Ignoring the broken thumb on his throwing hand, Brett Favre passed for 194 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers saved their season with a 30-27 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Favre, who improved to 3-9 in his career in the Vikings' noisy, climate-controlled home, completed 18 of 28 passes and threw one interception on Sunday night. He extended his consecutive starts streak to 198, an NFL record by a quarterback.
After two straight losses at home, the Vikings (6-2) saw their NFC North lead over the Packers (4-4) shrink to two games.
Two of Javon Walker's three receptions went for Green Bay touchdowns, and Ahman Green rushed 21 times for 137 yards -- plus five catches for 52 yards and a score.
Colts 23, Dolphins 17
At Miami, Peyton Manning threw for 266 yards and survived a potentially disastrous interception in the closing moments.
Indianapolis and Manning had lost four in a row to the Dolphins, and Manning was 2-8 against Miami entering the game. But the Indianapolis defense turned away a scoring threat with two minutes left when Brian Griese was sacked by Dwight Freeney and fumbled.
The Colts improved to 7-1, matching their best start since 1977.
The Dolphins fell to 5-3, the same record they had at midseason in 2002, when they missed the playoffs. All of their defeats have been at home.
With the help of two Colts turnovers, Miami tried to rally from a 23-14 deficit in the final four minutes.
After Olindo Mare's 23-yard field goal trimmed the margin to six, Terrell Buckley intercepted Manning's short pass, giving the Dolphins the ball at the Colts 15 with 2:45 left. But on second down, Griese fumbled when Freeney sacked him. Raheem Brock recovered, and Indy ran out the clock.
Saints 17, Bucs 14
In Tampa, Florida, John Carney kicked a 47-yard field goal with eight seconds left, lifting New Orleans (4-5) past the Super Bowl champions, leaving the Bucs at .500 and without a two-game winning streak this season.
Deuce McAllister ran for 110 yards, while New Orleans forced six turnovers and sacked Brad Johnson four times.
Ashley Ambrose returned an interception 73 yards for a touchdown that put the Saints ahead 14-0 going into the fourth quarter. Ambrose also had a second-quarter pick to set up Aaron Brooks' 38-yard TD pass to Michael Lewis.
Lions 23, Raiders 13
In Detroit, Joey Harrington threw a 33-yard touchdown pass and Jason Hanson kicked three field goals as Detroit won its first game since beating Arizona on opening day.
The Lions (2-6) had lost six straight and 14 of 15 dating back to last season. Detroit turned two turnovers into 10 first-quarter points, and scored 13 more on its first three second-half possessions.
Oakland (2-6) is off to its worst start since 1964, when it was 1-7-1.
Raiders quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, in his first NFL start in place of Rich Gannon, was sidelined with a left knee injury late in the first half. Rick Mirer made his first appearance since playing one game for San Francisco three years ago.
In other games: Texans 14, Panthers 10; 49ers 30, Rams 10; Bears 20, Chargers 7; Cowboys 21, Redskins 14; Ravens 24, Jaguars 17; Giants 31, Jets 28, OT; Cardinals 17, Bengals 14; Seahawks 23, Steelers 16; Eagles 23, Falcons 16
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