GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The governor proclaimed it “Brett Favre Day,” and the night belonged to the quarterback, too.

Favre celebrated his 200th straight regular season start with three touchdown passes, and set yet another record in the Green Bay Packers’ 45-17 rout of the St. Louis Rams on Monday night.

Favre topped 20 touchdown passes for the 11th straight season, breaking a tie with Dan Marino on a 7-yard toss to tight end Bubba Franks in the second quarter that made it 14-3.

He also threw touchdown passes to Javon Walker and Donald Driver as the Packers (7-4) got two defensive touchdowns and won their sixth straight to keep pace with Minnesota atop the NFC North.

Favre didn’t have his co-star, Ahman Green, who was out with injured ribs. But Najeh Davenport came up with a strong imitation, gaining 178 yards on 19 carries in his first NFL start even though he had a sore hamstring.

It was the fifth-highest single-game rushing total in franchise history, and Davenport capped his night with a 40-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1 with 1:52 left to make it 38-17.

Marc Bulger threw for more yards – 448 – against Green Bay than any quarterback ever had, completing 35 of 53 passes, but St. Louis (5-6) missed a chance to tie Seattle atop the NFC’s woeful West.

Isaac Bruce caught nine passes for 170 yards and a touchdown but his two fumbles were returned for touchdowns, one by rookie Ahmad Carroll to start the scoring and one by Michael Hawthorne to cap the rout in the final minute.

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