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Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 11 · Empower Field at Mile High

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Las Vegas Raiders—Away
Denver Broncos—Home

Matchup preview

Las Vegas Raiders 3–2 · Road 2–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 16 · 7 days of rest
Denver Broncos 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · LV 5 games, DEN 4 games
MetricLVDEN
Points per game26.48th18.528th
Points allowed per game25.822nd23.520th
Total yards per game335.615th280.328th
Passing yards per game263.48th204.821st
Rushing yards per game82.027th81.330th
Turnovers per game1.419th1.317th
Sacks allowed per game1.67th1.33rd
Penalty yards per game44.25th46.86th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Las Vegas Raiders: recent results

  1. L 17–45 @ NE Week 5
  2. L 27–30 vs KC Week 4
  3. W 35–27 @ NO Week 3
  4. W 26–14 @ LAC Week 2
  5. W 27–13 vs MIA Week 1

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. L 14–24 @ SF Week 4
  2. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  3. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  4. L 10–31 @ KC Week 1

Las Vegas Raiders: season leaders

Passing
Kirk Cousins 1,269 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Ashton Jeanty 291 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Brock Bowers 312 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Malcolm Koonce 2.5 · 2 g

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 819 yds · 4 g
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 161 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 185 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Zach Allen 3.0 · 3 g

Las Vegas Raiders: injury report

  • Out Aidan O'Connell QB
  • Out Dalton Johnson SS
  • Out JJ Pegues NT
  • Out Jalen Nailor WR
  • Out Roman Hemby RB
  • Out Trey Zuhn III
  • Out Tristin McCollum FS
  • Questionable Patrick Johnson SLB

1 more listed.

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Dallen Bentley TE
  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Jordan Jackson LDE
  • Out Kage Casey
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss
  • Out Sam Ehlinger QB

2 more listed.

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

LV 23 · DEN 31 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 14 DEN 24, LV 17
  2. 2025 · Week 10 LV 7, DEN 10
  3. 2024 · Week 12 DEN 29, LV 19
  4. 2024 · Week 5 LV 18, DEN 34
  5. 2023 · Week 18 DEN 14, LV 27

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

LV 34.3% · DEN 65.4%

Matchup quality 44.1 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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