MINNEAPOLIS — The record is his, for now, and Brett Favre can return his focus on two other numbers: 4-0.

To hear him tell it over and over, this is all he has ever worried about: helping Green Bay win.

Favre became the NFL's all-time leader in career touchdown passes with a couple of vintage third-down zingers yesterday, and the Packers stayed unbeaten with a 23-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

"To win, and get this behind us, is a great feeling," said Favre, who threw No. 421 in the first quarter to Greg Jennings and No. 422 in the fourth quarter to rookie James Jones.

He also went interception-free against a defense determined to make him the league's all-time leader in that category. Favre remained three picked-off passes away from topping George Blanda on the career list.

Former teammate Darren Sharper had one in the first quarter that was wiped out by a penalty. He congratulated Favre after the game that left the frustrated Vikings 1-3. The Packers joined the Dallas Cowboys as the NFC's only undefeated teams.

Favre went 32 for 45 for 344 yards. Green Bay is 4-0 for the first time since 1998.

The Vikings' Kelly Holcomb threw a touchdown pass to Sidney Rice with 1:55 left to pull the Vikings within seven, and a nearly disastrous fumble gave Minnesota a chance to tie it.

Favre's handoff to Ryan Grant wasn't clean, and Chad Greenway fell on it at the Minnesota 46. But Holcomb's tipped pass from the Packers 34 was intercepted by Atari Bigby, with the Vikings screaming unsuccessfully for an interference call on Charles Woodson.

GREEN BAY 7 3 3 10—23

MINNESOTA 0 6 3 7—16

First Quarter

GB—Jennings 16 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 4:56.

Second Quarter

Min—FG Longwell 44, 5:19.

Min—FG Longwell 35, 1:56.

GB—FG Crosby 28, :02.

Third Quarter

GB—FG Crosby 44, 6:04.

Min—FG Longwell 48, 3:18.

Fourth Quarter

GB—FG Crosby 33, 12:44.

GB—J.Jones 33 pass from Favre (Crosby kick), 5:46.

Min—Rice 15 pass from Holcomb (Longwell kick), 1:55.

A—63,779.

GB Min

First downs 20 20

Total Net Yards 384 382

Rushes-yards 20-46 22-155

Passing 338 227

Punt Returns 4-35 1-1

Kickoff Returns 3-67 4-98

Interceptions Ret. 1-1 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 32-45-0 21-39-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 4-31

Punts 4-49.0 5-36.2

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-1

Penalties-Yards 6-40 7-40

Time of Possession 30:58 29:02

RUSHING—Green Bay, Wynn 10-20, Grant 3-17, Ryan 1-7, Morency 1-2, Favre 4-1, Driver 1-(minus 1). Minnesota, Peterson 12-112, Taylor 8-40, Dugan 1-3, Holcomb 1-0.

PASSING—Green Bay, Favre 32-45-0-344. Minnesota, Holcomb 21-39-1-258.

RECEIVING—Green Bay, Driver 7-58, Lee 4-66, J.Jones 4-49, Franks 4-30, Jennings 3-43, Morency 3-33, Martin 2-52, Wynn 2-10, Grant 2-1, Hall 1-2. Minnesota, Rice 6-75, Wade 5-83, Shiancoe 4-38, Williamson 2-23, Dugan 1-13, Taylor 1-11, Richardson 1-9, Peterson 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

COWBOYS 35, RAMS 7

IRVING, Texas — Tony Romo had a 15-yard touchdown run and threw touchdown passes of 59, 37 and 17 yards, turning what had been a tight early game into yet another easy win for Dallas and another frustrating loss for St. Louis.

The Cowboys are 4-0 for the first time since 1995, the year of their last Super Bowl title. The Rams are 0-4 for the first time since 2002, when they opened with five straight defeats coming off a Super Bowl loss.

"Four-and-oh is nice," coach Phillips said. "It doesn't put us in the Super Bowl, it doesn't put us in the playoffs. But it's good that we're there."

