Chiefs lean on defense to beat Raiders, remain unbeaten

Buoyed by a momentum seizing goal-line stand in the second half by their elite defense, the Kansas City Chiefs remained unbeaten with a 27-20 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

The decisive stand followed an interception thrown by Patrick Mahomes late in the third quarter that gave the Raiders, needing a touchdown to take the lead, a first-and-goal from the Kansas City three-yard line.  At the time, the Chiefs held a 17-13 advantage. 

The victory extends Kansas City’s winning streak to 13 games, including the playoffs, since a Christmas Day home loss a year ago to the same Raiders.   At Allegiant Stadium, including February’s Super Bowl win over the 49ers, the Chiefs are 6-0 since the building’s opening in 2020. 

Kansas City (7-0) had 262 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns from Mahomes, as the Texas Tech product and three-time Super Bowl champion became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 30,000 yards.   Tight end Travis Kelce had 10 catches for 90 yards and a touchdown catch, the 75th of his career.

Las Vegas (2-6) has lost four consecutive games, but the Raiders reached 20 points for a first time since a 20-16 win over Cleveland on September 29th.   Gardner Minshew was 24 of 30 for 209 yards and two touchdowns for Las Vegas, but was sacked five times.  Jakobi Meyers had six catches for 52 yards and a touchdown for the Raiders. 

Other scores from the NFL from the past weekend were: 

Thursday, 10/24/24: 

LA Rams 30, Minnesota 20 

Sunday, 10/27/24: 

Cleveland 29, Baltimore 24

Philadelphia 37, Cincinnati 17

Detroit 52, Tennessee 14

Arizona 28, Miami 27 

New England 25, NY Jets 22

Atlanta 31, Tampa Bay 26

Green Bay 30, Jacksonville 27

Houston 23, Indianapolis 20 

LA Chargers 26, New Orleans 8

Buffalo 31, Seattle 10 

Denver 28, Carolina 14

Washington 18, Chicago 15

San Francisco 30, Dallas 24

Monday, 10/28/24: 

Pittsburgh 26, NY Giants 18