Chiefs 30-27 Raiders: 34-point fourth quarter sinks Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium

Zero points in the third quarter. Thirty-four in the fourth. That is the shape of Kansas City's 30-27 win over Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium — a game coiled tight for three quarters, then sprung in a single frenzied period.

Ian Thomas put the Raiders on the board first and Tyquan Thornton answered for the Chiefs, leaving the opening quarter level at 7-7. Matt Gay then owned the second quarter: two field goals wrapped around a Harrison Butker kick, enough to send Las Vegas into halftime ahead 13-10.

Then came the silence — a scoreless third quarter in which neither side moved the scoreboard at all. The fourth detonated. Thornton scored his second touchdown of the day to nudge Kansas City in front, Gay drilled two more field goals to flip Las Vegas into a 19-17 lead, and Kenneth Walker III settled the argument with two touchdowns in the closing period. Brock Bowers found the end zone late and Cody White tacked on a two-point conversion, but the Raiders ran out of game at 27-30.

Walker's double was the hammer blow, but Gay's right leg kept Las Vegas alive all evening: four field goals, 12 of the Raiders' 27 points, including the two in the fourth that briefly turned a deficit into a 19-17 lead. When the game finally opened up, Kansas City simply had more answers — and the only ones that mattered.

The Raiders kicked their way into position. The Chiefs walked through the door when it opened — and took three points home with them.