GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- Brett Favre usually shines against the Detroit Lions, but this day belonged to Ahman Green.
Green raced for a 65-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and the Green Bay Packers rolled to a 31-6 rout of the Lions.
It was the Packers' 13th straight home win over Detroit and the Lions' 17th consecutive road loss, dating to 2000.
Favre has recorded more 300-yard passing games against the Lions - seven - than any other opponent. Two of them came last season when the three-time Most Valuable Player threw for 357 yards in a 37-31 victory on September 22 and for 351 yards in a 40-14 rout on November 10.
But on Sunday, Favre completed just 15-of-28 for 132 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. But he didn't have to do much with Green leading a ground attack that produced 200 yards on a field drenched by rain.
Favre hit Robert Ferguson, who was listed as doubtful earlier in the week, with a 13-yard pass on Green Bay's first play from scrimmage. Green then quickly hit a hole on the right side, broke a tackle by safety Corey Harris and raced 65 yards for a touchdown just 52 seconds into the game.
"A long run feels like hitting a home run in baseball," said Green, who was held to 53 yards on 15 carries by Minnesota last week. "You peek back a time or two on your way to the end zone. It feels great."
It was Green's longest run since he went 83 yards for a score against the Lions on September 9, 2001.
After his 65-yard TD, Green rushed for 95 yards on the next 22 carries to finish with 160.
"Obviously, when you run a long one early like Ahman's it makes it really easy to put those yards up," said Packers center Mike Flanagan.
On Green Bay's second possession, Najeh Davenport and Green combined for 52 yards on 11 carries before running back Tony Fisher caught a five-yard touchdown pass, increasing Green Bay's lead to 14-0 with 4:26 left in the first quarter.
"They started fast," said Lions coach Steve Mariucci. "They got up 14-0 and ran the football better than I expected them to. You get behind early like that and momentum is wearing a green jersey."
A week after passing for four touchdowns, Detroit's Joey Harrington was intercepted three times - all in the second half.
"It's not a setback," said Harrington, who completed 26-of-55 for 241 yards. "It's not a setback because you learn."
Charles Rogers, Detroit's first-round pick, had four catches for 38 yards.
"They had a couple of good jams on me," Rogers said. "Their corners played good, their whole defense played good."
Antonio Freeman, a star receiver on the Packers' Super Bowl teams in 1996 and 1997, signed with them on Wednesday after Donald Driver and Ferguson suffered injuries in the season opener and caught four passes for 32 yards.
"Antonio did a great job," said Packer coach Mike Sherman. "He has been bothered by tendinitis of the foot. Yesterday, he couldn't even walk on the foot but took anti-inflammatories and made some big plays for us."
"It felt great to be back," Freeman said. "It was kind of strange at first, but it was a great feeling. I can't say enough about how the fans made my homecoming that much more pleasurable."
Detroit's Jason Hanson kicked field goals of 22 and 52 yards in the second quarter and Ryan Longwell of the Packers booted a 46-yarder.
In the third quarter, Harrington was intercepted on consecutive possessions by cornerback Mike McKenzie at the Detroit 40 and rookie linebacker Nick Barnett at the Detroit 33. Three plays after Barnett's interception, Favre fired a 14-yard TD to Ferguson, increasing the lead to 24-6 with 10:18 left in the third quarter.
"I can't believe he (Ferguson) played today," Favre said of the receiver who was expected to be sidelined at least a few weeks with a sprained ankle. "He's such a raw talent and without Donald (neck strain), we needed him out there. He makes plays and he blocks."
Cornerback Al Harris returned an interception 56 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
