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Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · MetLife Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Las Vegas Raiders—Away
New York Jets—Home

Game details

Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Las Vegas Raiders 3–1 · Road 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 8 · 7 days of rest
New York Jets 1–3 · Home 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 21 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · LV 4 games, NYJ 4 games
MetricLVNYJ
Points per game28.87th19.025th
Points allowed per game21.011th21.011th
Total yards per game343.015th286.024th
Passing yards per game256.512th225.517th
Rushing yards per game93.024th84.028th
Turnovers per game1.522nd0.31st
Sacks allowed per game1.32nd3.025th
Penalty yards per game30.02nd77.529th

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

New York Jets: recent results

  1. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  2. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  3. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  4. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

Las Vegas Raiders: season leaders

Passing
Kirk Cousins 1,026 yds
Rushing
Ashton Jeanty 264 yds
Receiving
Tre Tucker 233 yds

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 902 yds
Rushing
Breece Hall 163 yds
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 270 yds
Sacks
Demario Davis 2.0

Las Vegas Raiders: injury report

  • Out Jalen Nailor WR
  • Out Trey Zuhn III
  • Questionable Ashton Jeanty RB

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

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy
  • Questionable Kingsley Enagbare RDE
  • Questionable Will McDonald IV RDE

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

Head-to-head since 1999

LV 11 · NYJ 8 in 19 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 10 NYJ 12, LV 16
  2. 2020 · Week 13 LV 31, NYJ 28
  3. 2019 · Week 12 LV 3, NYJ 34
  4. 2017 · Week 2 NYJ 20, LV 45
  5. 2015 · Week 8 NYJ 20, LV 34

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

LV 49.5% · NYJ 50.1%

Matchup quality 23.2 / 100

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

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