BALTIMORE - Brett Favre shuffled off the field, a yellow parka pulled over his bowed head. He ignored the shouts of the people around him, many imploring the dejected quarterback to return next season.

At the other end of the field, a smiling Kyle Boller cheerfully gave an interview following his most effective game as a professional.

Boller put on a dazzling performance on a national stage, throwing three touchdown passes in leading the Baltimore Ravens to a 48-3 rout of the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.

Years from now, Boller won’t care that the game meant nothing. He will remember that he outplayed Favre.

“It’s really good just to be on the field with him,” Boller said. “I grew up watching him.”

Boller was 19-of-27 for 253 yards before leaving with 8 minutes to go. There’s still no guarantee he will return as the starter next year, but for one night he looked like a No. 1 draft pick.

“It was a really good win,” Boller said. “My teammates, my guys, they allowed me to do that.”

It was the low point of an awful season for the Packers (3-11), who absorbed their most lopsided loss since a 61-7 defeat at Chicago in 1980.

“It was tough to watch any part of that game,” Green Bay coach Mike Sherman said. “We didn’t execute in any phase.”

Certainly not on defense. The Ravens, who topped the 20-point mark only once earlier this season, had 24 by halftime.

Boller showed poise in the pocket, was accurate with his throws and didn’t commit a turnover. Unfortunately for the Ravens (5-9), his solid performance, which produced a franchise record for points, came far too late to salvage a season that long ago turned sour.

“I’m going to keep working. I’m going to keep trying to get better,” Boller said. “My teammates have been behind me through everything. That’s what really has kept me going.”

Favre, meanwhile, struggled from the outset in his final appearance on ABC’s “Monday Night Football.” The 15-year veteran has enjoyed many memorable moments on Monday night, but this was one he would prefer to forget.

Favre was 14-of-29 for 144 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by Aaron Rodgers late in the third quarter.

“I thought it was time to take him out of the game,” Sherman said. “It was getting out of hand.”

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Favre’s two interceptions gave him a career-high 24 for the season, and it marked the first time in his illustrious career that he has gone three straight starts without a touchdown pass. One of the interceptions was by Deion Sanders, the 53rd of his career.

Favre refused to talk to the media after the game.

Green Bay played the final three quarters without running back Samkon Gado, who left with a knee injury after gaining 45 yards on six carries.