Game recap

Rams @ Raiders

2026 Wk 7 · LV 21, LA 35

Two Rams backs topped 90 yards, and the Raiders lost a fourth straight after a 3-0 start.

FanIQ Research · October 26, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Kyren Williams and Blake Corum both ran for 90 yards. The last Rams pair to do that was Marshall Faulk and Trung Canidate in 2001.

Rare

Every Rams regular season game with two 90 yard rushers, 1999 to 2026

Season	Week	Opponent	Rushers
2001	9	CAR	Marshall Faulk 183, Trung Canidate 145
2026	7	LV	Kyren Williams 99, Blake Corum 93

Every 2026 game with two 90 yard rushers on one team

Week	Team	Opponent	Rushers
1	CHI	CAR	D'Andre Swift 124 on 18, Kyle Monangai 100 on 10
5	BUF	LA	Josh Allen 121 on 10, James Cook 111 on 25
7	LA	LV	Kyren Williams 99 on 16, Blake Corum 93 on 17

Williams ran 16 times for 99 yards and Corum ran 17 times for 93. One team putting two backs past 90 yards happened 120 times league wide in the regular season from 1999 through this game, 38 of them since 2017. This is the first of those 38 that belongs to a Sean McVay offense. Two weeks earlier, Buffalo did the same thing to the Rams' defense.

Why it matters. Williams and Corum split 33 carries almost evenly, 16 and 17, so this was a shared backfield producing at the same rate rather than one back carrying the load. Two backs this productive in one game also means the run game did not depend on a single long run. The 25 year gap makes this a franchise level rarity rather than a weekly one.

Los Angeles led 28 to 6 at halftime, then gained 97 fewer yards after the break.

Split

Points by half

Half	LA	LV
1st	28	6
2nd	7	15

Offensive efficiency by half, pass and run plays

Team	Half	Plays	EPA/play	Success%	Yards
LA	1st	36	0.534	69.4%	243
LA	2nd	29	-0.273	44.8%	146
LV	1st	30	-0.367	33.3%	128
LV	2nd	36	0.008	36.1%	222

The Rams scored touchdowns on four first half drives: two Matthew Stafford passes to Davis Allen, one to Puka Nacua, and a 17 yard Kyren Williams run. After halftime they lost a Williams fumble and a Stafford interception. The Raiders scored a touchdown 86 seconds of game clock after Nick Dean's interception, and pulled within 28 to 18 before Blake Corum's 4 yard run settled it.

Why it matters. A first half at plus 0.534 EPA per play with a 69.4 percent success rate is close to the ceiling for an NFL offense, and it built a lead large enough to absorb a much worse second half. The two turnovers explain most of the drop: the Raiders' only positive half came with short fields and a passing game forced to throw. The 22 point halftime margin is what kept the comeback window narrow.

The Raiders started 3-0 and have now lost four straight. Seven teams since 1999 did that, and one reached the playoffs.

Trend

Raiders 2026 results

Week	Opponent	LV	Opp	Result
1	MIA	27	13	W
2	LAC	26	14	W
3	NO	35	27	W
4	KC	27	30	L
5	NE	17	45	L
6	BUF	30	33	L
7	LA	21	35	L

Every team since 1999 that won its first 3 games and lost games 4 to 7

Season	Team	Final record	Playoffs
2000	TB	10-6	Yes
2002	CAR	7-9	No
2002	NE	9-7	No
2013	MIA	8-8	No
2016	BAL	8-8	No
2021	CAR	5-12	No
2021	DEN	7-10	No
2026	LV	3-4 so far	n/a

The Raiders allowed 54 points in their three wins and 143 in the four losses that followed. The 2000 Buccaneers are the only team in the list that recovered to a playoff berth, and the other six finished between 5-12 and 9-7.

Why it matters. The defense is the clearest change across the slide: points allowed per game rose from 18 in the 3-0 start to almost 36 in the four losses. Two of the four losses came by 3 points, so the record exaggerates the gap a little, but the last two opponents both scored 33 or more. History from this exact shape of start is poor, with one playoff team in seven.