Romo was 21 of 33 for 339 yards and three touchdowns, with an interception. He also had a long scramble on a fumble that helped keep alive the Cowboys' first scoring drive. Patrick Crayton scored the first two touchdowns and had seven receptions for a career-high 184 yards.

ST. LOUIS 0 7 0 0— 7

DALLAS 0 14 21 0—35

Second Quarter

Dal—J.Jones 2 run (Folk kick), 7:15.

StL—Hall 85 punt return (Wilkins kick), 2:11.

Dal—Romo 15 run (Folk kick), :11.

Third Quarter

Dal—Crayton 59 pass from Romo (Folk kick), 12:41.

Dal—Crayton 37 pass from Romo (Folk kick), 9:40.

Dal—Witten 17 pass from Romo (Folk kick), 2:22.

A—62,866.

StL Dal

First downs 12 28

Total Net Yards 187 502

Rushes-yards 21-62 33-171

Passing 125 331

Punt Returns 4-111 2-45

Kickoff Returns 5-151 1-20

Interceptions Ret. 1-31 1-0

Comp-Att-Int 14-30-1 21-33-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-8

Punts 8-55.3 5-51.8

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 7-50 2-10

Time of Possession 27:11 32:49

RUSHING—St. Louis, Leonard 16-58, Minor 4-6, Bulger 1-(minus 2). Dallas, J.Jones 13-52, Barber 8-50, Thompson 8-47, Romo 3-24, B.Johnson 1-(minus 2).

PASSING—St. Louis, Bulger 11-24-1-114, Frerotte 3-6-0-29. Dallas, Romo 21-33-1-339.

RECEIVING—St. Louis, Holt 5-52, McMichael 3-24, Bennett 2-20, Bruce 1-24, Minor 1-13, Looker 1-9, Leonard 1-1. Dallas, Crayton 7-184, Witten 6-71, Owens 3-33, Barber 2-22, Fasano 1-14, J.Jones 1-11, Hurd 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOAL—St. Louis, Wilkins 28 (WR).

LIONS 37, BEARS 27

DETROIT — Jon Kitna threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and Detroit (3-1) overcame mistakes and missed opportunities to beat Chicago (1-3).

Brian Griese, who had two TDs and three interceptions as a starter in place of Rex Grossman, threw a 1-yard pass to Desmond Clark on a fourth down with 52 seconds left to pull the Bears within three points. However, the onside kick bounced to Detroit's Casey FitzSimmons and he returned it for a TD.

"Our season is not over," Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said. "But we have to get better."

"We stink right now."

Chicago's Devin Hester returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, his seventh kick or punt return for a score in one-plus seasons.

CHICAGO 0 7 6 14—27

DETROIT 3 0 0 34—37

First Quarter

Det—FG Hanson 49, 10:05.

Second Quarter

Chi—Muhammad 15 pass from Griese (Gould kick), 4:16.

Third Quarter

Chi—FG Gould 49, 5:08.

Chi—FG Gould 41, :49.

Fourth Quarter

Det—McDonald 4 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 14:56.

Det—Smith 64 interception return (Hanson kick), 13:14.

Chi—Hester 97 kickoff return (Gould kick), 12:57.

Det—Walters 15 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 10:06.

Det—Jones 5 run (kick blocked), 3:34.

Chi—Clark 1 pass from Griese (Gould kick), :52.

Det—FitzSimmons 41 kickoff return (Hanson kick), :45.

A—60,811.

Chi Det

First downs 22 19

Total Net Yards 303 310

Rushes-yards 22-69 25-95

Passing 234 215

Punt Returns 5-95 2-17

Kickoff Returns 7-219 5-129

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-69

Comp-Att-Int 34-52-3 20-24-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 6-52 6-32

Punts 5-44.6 5-43.4

Fumbles-Lost 5-0 4-2

Penalties-Yards 14-102 9-59

Time of Possession 30:23 29:37

RUSHING—Chicago, Benson 15-50, Griese 2-8, Peterson 2-8, Wolfe 3-3. Detroit, Bell 11-46, Jones 10-38, McDonald 1-9, Bradley 1-3, Kitna 2-(minus 1).

