, Don Muhlbach’s snap bounced to holder Nick Harris, who was tackled before he could get the football spotted for kicker Jason Hanson.

Randy Moss recovered the onside kick for the Vikings (8-6).

Despite losing five of their previous seven games, Minnesota can win the NFC North with a victory Friday at home over Green Bay and at Washington.

In the awful NFC, Minnesota could even be a wild-card team without another win.

The Lions (5-9) officially fell out of the postseason race with their seventh loss in eight games, a heartbreaker they’ll be thinking about for a long time.

Daunte Culpepper, who was 25-of-35 for 404 yards, threw three TD passes and Moe Williams scored the go-ahead TD on an 11-yard run with 1:37 left.

Nate Burleson, who had five receptions for 134 yards, caught a career-high two TDs. Moss and Culpepper hooked up for the longest play of their careers, an 82-yard TD, and Moss finished with four catches for 102 yards.

Moss caught his 88th TD, tying Hall of Famer Don Maynard for eighth on the NFL’s all-time list, and had his 41st 100-yard game, surpassing Cris Carter’s team record.

Culpepper tied his career high of 33 TD passes, set in 2000, and is one shy of Randall Cunningham’s team mark. All of his scoring passes Sunday were on third downs, including a third-and-24 on Moss’ TD. The 82-yard play surpassed their previous best, a 78-yard connection four years ago.

Harrington was 25-of-44 for a career-high 361 yards with two TDs and two interceptions. Williams, in and out of the game with a hip injury, had seven receptions for 104 yards and scored for the first time in almost two months. Kevin Jones was held to 79 yards and a TD after running for more than 150 yards the previous two games.

The poor snap at the end of the game followed a costly string of miscues for the Lions, who trailed 14-13 at halftime.