Favre sets starts record as Vikings overtake Lions

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre leaves the field after warming up before the start of the Detroit Lions season home opener NFL football game in Detroit, Michigan September 20, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre leaves the field after warming up before the start of the Detroit Lions season home opener NFL football game in Detroit, Michigan September 20, 2009.

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DETROIT | Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:39pm EDT

DETROIT (Reuters) - Quarterback Brett Favre set an NFL record with his 271st consecutive regular-season start as he sparked the Minnesota Vikings to a 27-13 victory over the winless Detroit Lions on Sunday.

The Vikings signal caller, who holds most of the league's passing records, threw for two touchdowns to bring Minnesota (2-0) back from a 10-0 deficit in his second game since ending his second retirement.

Detroit (0-2) lost its 19th consecutive regular-season game to equal the NFL's second-longest losing streak.

Favre broke the previous record of 270 consecutive starts by Minnesota defensive end Jim Marshall from 1961 through 1979.

The 39-year-old quarterback connected on 23 of 27 passes for 155 yards, including touchdown tosses of one yard to Visanthe Shiancoe and three yards to Percy Harvin.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina. Editing by Ed Osmond)
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