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Chargers Stop Favre

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By BERNIE WILSON

The Associated Press

Published: September 23, 2008

Updated: 09/23/2008 12:13 am

SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers simply left no doubt.

Frustrated by two gut-wrenching losses, the Chargers raced past nemesis Brett Favre and the New York Jets for a 48-29 victory Monday night in a wild game befitting two original AFL teams.

Rivers threw three touchdown passes, Tomlinson scored his first two TDs of the season and San Diego finally got back at Favre after all these years. They sacked him four times and intercepted him twice, including a 52-yard return for a score by All-Pro cornerback Antonio Cromartie.

Favre always seemed to come up big on Monday nights with Green Bay. This night, though, he finally lost to the Chargers after beating them five straight times dating to 1993.

Tomlinson, the two-time defending NFL rushing champion, scored on a 2-yard leap to give the Chargers (1-2) a 38-14 lead in the third quarter. He scored on another 2-yard run late in the fourth quarter, one play after Rivers' 60-yard pass to Vincent Jackson.

Rivers was 19 of 25 for 250 yards, while Tomlinson had 67 yards on 26 carries, his third straight game under 100 yards.

Favre had three TD passes for the Jets (1-2), including fourth-quarter TD throws of 4 yards to Chansi Stuckey and 13 yards to Dustin Keller. Favre was 30 of 42 for 271 yards.

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