Saints vs. Raiders Postgame Recap

Matt Miguez • September 28, 2026

This one was no fun.


The New Orleans Saints fell to the Las Vegas Raiders 35-27 in a game that turned on its head in the fourth quarter.


The Raiders got on the board early in the first quarter with a 41-yard field goal from Matt Gay before the Black and Gold took the lead on a touchdown pass from Tyler Shough to Juwan Johnson.


The Raiders scored 10 unanswered points with another field goal from Gay and a touchdown strike to Michael Mayer from Kirk Cousins made it 13-7. Later in the quarter, the Saints tied it up inside of the two-minute warning when Shough found Noah Fant for the score. New Orleans then stood up and forced a field goal at the end of the first half to make it 16-13 Vegas at the half


The Black and Gold came out of the locker room and took control of the game, scoring on back-to-back drives to make it 27-16 with 5:46 left in the third quarter. The Raiders quickly answered with a 36-yard touchdown run from Mike Washington Jr to cut it to a 27-22 game.


This is when things fell apart. A missed pass interference call against Devaughn Vele forced the Saints to punt, which led to another Raiders touchdown. Then, a fumble on a sack to Shough was recovered by the Raiders in a situation very similar to Jared Goff’s in Week 1 that cost the Saints that win. 


Vegas scored what would be the final touchdown with 6:22 remaining in the game after a missed holding call on 3rd down to take a 35-27 lead, and the Saints had multiple opportunities to find the end zone, but multiple fumbles and an interception stalled everything as the Raiders improved to 3-0 on the season and the Saints fell to 1-2. The killer for the Black and Gold had to be the four turnovers in the fourth quarter.


New Orleans will now battle Atlanta on Monday night inside Caesars Superdome.

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