Sore-ribbed Favre leads Vikings to win over Texans

HOUSTON - Brett Favre's ribs appear to be just fine.

He took plenty of hits and even delivered one.

Adrian Peterson scored on the game's first play, Favre played three quarters despite saying he might have an injured rib, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Houston Texans 17-10 in a preseason game Monday night.

In his second game since unretiring less than two weeks ago, Favre was 13 of 18 for 142 yards. He didn't move the offense much following Peterson's touchdown until a 28-yard catch and run by Chester Taylor just before halftime.

Favre told ESPN before the game that he thinks he has a cracked rib, but the 39-year-old didn't look to be in pain while getting sacked twice and taking numerous hits.

He drew a penalty for an illegal crackback block to the knee of Houston's Eugene Wilson when he lined up wide in the wildcat formation in the third quarter. Wilson was injured on the play.

Houston's Matt Schaub also had a tough day. He was called for intentional grounding and threw an interception before spraining his ankle on a touchdown run by Steve Slaton in the second quarter. He returned after the injury, but was limping and was replaced by Dan Orlovsky to start the third quarter.

Schaub was 10 of 14 for 108 yards with one interception.

Peterson scored on a 75-yard run when he sliced through Houston's defense virtually untouched. He finished with 117 yards rushing, the second straight game the Texans have allowed a 100-yard rusher. Mike Bell had 10 carries for 100 yards in a loss to New Orleans.

Minnesota's three drives after Peterson's touchdown ended with punts, one of them coming when Favre was sacked by Mario Williams.