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Bills Outlast Raiders in Shootout

Allegiant Stadium has been the home to the Las Vegas Raiders for the past seven seasons and during that time we have seen visiting teams fans invade the premises in stark numbers. None was bigger than Sunday's contest as the notoriously famous Bills Mafia took over.

Sounding like a home game in Buffalo, Josh Allen was just as effective as the crowd as the quarterback put on a clinic in leading the Bills to a 33-30 victory over the Raiders.

Allen was 23 for 33 passing for 255 yards and two touchdowns while James Cook ran for 95 in leading a balanced Bills attack. The Bills scored on five of their first six drives of the game with each of the scoring drives consisting of at least eight plays. They added two more in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins was just as productive as Allen in a losing effort. Cousins threw for 313 yards and connected with Tre Tucker for two touchdowns. The latter was a 44-yard strike that brought Las Vegas to within three points with 1:32 remaining.

Tucker had five catches for 97 yards while the tight ends for the Raiders were the focal point again. Michael Mayer hauled in seven passes for 95 yards while Brock Bowers had four for 70 yards.

Las Vegas had their opportunities with to win the game, but they scored only two touchdowns in five trips inside the Bills 20-yard line. They settled for field goals instead. After Buffalo built a 23-13 lead, Cousins hit Tucker to tie the game 23-23. Then Allen took over again to lead the Bills on two fourth quarter scores to put the game out of reach.

After a 3-0 start, the Raiders have now lost three straight games to even their record at 3-3. Another tough opponent comes to Allegiant next Sunday as the Raiders will host a hungry Rams team who has lost two consecutive games and three of their last four contests.

The Rams 2-4 record has their fan base concerned as they were the Super Bowl favorites at the beginning of the season. Kickoff with another partisan visiting crowd will be Sunday at 1:25pm.