PASSING—Chicago, Griese 34-52-3-286. Detroit, Kitna 20-24-0-247.

RECEIVING—Chicago, Berrian 8-99, Clark 7-44, Muhammad 5-49, Davis 5-38, Benson 5-24, Peterson 3-29, Hester 1-3. Detroit, Williams 6-53, Furrey 5-91, McDonald 3-31, Walters 2-36, Jones 2-6, McHugh 1-23, Bell 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Chicago, Gould 52 (BL). Detroit, Hanson 39 (BL).

GIANTS 16, EAGLES 3

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — With Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor on hand as an honorary captain, Osi Umenyiora had a team-record six sacks and New York (2-2) set a franchise record and tied a league mark by sacking Donovan McNabb 12 times.

Mathias Kiwanuka added three sacks, Justin Tuck two and Michael Strahan one in an awesome display by a defense that was ranked as the worst in the league after giving up 80 points in its first two games.

"Last week we were able to get some pressure on the quarterback," said Umenyiora, whose sack total was one shy of Derrick Thomas' NFL record. "We knew we would eventually get some sacks. We have some of the best pass rushers in the league on this team. We put it all together today."

Kawika Mitchell, a former Hawai'i resident, returned a fumble 17 yards for a touchdown and Eli Manning threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress.

Strahan's sack gave him 133 1/2 in his career, breaking Taylor's franchise record.

Philadelphia (1-3) was missing stars Brian Westbrook and Brian Dawkins.

PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 3— 3

N.Y. GIANTS 0 7 9 0—16

Second Quarter

NY—Burress 9 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 11:09.

Third Quarter

NY—FG Tynes 29, 2:03.

NY—Mitchell 16 fumble return (kick failed), 1:30.

Fourth Quarter

Phi—FG Akers 53, 12:51.

A—78,862.

Phi NYG

First downs 16 16

Total Net Yards 190 212

Rushes-yards 23-114 27-83

Passing 76 129

Punt Returns 3-20 5-41

Kickoff Returns 4-98 1-32

Interceptions Ret. 1-49 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 15-31-0 14-26-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 12-62 1-6

Punts 8-41.6 6-37.2

Fumbles-Lost 4-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 15-132 4-27

Time of Possession 30:26 29:34

RUSHING—Philadelphia, Buckhalter 17-103, Hunt 2-7, McNabb 4-4. New York, Ward 19-80, Droughns 5-8, Manning 3-(minus 5).

PASSING—Philadelphia, McNabb 15-31-0-138. New York, Manning 14-26-1-135.

RECEIVING—Philadelphia, Buckhalter 4-35, Celek 3-31, Brown 3-17, Curtis 2-21, Avant 1-12, Mahe 1-11, Schobel 1-11. New York, Toomer 4-54, Burress 4-24, Ward 3-26, Shockey 1-17, Hedgecock 1-9, Matthews 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Philadelphia, Akers 42 (WL). New York, Tynes 34 (WR).

SEAHAWKS 23, 49ERS 3

SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Hasselbeck passed for 281 yards and two touchdowns, Rocky Bernard ended Alex Smith's day early with a punishing sack and Seattle (3-1) claimed early supremacy in the NFC West.

Deion Branch had seven catches for 130 yards for the Seahawks, who snapped a two-game losing streak against San Francisco (2-2).

Bernard made the biggest of Seattle's six first-half sacks on San Francisco's third play from scrimmage, piledriving Smith with every ounce of his 308-pound frame. Smith has a seperated right shoulder. He was replaced by Trent Dilfer.

"I saw Trent was in the game and I was like, 'What's up?' It took a while to realize what was going on," Bernard said.

