Packers 4-0

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 Sunday, 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.

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.

“They can’t blatantly hold you,” Holcomb said.

Ultimately, the Vikings had bigger concerns. Holcomb went 21 for 39 for 258 yards, but those numbers were boosted by the late rally.

Adrian Peterson rushed 12 times for 112 yards and had a 51-yard kickoff return in the second half, and Chester Taylor ripped off a 37-yard run, too. All they had to show for all that in the first 58 minutes was Ryan Longwell’s three field goals.

“I’d be lying to say we’re not disappointed,” Peterson said.

Winning for the fourth time in the last five meetings here, Favre went 32 for 45 for 344 yards. Green Bay is 4-0 for the first time since 1998.

“He cares about the record, but it’s not the most important thing,” defensive end Aaron Kampman said. “He cares about winning. That’s when you know you have a special teammate.”