The Rams converted 6 of 9 third downs. The Raiders converted 3 of 14.

Comparison

Third down conversion, this game versus 2026 Weeks 1 to 6

Team	This game	Rate	Weeks 1 to 6	Rate
LA	6 of 9	66.7%	34 of 74	45.9%
LV	3 of 14	21.4%	34 of 76	44.7%

Best third down rates in the league, 2026 Weeks 1 to 6

Team	Third downs	Converted	Rate
SF	66	34	51.5%
CIN	66	34	51.5%
BUF	61	31	50.8%

Both teams entered at almost the same rate, 45.9 and 44.7 percent. In this game the Rams' 66.7 percent was higher than any team's rate across the first six weeks, where the top was 51.5. The Raiders faced 14 third downs, 5 more than the Rams, and converted 21.4 percent.

Why it matters. Two offenses that were level on third down for six weeks finished this game 45 percentage points apart, and that gap tracks the Rams' play count advantage in the first half. The Raiders' 14 third downs also show how often their early downs failed: a 34.8 percent success rate on pass and run plays put them in long yardage repeatedly. Nine Rams attempts is a small count, so the size of their rate deserves some caution.

The Rams ran 35 times, 7 more than in any other game this season, and for the first time in 2026 they ran more than they threw.

Anomaly

Rams 2026 games, run and pass plays

Week	Opponent	Runs	Passes	Run yards	LA pts
1	SF	28	28	123	7
2	NYG	25	31	166	28
3	DEN	23	57	116	26
4	PHI	24	52	107	24
5	BUF	23	56	77	34
6	ARI	20	37	92	16
7	LV	35	30	202	35

Through six games the Rams' high was 28 runs, and three of those games had 52 or more pass plays. Against the Raiders the split flipped to 35 runs and 30 passes, run yards reached a season high of 202, and the 35 points were also a season high. Stafford still went 23 of 29 for 195 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Why it matters. Los Angeles had been a high volume passing team in its losses, with 56 or 57 pass plays against Denver and Buffalo. Here the run game carried the plan, which shortened the game for the Raiders and let Stafford work from manageable downs, visible in his 23 of 29 line. One game does not set a new identity, but it is the clearest outlier in the Rams' season by play mix.

The Rams have beaten the Raiders seven straight times. The only loss since 1999 came in 2010.

Milestone

Every Rams versus Raiders meeting since 1999

Season	Week	Result	Margin
2002	6	LA 28, LV 13	15
2006	15	LA 20, LV 0	20
2010	2	LV 16, LA 14	2
2014	13	LA 52, LV 0	52
2018	1	LA 33, LV 13	20
2022	14	LA 17, LV 16	1
2024	7	LA 20, LV 15	5
2026	7	LA 35, LV 21	14

Eight meetings, seven Rams wins. The 35 points are the second most the Rams scored in the series in this span, behind the 52 in 2014. The last two meetings before this one were decided by 1 and 5 points, so this was the most comfortable Rams win in the matchup since 2018.

Why it matters. Cross conference opponents meet only once every few seasons, so a seven game streak spans multiple coaching staffs and rosters on both sides and says little about either current team on its own. What it does show is that this result fits a long pattern rather than breaking one. The margin matters more here: after two one score games, the Rams won by two touchdowns on the road.

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Week	Opponent	Runs	Passes	Run yards	LA pts
1	SF	28	28	123	7
2	NYG	25	31	166	28
3	DEN	23	57	116	26
4	PHI	24	52	107	24
5	BUF	23	56	77	34
6	ARI	20	37	92	16
7	LV	35	30	202	35

Week	Opponent	Runs	Passes	Run yards	LA pts
1	SF	28	28	123	7
2	NYG	25	31	166	28
3	DEN	23	57	116	26
4	PHI	24	52	107	24
5	BUF	23	56	77	34
6	ARI	20	37	92	16
7	LV	35	30	202	35