Game recap

Raiders @ Patriots

2026 Wk 5 · NE 45, LV 17

Drake Maye threw four touchdowns and ran for a fifth as New England snapped a three-game skid to the Raiders.

FanIQ Research · October 11, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Four passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown, 374 yards, no picks: the 10th such game since 1999

Rare

Drake Maye went 26 of 34 for 374 yards and four touchdowns without an interception, then ran in a fifth score from 3 yards out in the third quarter. Since 1999 a passer has put together 4+ touchdown passes, a rushing touchdown, zero interceptions and 350+ passing yards in a regular-season game only 10 times, and this is the first since Justin Herbert in Week 5 of 2021. The Raiders were on the wrong end of three of the 10: Aaron Rodgers in 2019, Tom Brady in 2020, and now Maye.

4+ TD passes, 1+ rushing TD, 0 INT, 350+ passing yards, regular season 1999-2026

Season	Week	Passer	Team	Opp	Comp/Att	Yards	Pass TD	Rush TD
2011	12	Drew Brees	NO	NYG	24/38	363	4	1
2013	17	Drew Brees	NO	TB	24/31	381	4	1
2018	1	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TB	NO	21/28	417	4	1
2018	11	Jared Goff	LA	KC	31/49	413	4	1
2019	7	Aaron Rodgers	GB	LV	25/31	429	5	1
2020	3	Patrick Mahomes	KC	BAL	31/42	385	4	1
2020	7	Tom Brady	TB	LV	33/45	369	4	1
2021	3	Josh Allen	BUF	WAS	32/43	358	4	1
2021	5	Justin Herbert	LAC	CLE	26/43	398	4	1
2026	5	Drake Maye	NE	LV	26/34	374	4	1

Why it matters. Big passing days usually carry a cost in turnovers or come from a quarterback who leaves the short scores to his backs; this line has neither. Maye took one sack, threw no interceptions, and finished both through the air and on the ground, which is why the cohort is so thin across 28 seasons. It is also the second time in his career he has accounted for five touchdowns in a game, after five passing scores against the Jets in Week 17 of 2025.

Maye had 4 touchdowns and 7 interceptions in his first four games; then 4 and 0 in one afternoon

Comparison

Through four weeks Maye had completed 73 of 117 passes for 854 yards, four touchdowns and seven interceptions, with 10 sacks taken. Against the Raiders he threw for 374 yards, 44% of his previous four-game total, on 26 of 34 passing with four touchdowns, no interceptions and one sack. New England's offense moved from -0.253 EPA per play in Week 3 to +0.191 in Week 4 and +0.423 here, its best game of the season by a wide margin.

Drake Maye, 2026 by week

Week	Opp	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Sacked
1	SEA	23	33	178	1	3	3
2	PIT	14	22	208	0	1	3
3	JAX	14	25	199	0	2	3
4	BUF	22	37	269	3	1	1
5	LV	26	34	374	4	0	1

New England offense, 2026 by game (pass and run plays)

Week	Opp	Score	Plays	Yards	EPA/play
1	SEA	NE 10, SEA 13	67	277	-0.110
2	PIT	NE 20, PIT 3	51	330	-0.070
3	JAX	NE 6, JAX 35	60	317	-0.253
4	BUF	NE 29, BUF 26	72	409	+0.191
5	LV	NE 45, LV 17	63	540	+0.423

Why it matters. The interceptions had been the story of New England's 2-2 start: seven in four games, three of them in the Week 1 loss. Two straight clean weeks in the sack column (one each against Buffalo and the Raiders, after three in each of the first three games) line up with the jump in efficiency, which points to protection as part of the turnaround rather than only Maye's decisions. One game does not reset a season, but the last two weeks are the first time this offense has posted positive EPA per play in 2026.

