NFL | Favre passes for 4 yards in first game as a Viking

MINNEAPOLIS — Quarterback Brett Favre's debut as a Minnesota Viking was unspectacular — a predictably brief performance in a 17-13 exhibition victory Friday over Kansas City.

Cheered loudly by some of the same fans who used to loathe him when he played for the Green Bay Packers, Favre played two series and went 1 for 4 for 4 yards. The three-time league most valuable player, who was a New York Jet last season, moved around reasonably well; his passes had zip, but little direction.

Tarvaris Jackson, whose job was taken when the 39-year-old Favre ended another retirement this week, was 12 of 15 for 202 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota (2-0). Favre, an unusual sight in a purple No. 4 jersey, walked off the field after absorbing a jarring hit from linebacker Corey Mays of the Chiefs (0-2).

Favre, welcomed with a standing ovation, said, "I just didn't want to fumble the snap."

Other games

At Cowboys 30, Titans 10

Tony Romo completed 18 of 24 passes for 192 yards to help Dallas (1-1) beat Tennessee (2-1) before 75,720 in the first football game at the $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Titans punter A.J. Trapasso forced a do-over when he kicked a ball into the bottom of the massive video boards above the field.

Falcons 20, at Rams 13

Matt Ryan was 7 of 8 for 81 yards as Atlanta (1-1) defeated St. Louis (1-1).

Notes

• The Napa, Calif., police department reopened its investigation into an attack that left Oakland assistant coach Randy Hanson with a broken bone in his face.

According to some media reports, Raiders coach Tom Cable attacked Hanson during an Aug. 5 meeting with some of the team's defensive coaches.

• Ben Roethlisberger's lawyers say the woman accusing the Pittsburgh quarterback of sexually assaulting her in Nevada last summer is "disturbed and calculating" and fabricated the assault to extort a big payoff from him.

• Convicted murderer Adrian Gilliam of La Vergne, Tenn., pleaded not guilty to selling the gun used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. According to court documents, Gilliam admitted selling a loaded pistol for $100 to Sahel Kazemi. Nashville, Tenn., police said Kazemi used the weapon to kill McNair and herself July 4.

• Tennessee receiver Chris Davis has been charged with driving under the influence in Nashville.

• The league fined Carolina running back Mike Goodson $7,500 for making a throat-slash gesture after scoring a touchdown in Monday's exhibition game against the New York Giants.

• Buffalo signed defensive end Aaron Maybin, a former Penn State player who was the 11th pick in this year's draft, to a five-year contract that includes about $15 million in guaranteed money.