'Razor Sharp' Favre Wins 'Round 1'; Next Packers-Vikings Game Is Nov. 1

By Mark Memmott
October 6, 2009, 7:59 AM

"Round 1 To Favre" the front page of the Green Bay Press-Gazette blares today.

"Sorry, Pal" responds the main headline at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.

Yes, quarterback Brett Favre -- now of the Minnesota Vikings -- led his new buddies to a 30-23 victory over his old teammates on the Green Bay Packers last night in a game that captivated football fans, especially in the always polite arch-rival states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

As NPR's Tom Goldman says, Favre was "razor sharp" in this much-hyped match-up, the first time Favre has faced the Packers since leaving that team before last season (Favre was with the New York Jets last year):

Now, everybody can relax -- until the Vikings pay their first Favre-led visit to Green Bay on Nov. 1.