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The New England Patriots will continue their West Coast trip with a meeting with the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. The Patriots played on Monday Night Football at Arizona and then practiced during the week at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
The Patriots and Raiders held joint practice sessions together this past summer at the Raiders practice facility prior to the final preseason contest, a 23-6 Las Vegas victory.
The 2022 New England Patriots are 5th in the NFL, allowing 18.4 points per game and can become the first NFL team since the 1970 merger to finish in the top 10 for fewest points allowed in 11 straight seasons. The Patriots have finished in the top 10 for fewest points allowed in each of the last 10 seasons (2012-2021) to tie Tampa Bay, who became the last team to reach 10 straight seasons (1996-2005) for the fewest points allowed. The 2021 Patriots finished second in the NFL with 17.8 points allowed per game. Buffalo finished first with 17.0 points allowed per game.
The Patriots and Raiders held joint practice sessions this past summer prior to a preseason meeting for the first time since 1995. It was New England's first visit to Allegiant Stadium since the Raiders move from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020.
The Patriots and Raiders will play their first regular season game in Las Vegas this week. The Patriots have won the last six regular season games against the Raiders, including the last games between the two on Sept. 27, 2020 at Gillette Stadium when the Patriots took a 36-20 victory. That meeting marked the Patriots first game against the Raiders as the Las Vegas Raiders after the franchise relocated from Oakland.
The Patriots hold an 18-14-1 lead in the regular season against the Raiders. The teams have met three times in the playoffs, producing a memorable, classic encounter on each occasion. In 1976, the Patriots beat the Raiders, 48-17, in the regular season before losing a playoff game in Oakland, 24-21. The Patriots advanced to their first AFC Championship Game in 1985 after beating the Raiders, 27-20, in Los Angeles. In 2001, the Patriots beat Oakland, 16-13, in overtime in the last game ever played in Foxboro Stadium, en route to winning Super Bowl XXXVI.
The series between the two charter members of the American Football League dates back to 1960, the inaugural season for each club.
