Patriots-Raiders takeaways: Self-inflicted mistakes cost Pats in 21-17 loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots showed a little improvement Sunday, but the result was still the same.
The Las Vegas Raiders held on for a 21-17 victory over the Patriots in their Week 6 game at Allegiant Stadium. The loss drops the Patriots to 1-5 for the first time since 1995.
The Patriots trailed 10-0 early and went into halftime down 13-3. They were behind 19-10 in the fourth quarter and made it interesting with a late fourth quarter touchdown, but costly penalties (10 for 79 yards) and a lack of consistent execution on both sides of the ball were too much to overcome.