GREEN BAY, Wis.--The powerful Green Bay Packers live on, as Steve Young can attest.

Young set two more NFL records yesterday. But he and Jerry Rice, the top scoring duo in NFL history, were overshadowed by Brett Favre and Antonio freeman, and Young was overwhelmed by a relentless, blitzing defense that sacked him a career-high nine times.

Favre and Freeman connected on touchdown pass plays of 80 and 62 yards in Green Bay's 36-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers yesterday.

The Packers had nine sacks for the first time since Oct. 25, 1965. Reggie White recorded three of them, giving him 11 halfway through his farewell season.

Never before in Young's career had the elusive quarterback been sacked more than six times.

"If you can't put pressure on Steve Young, you're in for a long day," Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren said.

Five of Green Bay's sacks came in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter after Favre's three interception were threatening to send the Packers to 5-3 with a three-game road trip coming up.

"We just got a surge of energy at the end," White said.

Freeman caught seven passes for a career best 193 yards as the Packers and 49ers both went home 6-2, one game behind Minnesota for the NFC's best mark.

Young set two more NFL records: most TD runs by a quarterback and most TD tosses to one receiver--Rice. But in the end, Young was battered and beaten--and winless in eight career starts against his No. 1 nemesis, the Packers.

"It's a mountain we've got to climb," Young said. "And it's still there for us."

With the score tied at 22, Favre hit Freeman for a 62-yard TD toss with 11 minutes left in the game. Freeman beat Marquez Pope and Merton Hanks, the same two he burned on the first play from scrimmage for an 80-yard score.

Favre's 62-yarder gave him 279 passing yards and 24,719 for his career, one better than Bart Starr, who set the team record from 1956-71.

Sack No. 7 resulted in a fumble at the San Francisco 11 that Santana Dotson recovered for Green Bay. Travis Jervey rumbled in from there for his first NFL touchdown to cap the scoring.

Bucs 27, Vikings 24