MINNEAPOLIS — As great as Brett Favre was yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback was pretty sure he wasn't good enough.

So sure that the Vikings were headed to their first defeat of the season, Favre couldn't even bear to watch as Baltimore kicker Steve Hauschka lined up for a 44-yard field goal with 2 seconds to play.
Yet thanks to Favre, receiver Sidney Rice and a whole lot of luck, the Vikings are 6-0.
Favre's 58-yard completion to Rice set up Ryan Longwell's fourth field goal, and Hauschka's kick was wide left at the final whistle, allowing the Vikings to remain undefeated, 33-31.
"I hate to say that I was not real confident because I'm confident in our team, period," said Favre, who completed 21 of 29 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns. "But offensively, they probably just felt like, 'We could do whatever.' "
The game turned from blowout to nail-biter in a sensational final period, with the Ravens erasing a 17-point deficit with 10 minutes to play.
Joe Flacco threw for 385 yards and two touchdowns for the Ravens (3-3), who scored twice on drives that totaled just 56 seconds to take a 31-30 lead with 3:37 to play.
But Hauschka pushed his field goal try, and the Ravens' once-impenetrable defense has shown plenty of cracks in their three-game losing streak.
"It's tough for me," Hauschka said. "I feel like I let them down. That's something I have to live with."
The Vikings took a 14-0 lead in the first 9 minutes and led 27-10 when Visanthe Shiancoe caught his second TD of the game with 10:08 to play. But Flacco was just getting started.
He threw a 32-yard TD to Mark Clayton. After a field goal by Longwell, Flacco capped a 49-second drive with a 12-yard TD to Derrick Mason, and it was 30-24.
Ray Lewis and the Ravens' proud defense came up with their first big stop all day, and Ray Rice's 33-yard run gave Baltimore its first lead 7 seconds after it got the ball back.
"We realize what kind of fighters we have in our locker room and that's what we're going to use the rest of the year," said Flacco."
Stunned and reeling, the Vikings turned to Favre, who pump-faked and unloaded to Minnesota's Rice, who beat Frank Walker for the 58-yard catch.
"We have been in this situation before and I had faith that we would make a play," said Sidney Rice, who had six catches for a career-high 176 yards.
But coach Brad Childress played it conservative with three straight runs, and Longwell's 31-yard field goal gave Flacco one more chance with 1:49 to go.
Childress called a timeout just before the final play to ice Hauschka, and he thought it may have been a mistake when he saw the youngster stumble on his approach for his initial kick.
"He kind of false-started himself and I was like, 'I wish I would have had that one before the timeout,' " Childress said. "But you've got to believe and I was telling Adrian (Peterson) right before the kick that we were going to win the game."

First Quarter

Min—Shiancoe 19 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 11:25.

Min—Berrian 4 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 6:16.

Second Quarter

Bal—FG Hauschka 29, :00.

Third Quarter

Min—FG Longwell 40, 7:16.

Bal—Rice 22 run (Hauschka kick), 4:13.

Min—FG Longwell 22, 2:05.

Fourth Quarter

Min—Shiancoe 1 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 10:08.

Bal—Clayton 32 pass from Flacco (Hauschka kick), 8:35.

Min—FG Longwell 29, 6:01.

Bal—Mason 12 pass from Flacco (Hauschka kick), 5:12.

Bal—Rice 33 run (Hauschka kick), 3:37.

Min—FG Longwell 31, 1:56.

A—63,689.

Bal Min

First downs 20 19

Total Net Yards 448 426

Rushes-yards 18-81 31-167

Passing 367 259

Punt Returns 4-10 5-35

Kickoff Returns 8-182 5-81

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 28-43-0 21-29-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 3-19

Punts 7-48.9 5-45.4

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 6-74 3-15

Time of Possession 25:17 34:43

RUSHING—Baltimore, Rice 10-77, McGahee 7-3, L.McClain 1-1. Minnesota, Peterson 22-143, Taylor 8-22, Harvin 1-2.

PASSING—Baltimore, Flacco 28-43-0-385. Minnesota, Favre 21-29-0-278.

RECEIVING—Baltimore, Rice 10-117, Mason 7-97, Clayton 3-57, Heap 3-51, K.Washington 3-48, Williams 1-17, L.McClain 1-(minus 2). Minnesota, Rice 6-176, Shiancoe 4-48, Peterson 4-23, Berrian 3-18, Harvin 2-10, Kleinsasser 1-3, Tahi 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Baltimore, Hauschka 44 (WL).