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NFL: San Francisco 24, New York Jets 14

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San Francisco 49ers QB Shaun Hill (13) runs away from New York Jets Shaun Ellis (R) in the third quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on December 7, 2008. The 49ers defeated the Jets 24-14. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) 
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Published: Dec. 7, 2008 at 8:59 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Unheralded Shaun Hill upstaged Brett Favre with two touchdown passes Sunday when the San Francisco 49ers upended the visiting New York Jets 24-14.

Hill, now 4-0 as a starter, was 28-of-29 passing for 285 yards and tossed TD passes to Bryant Johnson and Frank Thomas, who left the game with an ankle injury in the third quarter.

Favre was 20-of-31 for 137 and was intercepted once as the Jets (8-5) remained in a three-way tie with Miami and New England for first place in the AFC East. The loss was Favre's first ever against the Niners and snapped a four-game road winning streak for the Jets.

Thomas Jones ran for 56 yards and a touchdown that gave him 14 for the season and tied the Jets' record for TDs in a season.

A 32-yard field goal by San Francisco's Joe Nedney broke a 14-14 tie early in the fourth quarter. The 49ers (5-8) put the game away with a lengthy scoring drive capped by Hill's 3-yard TD pass to Johnson with 6:05 to play.

Topics: Brett Favre, Bryant Johnson, Frank Thomas
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