GaryMrMets
09-20-2005, 02:47 AM
Favre joins, surpasses Elway
.c The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) - Brett Favre joined Dan Marino and John Elway in the NFL 50,000-yard passing club on Sunday, and then the Green Bay Packers quarterback broke Elway's single-stadium touchdown record.
But it was all in a losing cause, a 26-24 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Favre started the day 65 yards shy of the 50,000-yard mark, and reached the milestone on a 17-yard pass to running back Ahman Green in the second quarter at Lambeau Field.
Marino holds the NFL record with 61,361 yards passing and Elway is second at 51,475. Favre has 50,277.
Favre, in his 14th season as a starter, threw three TD passes on Sunday, giving him 181 at Lambeau.
Elway threw 180 touchdown passes at Mile High Stadium. Favre also had 17 at old Milwaukee County Stadium, where he played nine times before the Packers abandoned the baseball stadium in the mid-1990s and moved all their games to Green Bay.
Marino threw 155 TD passes at Pro Player/Joe Robbie Stadium and 68 at the Orange Bowl.
09/18/05 22:37 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
.c The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP) - Brett Favre joined Dan Marino and John Elway in the NFL 50,000-yard passing club on Sunday, and then the Green Bay Packers quarterback broke Elway's single-stadium touchdown record.
But it was all in a losing cause, a 26-24 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Favre started the day 65 yards shy of the 50,000-yard mark, and reached the milestone on a 17-yard pass to running back Ahman Green in the second quarter at Lambeau Field.
Marino holds the NFL record with 61,361 yards passing and Elway is second at 51,475. Favre has 50,277.
Favre, in his 14th season as a starter, threw three TD passes on Sunday, giving him 181 at Lambeau.
Elway threw 180 touchdown passes at Mile High Stadium. Favre also had 17 at old Milwaukee County Stadium, where he played nine times before the Packers abandoned the baseball stadium in the mid-1990s and moved all their games to Green Bay.
Marino threw 155 TD passes at Pro Player/Joe Robbie Stadium and 68 at the Orange Bowl.
09/18/05 22:37 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.