SEATTLE 0 13 7 3—23

SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 3 0— 3

Second Quarter

Sea—FG J.Brown 23, 12:55.

Sea—Engram 17 pass from Hasselbeck (J.Brown kick), 6:10.

Sea—FG J.Brown 31, :57.

Third Quarter

Sea—Pollard 14 pass from Hasselbeck (J.Brown kick), 12:11.

SF—FG Nedney 43, 4:36.

Fourth Quarter

Sea—FG J.Brown 25, 14:49.

A—67,651.

Sea SF

First downs 17 9

Total Net Yards 371 184

Rushes-yards 37-93 19-109

Passing 278 75

Punt Returns 5-42 6-63

Kickoff Returns 1-22 4-92

Interceptions Ret. 2-54 1-0

Comp-Att-Int 23-32-1 12-34-2

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-3 6-53

Punts 8-38.3 10-54.3

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-1

Penalties-Yards 3-15 9-65

Time of Possession 36:10 23:50

RUSHING—Seattle, Alexander 25-78, Morris 5-13, Weaver 3-6, Wallace 1-(minus 1), Hasselbeck 3-(minus 3). San Francisco, Gore 16-79, Robinson 1-28, Hicks 2-2.

PASSING—Seattle, Hasselbeck 23-31-1-281, Wallace 0-1-0-0. San Francisco, Dilfer 12-33-2-128, A.Smith 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Seattle, Branch 7-130, Engram 4-53, Weaver 4-26, Pollard 2-23, Burleson 2-10, Wallace 1-18, Strong 1-12, Alexander 1-5, Morris 1-4. San Francisco, Gore 3-42, D.Jackson 3-38, Battle 3-19, Jacobs 1-14, Hicks 1-8, Walker 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

BUCCANEERS 20, PANTHERS 7

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Garcia didn't throw an interception for the fourth straight game and ran for a touchdown, while Tampa Bay (3-1) shut down Carolina (2-2) to move atop the NFC South.

The 37-year-old Garcia, signed in the offseason, completed 15 of 25 passes for 176 yards and got Tampa Bay on the board with a 3-yard scramble on the Bucs' first possession.

Ike Hilliard caught seven passes for 114 yards, Michael Pittman rushed for 90 yards and the Bucs overcame the loss of running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams to a right knee injury.

"Nobody gave us a chance to do anything," Pittman said. "But right now we're proving a lot of people wrong."

Carolina's David Carr was 19 of 41 for 155 yards.

TAMPA BAY 14 3 0 3—20

CAROLINA 0 0 0 7— 7

First Quarter

TB—Garcia 3 run (Bryant kick), 8:43.

TB—Graham 1 run (Bryant kick), 0:48.

Second Quarter

TB—FG Bryant 25, 6:41.

Fourth Quarter

TB—FG Bryant 38, 10:21.

Car—D.Williams 24 pass from Carr (Kasay kick), 0:23.

A—73,707.

TB Car

First downs 22 13

Total Net Yards 365 236

Rushes-yards 42-189 23-99

Passing 176 137

Punt Returns 5-71 1-3

Kickoff Returns 1-19 4-82

Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 15-25-0 19-41-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-18

Punts 5-35.2 8-46.4

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1

Penalties-Yards 1-5 7-65

Time of Possession 34:40 25:20

RUSHING—Tampa Bay, Pittman 15-90, Graham 17-48, Williams 6-41, Garcia 4-10. Carolina, Foster 15-64, Carr 5-28, D.Williams 2-5, Hoover 1-2.

PASSING—Tampa Bay, Garcia 15-25-0-176. Carolina, Carr 19-41-1-155.

RECEIVING—Tampa Bay, Hilliard 7-114, Smith 4-17, Askew 1-17, Clayton 1-13, Graham 1-8, Galloway 1-7. Carolina, Smith 5-32, D.Williams 3-37, Foster 3-17, Hoover 2-17, Carter 2-16, Colbert 2-16, King 1-14, Jarrett 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.