Browns fall to Vikings, 34-20

CLEVELAND (AP) — Brett Favre looked pleasing in purple. Adrian Peterson always does.

The ageless quarterback threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to rookie Percy Harvin in his debut with the Minnesota Vikings, and Peterson scored three touchdowns in a 34-20 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Making his 270th consecutive start after a will-he-or-won’t-he flirtation that dominated NFL headlines this summer, the 39-year-old Favre showed he can still fire the football with authority — and hasn’t lost his boyish love for the game.

After hooking up with Harvin, Favre sprinted into the end zone and tackled the young wide receiver who was just 4 years old when his QB broke into the league with Green Bay.

Peterson scored on a pair of 1-yard plunges and capped his day with an electrifying 64-yarder in the fourth quarter to make it 34-13.

Story appears in Monday’s edition.