Minnesota Vikings vs Washington Commanders Box Score on Nov 28, 2010

Brett Favre played errorless football and the Minnesota Vikings' defense shut down the host Washington Redskins after their initial drive en route to a 17-13 victory Sunday, providing Leslie Frazier his first win as interim coach.

Favre was 15 of 23 for 172 yards and engineered a six-minute drive to run out the clock at the end of the game for the Vikings, who fired head coach Brad Childress after last week's humiliating 31-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers and a season filled pretty much with turmoil.

Minnesota (4-7) took the opening kick of the second half 80 yards on nine plays, with rookie Toby Gerhart scoring on a 5-yard run off left tackle to provide a 14-7 lead. Favre completed all six passes for 61 yards on the drive.

Late in the third period, Washington quarterback Donovan McNabb was picked off by linebacker E.J. Henderson at the Washington 9-yard line, and Ryan Longwell converted a 31-yard field goal for a 17-7 edge with under a minute to play in the third.

Brandon Banks took the ensuing kickoff 65 yards, setting up a 40-yard field goal by Graham Gano, and McNabb found Anthony Armstrong down the left sideline for 45 yards before Gano nailed a 42-yarder to cut the deficit to 17-13 with 10:08 left.

McNabb led the Redskins on a 13-play, 83-yard touchdown drive in 7:53 on their first possession of the game. McNabb completed all seven passes for 76 yards and converted three third-downs.

But the Vikings dominated thereafter as the Redskins recorded just five first downs the rest of the game.

McNabb was 21 of 35 for 211 yards for Washington (5-6), which saw its small postseason chances diminish even further.

Adrian Peterson scored on a 5-yard touchdown run with 3:27 left in the first quarter, capping a seven-play, 71-yard drive that tied the game at 7-7.

Peterson went over the 1,000-yard mark later in the period before injuring an ankle midway through the second quarter. He didn't return and finished with 36 yards on six carries.