8.57 yards a play: New England's fifth-best rate in 442 regular-season games since 1999

Anomaly

New England gained 540 yards on 63 pass and run plays. Across every Patriots regular-season game since 1999, 442 in all, only four produced more yards per play, and all four came between 2007 and 2013. The run game carried its share: Rhamondre Stevenson (13 carries, 64 yards), Corey Kiner (6 for 52) and TreVeyon Henderson (4 for 22) behind Maye's 374 passing yards.

Patriots' best yards per play, regular season 1999-2026 (pass and run plays)

Season	Week	Game	Plays	Yards	Yds/play	EPA/play
2010	12	NE @ DET	51	449	8.80	+0.495
2011	1	NE @ MIA	71	622	8.76	+0.393
2013	9	PIT @ NE	70	611	8.73	+0.396
2007	7	NE @ MIA	51	443	8.69	+0.453
2026	5	LV @ NE	63	540	8.57	+0.423
2025	18	MIA @ NE	54	459	8.50	+0.360
2009	6	TEN @ NE	74	626	8.46	+0.539

This game, both offenses (pass and run plays)

Team	Plays	Yards	EPA/play	Success rate	First downs	3rd down	Sacked
NE	63	540	+0.423	54.0%	25	6 of 11	1
LV	57	306	-0.018	42.1%	15	5 of 13	3

Why it matters. Yards per play strips out pace and possession count, so it isolates how hard a defense was to move against. The four Patriots games above this one all came with Tom Brady at quarterback in the franchise's peak offensive years. New England also scored touchdowns on 4 of its 16 red-zone plays and lost only one turnover, a Kiner fumble, so the yardage turned into points rather than stalled drives.

45 points ends a three-game skid against the Raiders, by the widest margin in the series since 1999

Milestone

The Raiders had won the last three meetings, including a 20-13 win in Foxborough to open the 2025 season. This 28-point win is New England's largest margin over the Raiders in any meeting since 1999, ahead of 33-8 in 2017 (25 points) and 49-26 in 2008 (23). It is also the Patriots' first 45-point game since a 50-10 win over Jacksonville in Week 17 of 2021.

Patriots vs Raiders, all meetings 1999-2026

Season	Round	Game	Score	Winner
2001	Divisional	LV @ NE	NE 16, LV 13	NE
2002	Wk 11	NE @ LV	LV 27, NE 20	LV
2005	Wk 1	LV @ NE	NE 30, LV 20	NE
2008	Wk 15	NE @ LV	NE 49, LV 26	NE
2011	Wk 4	NE @ LV	NE 31, LV 19	NE
2014	Wk 3	LV @ NE	NE 16, LV 9	NE
2017	Wk 11	NE @ LV	NE 33, LV 8	NE
2020	Wk 3	LV @ NE	NE 36, LV 20	NE
2022	Wk 15	NE @ LV	LV 30, NE 24	LV
2023	Wk 6	NE @ LV	LV 21, NE 17	LV
2025	Wk 1	LV @ NE	LV 20, NE 13	LV
2026	Wk 5	LV @ NE	NE 45, LV 17	NE

Patriots regular-season games with 45+ points, 2015-2026

Season	Week	Game	Score
2015	3	JAX @ NE	NE 51, JAX 17
2020	13	NE @ LAC	NE 45, LAC 0
2021	7	NYJ @ NE	NE 54, NYJ 13
2021	10	CLE @ NE	NE 45, CLE 7
2021	17	JAX @ NE	NE 50, JAX 10
2026	5	LV @ NE	NE 45, LV 17

Why it matters. The Raiders' three straight wins in the series had all come by seven points or fewer, so the matchup had been close as well as one-sided in results. A 28-point answer resets that, and it came against the same opponent that beat Maye in his 2025 opener, when he threw 46 passes for 287 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The 45 points also break a four-season gap since the Patriots last hit that mark.

