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Final score: Raiders upset Chiefs, win 40-32 at Arrowhead Stadium

The Raiders were 12-point underdogs traveling to Kansas City on Sunday. They came away with the win.

Las Vegas Raiders v Kansas City Chiefs Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images

The talk out of Las Vegas all week was that for the Kansas City Chiefs to be a true rival, the Raiders had to win. They backed up their words Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, defeating the Chiefs 40-32 to deal them their first loss of the 2020 season — and their first loss, period, since November 10, 2019.

Remarkably, there were times early that it felt as though the Chiefs might handily defeat the Raiders. Bashaud Breeland — starting in his first game off a four-game suspension — intercepted Derek Carr late in the first quarter. Immediately following the turnover, the Chiefs took a 14-3 lead by way of a 10-yard run by Tyreek Hill out of the backfield. Later in the second quarter, the Chiefs went up 21-10 on a broken play in which Patrick Mahomes found Sammy Waktins for an 8-yard score.

But Carr and company would not go away. The Raiders quarterback attacked Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward on pair of deep balls: a 59-yard touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor and a 72-yard touchdown to rookie Henry Ruggs. The scoring plays sandwiched a 5-yard touchdown pass to Darren Waller.

Harrison Butker tied the game when his 32-yard field goal was good with less than a minute to go in the second quarter. It was 24-24 at the half, and Rashad Fenton replaced Ward to begin the third quarter.

After a second quarter that saw five touchdowns between the teams, neither team scored in the third.

The key moment for the Raiders came with the game tied at 24 in the fourth quarter.

Raiders head coach Jon Gruden kept the offense on the field for a fourth-and-1 try at the Kansas City 16-yard line. Carr converted for the first down on a sneak, and two plays later, running back Josh Jacobs ran seven yards for the touchdown. Kicker Daniel Carlson missed the extra point, so the Raiders only went up six points, 30-24. Carlson hit a 43-yarder on the next possession to extend the lead to 33-24.

Then, Mahomes threw his first interception of the season into the hands of safety Jeff Heath. The next play, Jacobs ran it two yards for the touchdown and 40-24 lead. Mahomes was hardly comfortable on the day, as the Raiders hit him five times, recording 3.0 sacks.

Mahomes connected on a 7-yard passing touchdown to Travis Kelce and a two-point conversion to running back Darrel Williams to cut the game to one possession, but Jacobs wore down the Chiefs on the final drive to run out the clock.

Carr outplayed Mahomes, going 22 of 31 for 347 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Mahomes was 22 of 43 for 340 yards, three total touchdowns and the pick.


Injuries

  • Left guard Kelechi Osemele exited the game in the first quarter on what looked to be a pair of non-contact knee injuries. Mike Remmers replaced him.
  • Wide receiver Sammy Watkins hurt his hamstring during the second quarter.
  • Linebacker Anthony Hitchens left the game at different points due to a hand injury.

Special teams

  • After some shaky play the last two week, kicker Harrison Butker was good from 32, and he made all his extra points.

Rapid reaction

  • The game’s rapid reaction will be posted to our homepage shortly.

Statistics

CATEGORY NE KC
Total Yards 357 323
Total Plays 74 55
Yards per play 4.8 5.9
Rushing Yards 185 94
Rush Attempts 35 25
Yards per rush 5.30 3.80
Passing Gross Yards 190 236
Sacks/Yards lost 2/18 1/7
Passing Net Yards 172 229
Comp/Att/Pct 20/37/54% 19/29/66%
Yards per pass 4.40 7.60
Interceptions thrown 3 0
Fumbles lost 1 1
Turnovers 4 1
Penalties/Yards 4/43 4/38
Total Drives 11 10
First downs 21 19
Rushing first downs 8 5
Passing first downs 12 12
Penalty first downs 1 2
Third down (Made/Att/Pct) 6/15/40% 4/11/36%
Fourth down (Made/Att/Pct) 2/3/67% 0/0/0%
Goal to go (Made/Att/Pct) 1/1/100% 2/3/67%
Red Zone (Made/Att/Pct) 1/3/33% 2/3/67%
Touchdowns 1 3
TDs/Rushing 0 0
TDs/Passing 1 2
TDs/Interception 0 1
TDs/Kickoff Return 0 0
TDs/Fumble Return 0 0
TDs/Punt Return 0 0
TDs/Defense/ST 0 1
Safeties 0 0
Extra Points (Made/Att) 1/1 2/3
Field Goals (Made/Att) 1/1 2/2
Two-Point Conv (Made/Att) 0/0 0/0
Kickoffs (Num/EZ/TB) 3/3/3 6/6/6
Punts (Num/Yds) 3/157 4/243
Gross Punting Avg Yds 52.3 60.8
Net Punting Avg Yds 52.3 47.8
Total Rtn Yds (No KOs) 12 76
Punt Returns (Num/Yds) 1/12 1/0
Kickoff Returns (Num/Yds) 0/0 0/0
Int Returns (Num/Yds) 0/0 3/76
Punts blocked 0 0
FGs/PATs Blocked 0/0 0/0
Timeouts (Rem/Used) 1/2 2/1
Time of Possession 35:17 24:43
Attendance -- 0

CHIEFS PASSING C ATT YDS AVG TD LG INT SK SKYD RTG
Patrick Mahomes 22 43 340 7.9 2 37 1 3 7 83.5
TEAM 22 43 340 7.9 2 37 1 3 7 //

