updated 8:43 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2003

OAKLAND, Calif. - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will start against the Oakland Raiders on Monday night, a day after his father died unexpectedly.

Coach Mike Sherman said Monday afternoon that Favre would make his 205th consecutive start, including playoffs, an NFL record for quarterbacks.

Irvin Favre died Sunday night after suffering a heart attack while driving near his home in Kiln, Miss. Brett Favre was in Oakland with the rest of the team at the time of Irvin’s death. Irvin Favre was 58.

Favre went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the hometown of Brett, a three-time NFL most valuable player for the Green Bay Packers.

According to the Journal Sentinel, funeral services are set for Tuesday, meaning Favre could play Monday night and then join his family in Mississippi on Tuesday.

Favre has started 204 consecutive games, including playoffs, an NFL record for quarterbacks. The Packers (8-6) trail Minnesota by a half-game in the NFC North.

Doug Pederson is Green Bay's backup quarterback.

Irvin Favre ran into a ditch, said Sgt. Joe Gazzo of the Mississippi State Highway Patrol.

“It didn’t appear that the accident was serious enough to cause him to be unconscious, so that leads us to believe that a medical condition was what caused him to go off the road,” Gazzo said.

Irvin Favre was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m.

An autopsy will be performed Monday.

“First, the witnesses, then the ambulance, and then at the hospital they tried to revive him,” Gazzo said. “It’s going to be a great loss to the community, he was a great guy.”

Irvin Favre coached his son at Hancock North Central High School. He said he knew Brett had a good arm, but he also had an abundance of good running backs. So, for the three years Brett was the starting quarterback, Hancock North ran the wishbone.

One of the school’s signature plays at the time was a pitchout with Brett Favre as the lead blocker.

“If I had wanted to showcase my son, I could have let him throw,” Irvin Favre said later. “But I thought I did a good job in that what I was doing was in the best interest of the team.”

Irvin Favre followed his son’s NFL career closely and considered the Packers’ 1997 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots in New Orleans among the best events of his life.

“Sometimes I think it’s just a football game,” Irvin Favre said at the time. “Then when I think about it, I realize it’s the world’s championship.

“It’s hard to believe that the little boy we raised has done all this.”