Packers 31, Lions 24

DETROIT — Brett Favre joined elite company with the 400th touchdown pass of his career, then added a two more scores to lead the Green Bay Packers to their first win of the season, 31-24 over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

With his first TD pass of the game — a 75-yarder to rookie Greg Jennings — Favre joined Hall of Famer Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks to reach 400 touchdown passes. Marino has 420.

While the Lions (0-3) remained winless under new coach Rod Marinelli, they had their chances in the fourth quarter.

After Jon Kitna threw behind a wide-open Mike Furrey on a third down, Jason Hanson kicked a 40-yard field goal to cut the lead to seven points. The Lions got the ball back at their 31 with 3:36 to go, but gained just 8 yards before Kitna was sacked on fourth down.

Then, the Packers' Ahman Green fumbled at the 32 with 54 seconds left. The Lions got to midfield and Kitna heaved a pass into a crowded end zone that fell incomplete.

Mike McCarthy earned his first victory as an NFL coach for the Packers (1-2).

Favre connected with Jennings on Green Bay's second drive for a 7-0 lead. He found Donald Driver open in the third quarter for another TD and threw to Green early in the fourth for a 31-21 lead. Favre reached the milestone in his 228th game, one more than Marino needed to throw No. 400.

Favre finished 25-of-36 for 340 yards with three TDs with no interceptions. Jennings caught three passes for 101 yards and a TD.

Kitna was 25-of-40 for 342 yards with two TDs and an interception that was returned for a score. Roy Williams had seven receptions for a career-high 138 yards and a score.

A rookie did most of the work on the milestone TD for Favre, who turns 37 next month. Favre threw a short pass to Jennings and he turned the third-down play into a 75-yarder by eluding Jon McGraw with a spin move and sprinting past Dre' Bly on the sideline.

Detroit made it 7-all on the ensuing possession when Kitna dumped a pass to Shawn Bryson, who easily got past safety Marquand Manuel for a 37-yard score.

Manuel made up for the missed tackle on Detroit's next drive by intercepting a deflected pass and returning it 29 yards for a TD and a 14-7 lead.

Kitna lofted a pass over Williams' shoulder in the end zone on the last play of the first quarter to tie the game again.