October 11, 2020 -- #NEvOAK
Raiders Stadium -- Las Vegas, NV
CBS -- 1:00 PM E.T.
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NE - 7 / 3 / 3 / 14 // 27
OAK - 3 / 6 / 0 / 28 // 37
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Raiders return back-to-back...to back fumbles for touchdowns in win over Patriots
Stop me once you've seen this before.
A fumble being the key decider in a game between the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders.
On Sunday, it was quite a few.
New England fumbled three times in the fourth quarter and all three times, Oakland returned the fumble for a touchdown to score 21 unanswered points in the team's 37-27 win over the Patriots on Sunday.
The Patriots had a 13-9 lead with the ball in Oakland territory when D'Eriq King fumbled the ball on 2nd-and-goal with Jonathan Abram returning the fumble 91 yards for the touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Braxton Berrios fumbled once again with Vontaze Burfict scooping and scoring.
Berrios was returning kicks because earlier in the game Ke'Shawn Vaughn had fumbled but recovered his fumble during a punt return.
Both teams swapped touchdown and then on the ensuing kickoff following Josh Jacobs touchdown, Berrios fumbled once more and once again, Oakland picked it up and scored.
"I've never seen something like that before," said Raiders coach Jon Gruden.
The fumbles negated Tom Brady's brilliant performance of throwing for 398 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. The defense also held the Raiders offense to 16 points after struggling against Miami last week.
Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
10:45 (OAK) D. Bailey, 24 Yd FG
8:38 (NE) S. Michel, 64 Yd run
Quarter 2
12:54 (OAK) D. Bailey, 27 Yd FG
5:19 (NE) R. Blankenship, 22 Yd FG
1:55 (OAK) D. Bailey, 40 Yd FG
Quarter 3
12:05 (NE) R. Blankenship, 24 Yd FG
Quarter 4
7:17 (OAK) J. Abram, returned fumble 91 Yds
7:10 (OAK) V. Burfict, returned fumble 26 Yds
6:15 (NE) H. Ruggs III 65 Yd pass from T. Brady
3:18 (OAK) J. Jacobs, 6 Yd run
3:11 (OAK) K. Nixon, returned fumble 31 Yds
0:22 (NE) N. Harry 2 Yd pass from T. Brady
Player Stats
New England Patriots (4-2)
Tom Brady, QB: 23 of 31, 398 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Sony Michel, HB: 14 carries, 123 yards, touchdown.
D'Eriq King, HB: 5 carries, 34 yards, fumble.
Henry Ruggs III, WR: 5 receptions, 154 yards, touchdown.
Julian Edelman, WR: 5 receptions, 88 yards.
N'Keal Harry, WR: 5 receptions, 74 yards, touchdown.
Braxton Berrios, WR: 2 receptions, 44 yards.
Isaiah Simmons, LB: 10 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, interception.
Stephon Gilmore, CB: 9 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, sack, 2 PBU.
Pat Chung, S: 9 tackles, tackle for loss.
Oakland Raiders (3-3)
Derek Carr, QB: 26 of 38, 305 yards, interception.
Derrick Henry, HB: 18 carries, 117 yards.
Tyrell Williams, WR: 8 receptions, 81 yards.
Josh Doctson, WR: 5 receptions, 89 yards.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE: 4 receptions, 93 yards.
Lamarcus Joyner, S: 8 tackles.
Clelin Ferrell, DE: 5 tackles, 3 sacks.
Arik Armstead, DE: 2 tackles, 2 sacks.