Tied 7-7 in the first quarter, New England scored the next 21 points while the Raiders wasted a takeaway

Trend

Brock Bowers' 13-yard touchdown catch tied the game at 7 with 8:24 left in the first quarter. The Raiders then got their best chance to take the lead: a Kiner fumble at the New England 38 with 4:33 left in the half and the score 14-7. The drive ended with a 49-yard Matt Gay field goal attempt that hit the left upright. New England went down the field and scored on an 11-yard Maye pass to Hunter Henry with 28 seconds left, and opened the third quarter with a 34-yard touchdown to Kyle Williams for 28-7. The Raiders' next real threat also ended without points: Bowers caught a 15-yard pass at the New England 36 down 35-10 and fumbled, and Craig Woodson recovered.

Scoring plays and turnovers

Qtr	Clock	Team	Play	Score after
1	11:30	NE	Maye 35-yd TD pass to Douglas	NE 7, LV 0
1	8:24	LV	Cousins 13-yd TD pass to Bowers	NE 7, LV 7
1	1:37	NE	Stevenson 5-yd TD run	NE 14, LV 7
2	4:33	NE	Kiner fumble, recovered by LV at NE 38	NE 14, LV 7
2	1:56	LV	Gay 49-yd FG, no good (left upright)	NE 14, LV 7
2	0:28	NE	Maye 11-yd TD pass to Henry	NE 21, LV 7
3	13:04	NE	Maye 34-yd TD pass to K.Williams	NE 28, LV 7
3	8:34	LV	Gay 46-yd FG	NE 28, LV 10
3	3:14	NE	Maye 3-yd TD run	NE 35, LV 10
3	2:04	LV	Bowers fumble, recovered by NE at NE 34	NE 35, LV 10
4	14:15	NE	Borregales 28-yd FG	NE 38, LV 10
4	10:54	LV	Laube 2-yd TD run	NE 38, LV 17
4	6:11	NE	Maye 8-yd TD pass to Douglas	NE 45, LV 17

Why it matters. The game turned in the last five minutes of the first half. A Raiders field goal off the Kiner fumble would have made it 14-10; instead the miss handed New England the ball, and the Henry touchdown plus the Williams touchdown on the first possession of the second half made it a 21-point game in 2 minutes 24 seconds of game clock. Bowers finished with 8 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown, but both of the Raiders' chances to change the game's direction ended without points.

The third quarter decided it: New England +0.652 EPA a play, the Raiders -0.607

Split

The Raiders matched New England early, at +0.333 EPA per play in the first quarter on Bowers' touchdown drive. The third quarter was the widest gap of the game: New England ran 19 plays for 208 yards at +0.652 per play and scored 14 points, while the Raiders managed 51 yards on 11 plays at -0.607 and a field goal. The Raiders' best offensive quarter by yardage, 128 yards in the fourth, came after New England had built a 35-10 lead through three quarters.

Offense by quarter (pass and run plays)

Team	Qtr	Plays	Yards	EPA/play	First downs	Points
NE	1	16	126	+0.668	7	14
NE	2	16	130	+0.132	7	7
NE	3	19	208	+0.652	7	14
NE	4	12	76	+0.123	4	10
LV	1	11	79	+0.333	3	7
LV	2	17	48	-0.125	4	0
LV	3	11	51	-0.607	1	3
LV	4	18	128	+0.230	7	7

Why it matters. New England's efficiency came in two bursts, the first and third quarters, and those are the quarters where it scored 28 of its 45 points. The Raiders' offense was close to even overall (-0.018 EPA per play for the game), but its worst quarter came right after halftime, trailing 21-7. By the time the Raiders' offense moved the ball again in the fourth quarter, the gap was 25 points.

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Week	Opp	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Sacked
1	SEA	23	33	178	1	3	3
2	PIT	14	22	208	0	1	3
3	JAX	14	25	199	0	2	3
4	BUF	22	37	269	3	1	1
5	LV	26	34	374	4	0	1

Week	Opp	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Sacked
1	SEA	23	33	178	1	3	3
2	PIT	14	22	208	0	1	3
3	JAX	14	25	199	0	2	3
4	BUF	22	37	269	3	1	1
5	LV	26	34	374	4	0	1