GREEN BAY, Wis. — In an otherwise ugly performance, Brett Favre mustered just enough late-game magic to leave Lambeau Field a winner again.

Who knows if he'll back for more?

Favre set up a game-winning 44-yard field goal by Dave Rayner with 1:34 left and the Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings 9-7 on Thursday night.

Rayner's kick gave Favre his 36th career fourth-quarter comeback victory — and first in more than a year — and ran Green Bay's winning streak to three. The Packers (7-8) head into their season finale in Chicago still holding out hope to make the playoffs.

They'll need help to get in, but had long been left for dead at 4-8 after bad losses at home to New England and the New York Jets.

"The most important football that's played comes in December," Packers rookie coach Mike McCarthy said.

Victories aside, Favre's last two games at Lambeau Field this year — and perhaps his last here ever — were forgettable. He hasn't thrown a touchdown pass, leaving him still eight short of Dan Marino's record of 420. And he's tossed five interceptions while completing 53 percent of his passes.

"I'm hoping that he comes back. But, you never know," said Donald Driver, who finished with nine catches for 99 yards. "It's really going to be up to him. Right now, I think he's coming back. So, we're all going to sit back and wait. We'll be waiting like you guys."

The 37-year-old Favre, who hasn't said whether he'll play another season, finished 26-for-50 for 285 yards and didn't speak to reporters after the game.

He was on target when it counted most against the Vikings after nearly giving the game away in the third quarter.

Favre, 89-29 including the playoffs at Lambeau, threw a pass Fred Smoot picked off and returned 47 yards for his first career touchdown to give the Vikings a 7-6 lead late in the third quarter. Smoot tried a "Lambeau Leap" into the crowd, but the fans pushed him back and some tried to pour drinks on him.

Favre threw another interception to former teammate Darren Sharper on the Packers' next offensive play, and his first attempt at a fourth-quarter comeback was thwarted when Bubba Franks fumbled for the second time in the game, this time at the Vikings 1.

Favre got the ball back one more time, with 4:47 left. His 36-yard pass to Ruvell Martin was the key play, setting up the winning kick.