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LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — Visiting Kansas City beat Las Vegas 30-27 in an NFL game on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. Kirk Cousins completed 31 of 52 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns for the Raiders, who fell to 3-1. Patrick Mahomes threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns as the Chiefs improved to 4-0. Kenneth Walker III rushed 22 times for 177 yards and two scores, and Tyquan Thornton caught five passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Brock Bowers had six catches for 86 yards and a touchdown, Michael Mayer added eight catches for 82 yards, and Ashton Jeanty finished with 15 carries for 58 yards and six receptions for 68 yards. Matt Gay made four field goals for Las Vegas, while Harrison Butker made one. Mansoor Delane recorded 10 tackles for Kansas City; Nick Bolton had nine, and L’Jarius Sneed added six. Eric Stokes, Nakobe Dean and Jeremy Chinn each made five tackles for Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — Patrick Mahomes guided Kansas City on a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives and Kenneth Walker III scored twice in the final minutes, lifting the Chiefs to a 30-27 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. Kansas City remained unbeaten at 4-0, while Las Vegas dropped to 3-1 in the National Football League game. The Chiefs, playing as the visiting team, overcame a productive passing day from Las Vegas quarterback Kirk Cousins and a Raiders push that produced a late touchdown and two-point conversion. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Mahomes completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns, both to Tyquan Thornton, and did enough in the closing stretch to keep Kansas City ahead. Walker finished with 22 carries for 177 yards and two touchdowns, turning a tight game into a two-score cushion before Las Vegas answered. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Cousins, a Holland, Mich., native, completed 31 of 52 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns for Las Vegas. He opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 27-yard deep pass to Ian Thomas, and he closed the Raiders’ scoring with a 20-yard deep throw to Brock Bowers in the fourth quarter. Cousins also connected with Cody White on a two-point conversion after the Bowers touchdown, pulling Las Vegas within three points. Bowers caught six passes for 86 yards and a touchdown. Michael Mayer added eight receptions for 82 yards, and Ashton Jeanty ran 15 times for 58 yards while catching six passes for 68 yards. Tre Tucker had four catches for 44 yards. Cody White finished with two catches for 36 yards and one tackle. Dareke Young contributed one reception for 9 yards and three kickoff returns for 72 yards. Dylan Laube had two kickoff returns for 76 yards, and Mike Washington Jr. ran nine times for 18 yards and caught one pass for a loss of 1 yard. Connor Heyward had one catch for 9 yards and one tackle. Kansas City’s offense found its footing through Mahomes and Thornton. Thornton caught five passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns. His first score came in the first quarter on a 2-yard pass from Mahomes, tying the game after Thomas’ touchdown. His second came early in the fourth quarter on an 8-yard pass, giving Kansas City a 17-13 lead. Xavier Worthy added four receptions for 70 yards. Travis Kelce caught two passes for 15 yards, and Noah Gray had two catches for 17 yards. Emmett Johnson caught one pass for 10 yards and returned two kickoffs for 49 yards. Nikko Remigio had two kickoff returns for 38 yards and two punt returns for 27 yards. Matt Araiza punted five times for 238 yards and ran once for 12 yards. Harrison Butker made his only field goal attempt and added extra points, while Matt Gay made all four of his field goal attempts for Las Vegas. AJ Cole punted three times for 142 yards for the Raiders. The Raiders built an early lead when Cousins found Thomas for 27 yards in the first quarter. Kansas City answered when Mahomes hit Thornton for 2 yards. The teams traded field goals before halftime, with Gay connecting from 32 yards and 48 yards around a 28-yard kick by Butker. Gay’s 48-yarder as time expired in the second quarter gave Las Vegas a 13-10 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Gay made a 41-yard field goal, but the play was nullified by a penalty, keeping the score unchanged. Kansas City then took the lead in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter when Mahomes connected with Thornton for 8 yards. Las Vegas responded with two field goals from Gay, from 44 yards and 48 yards, to move ahead 19-17 with 4:53 remaining. Kansas City then turned to Walker. He scored on a 2-yard run up the middle with 3:21 left, but the ensuing two-point conversion attempt failed when Mahomes’ pass to Walker was incomplete. The Chiefs did not need the extra point long, because Walker broke free for a 22-yard touchdown run with 3:02 remaining. Butker’s extra point pushed the Kansas City lead to 30-19. Las Vegas answered one more time when Cousins found Bowers for 20 yards with 1:46 remaining, and Cousins completed the two-point pass to White. That cut the deficit to 30-27, but Kansas City held on for the win. Defensively, Las Vegas was led by Hezekiah Masses with seven tackles. Quay Walker had six tackles and one sack. Eric Stokes, Nakobe Dean and Jeremy Chinn each finished with five tackles. Maxx Crosby had three tackles and half a sack. Adam Butler recorded four tackles and half a sack. Folorunso Fatukasi, Tonka Hemingway and Thomas Booker IV each had three tackles. Taron Johnson, Segun Olubi, Treydan Stukes, Cody Lindenberg and Tommy Eichenberg each contributed two tackles, while Patrick Johnson and JJ Pegues each had one tackle. Malik Benson returned one punt for 4 yards. For Kansas City, Mansoor Delane led the way with 10 tackles. Nick Bolton had nine tackles, Drue Tranquill had seven and L’Jarius Sneed had six. Jack Cochrane added four tackles. Khyiris Tonga, Cyrus Allen, Jalen Royals and Creed Humphrey were listed without statistics. The victory gave Kansas City a 4-0 start and continued its early-season momentum after previous wins over Miami, Indianapolis and Denver. Las Vegas fell to 3-1 after opening the season with victories over Miami, the Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans. The Chiefs next host the Los Angeles Chargers, then play at Seattle. The Raiders are set to visit New England before hosting Buffalo. The Chiefs scored in every quarter except the third, while the Raiders used four field goals from Gay to stay close until the final minutes. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kansas City 26, Las Vegas 22. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Kansas City with a 70.7 percent probability to win. Las Vegas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -4.5. The total score of 57 went under the over/under line of 47.5.

