HOUSTON, Nov. 21 -- Brett Favre brought the Pack all the way back, even without buddy Ahman Green.
Favre moved Green Bay into scoring position with a flawless two-minute drill and Ryan Longwell kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired, sending the Packers to their fifth straight win, 16-13 over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Green Bay's Ahman Green is taken away after aggravating a rib injury. Green left after five carries; despite his absence, the Packers rallied to win.
(David J. Phillip -- AP)
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• Philadelphia 28, Washington 6
• Baltimore 30, Dallas 10
• Tampa Bay 35, San Francisco 3
• Denver 34, New Orleans 13
• Minnesota 22, Detroit 19
• Tennessee 18, Jacksonville 15
• N.Y. Jets 10, Cleveland 7
• Pittsburgh 19, Cincinnati 14
• Indianapolis 41, Chicago 10
• Carolina 35, Arizona 10
• Buffalo 37, St. Louis 17
• San Diego 23, Oakland 17
• Atlanta 14, N.Y. Giants 10
• Seattle 24, Miami 17
• Green Bay 16, Houston 13
• N.E. 27, Pittsburgh 19
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Favre completed 6 of 7 passes for 42 yards on the final drive -- the only incompletion came when he spiked the ball to stop the clock -- to complete Green Bay's rally from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
He finished 33 of 50 for 383 yards with two interceptions and a touchdown to Houston native Donald Driver in the fourth period. Driver had quite a homecoming, catching 10 passes for 148 yards.
The Packers sputtered on offense throughout the first three quarters, clearly missing injured star tailback Green. Green was knocked out of the game with a rib injury in the second quarter, finishing with 15 yards on only five carries.
Relying on a third-string tailback (Tony Fisher) and a guy called up from the practice squad Saturday (Walter Williams), Favre was forced to shoulder much of the offensive burden.
Favre finally got going in the fourth quarter, leading the Packers on a seven-play, 81-yard drive he capped with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Driver. Favre made a deft pump fake on the play, fooling rookie cornerback Dunta Robinson and giving Driver a wide-open path into the end zone.
It also extended Favre's streak of games with a touchdown pass to 35 games, second in NFL history to Johnny Unitas's 47 games.
The Packers scored again on Longwell's 39-yard field goal midway through the quarter, tying the game at 13.
Favre failed on his first attempt to break the tie, throwing an interception to Robinson, who was running step for step with receiver Antonio Chatman.
But the Texans went three plays and out for the third straight time, and Favre came through -- again.
Green Bay (6-4) stayed tied with Minnesota for first place in the NFC North.
The Texans (4-6) played on national TV for the first time since their inaugural win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2002, a span of 40 games. Before a record crowd of 70,769 at buzzing Reliant Stadium, the Texans hoped to summon a little more prime-time magic.
The third-year team came up short, losing its third straight and learning a valuable lesson about letting a veteran team hang around.
Texans quarterback David Carr started fast, but finished with a thud.
Midway through the second quarter, Carr connected with Andre Johnson for a 49-yard pass to the Green Bay 6. Carr found Domanick Davis in the flat on the next play for a 7-3 lead.
At halftime, Carr was 8 of 15 for 115 yards. After the break, he went 5 for 11 for 49 yards as the Texans were so bad on offense the crowd started booing.
Johnson had 107 yards receiving on six catches, but Davis was held to 65 yards on 21 carries -- about right for a team that ranks 31st in yards per carry.
After being decimated by Jake Plummer and Peyton Manning in consecutive weeks, Houston's beleaguered defense held Favre in check for three quarters. The fourth quarter, though, is the one that matters most with Favre: The 14-year veteran engineered his 32nd career fourth-quarter comeback.