RAIDERS PASSING C ATT YDS AVG TD LG INT SK SKYD RTG
Derek Carr 22 31 347 11.2 3 72 1 1 1 126.7
TEAM 22 31 347 11.2 3 72 1 1 1 //

CHIEFS RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD LG
Clyde Edwards/Helaire 10 40 4.0 0 9
Patrick Mahomes 6 21 3.5 1 6
Tyreek Hill 3 15 5.0 1 10t
Darrel Williams 1 4 4.0 0 4
TEAM 20 80 4.0 2 10T

RAIDERS RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD LG
Josh Jacobs 23 77 3.3 2 7t
Devontae Booker 7 62 8.9 0 43
Derek Carr 4 1 0.3 0 2
Jalen Richard 1 4 4.0 0 4
TEAM 35 144 4.1 2 43

CHIEFS RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD LG TGTS YAC
Clyde Edwards/Helaire 3 40 13.3 0 20 8 36
Mecole Hardman 2 50 25.0 0 37 3 67
Tyreek Hill 3 78 26.0 0 37 6 7
Nick Keizer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Travis Kelce 8 108 13.5 1 32 12 47
Byron Pringle 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 13
Demarcus Robinson 2 2 1.0 0 3 4 6
Sammy Watkins 2 24 12.0 1 16 2 /1
Darrel Williams 1 15 15.0 0 15 5 14
TEAM 22 340 15.5 2 37 42 189

RAIDERS RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD LG TGTS YAC
Nelson Agholor 2 67 33.5 1 59t 2 28
Devontae Booker 1 5 5.0 0 5 1 2
Rico Gafford 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alec Ingold 2 25 12.5 0 23 4 10
Josh Jacobs 2 8 4.0 0 4 3 13
Zay Jones 1 2 2.0 0 2 1 1
Hunter Renfrow 1 42 42.0 0 42 1 17
Jalen Richard 4 26 6.5 0 12 5 26
Henry Ruggs III 2 118 59.0 1 72t 3 39
Darren Waller 5 48 9.6 1 23 7 38
Jason Witten 2 6 3.0 0 4 2 7
TEAM 22 347 15.8 3 72T 30 181

CHIEFS FUMBLES FUM LOST FF REC
(OWN)
TD REC
(OPP)
TD
TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RAIDERS FUMBLES FUM LOST FF REC
(OWN)
TD REC
(OPP)
TD
TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CHIEFS DEFENSE TOT SOLO ASST SACK YDS INT TFL PD QBH TD FF FR
Bashaud Breeland 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Clark 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rashad Fenton 3 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Gay 6 5 1 1.0 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Hitchens 9 7 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Jones 4 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tanoh Kpassagnon 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tyrann Mathieu 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Niemann 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Derrick Nnadi 5 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Okafor 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Pennel 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Sorensen 8 6 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Juan Thornhill 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charvarius Ward 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tershawn Wharton 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damien Wilson 7 4 3 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM 58 44 14 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0

RAIDERS DEFENSE TOT SOLO ASST SACK YDS INT TFL PD QBH TD FF FR
Johnathan Abram 5 4 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Maxx Crosby 2 1 1 1.0 7.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Clelin Ferrell 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Johnathan Hankins 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Harris 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Heath 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Isaiah Johnson 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Datone Jones 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamarcus Joyner 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arden Key 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Kwiatkoski 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nevin Lawson 6 5 1 1.0 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Cory Littleton 5 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicholas Morrow 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Trayvon Mullen 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Amik Robertson 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Smith 2 2 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kendal Vickers 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM 43 37 6 3 7 1 4 7 5 0 0 0

CHIEFS INT INT YDS AVG LG TD
Bashaud Breeland 1 29 29.0 29 0
TEAM 1 29 29.0 29 0

RAIDERS INT INT YDS AVG LG TD
Jeff Heath 1 47 47.0 47 0
TEAM 1 47 47.0 47 0

CHIEFS KICK RET NO YDS AVG LG TD
Mecole Hardman 2 45 22.5 23 0
TEAM 2 45 22.5 23 0

RAIDERS KICK RET NO YDS AVG LG TD
Keisean Nixon 1 18 18.0 18 0
Jalen Richard 1 18 18.0 18 0
Henry Ruggs III 1 9 9.0 9 0
TEAM 3 45 15.0 18 0

CHIEFS PUNT RET NO YDS AVG LG TD
Mecole Hardman 1 0 0.0 0 0
TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0

RAIDERS PUNT RET NO YDS AVG LG TD
TEAM 0 0 0 0 0

CHIEFS KICKING FGA/FGM PCT LONG XP PTS
Harrison Butker 1/1 100.0 32 3 6
TEAM 1/1 100.0 32 3 6

RAIDERS KICKING FGA/FGM PCT LONG XP PTS
Daniel Carlson 2/2 100.0 43 4 10
TEAM 2/2 100.0 43 4 10

CHIEFS PUNTING NO YDS AVG TB I20 LG
Tommy Townsend 5 244 48.8 1 1 67
TEAM 5 244 48.8 1 1 67

RAIDERS PUNTING NO YDS AVG TB I20 LG
AJ Cole 2 106 53.0 0 1 59
TEAM 2 106 53.0 0 1 59

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