NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes and the Las Vegas Raiders erased a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the New Orleans Saints 35-27 at Caesars Superdome on Sunday. Las Vegas improved to 3-0, while New Orleans dropped to 1-2. An announced attendance of 70,006 saw the Raiders win as the visiting team. The Raiders entered after a home win over Miami and a road win at the Los Angeles Chargers. Las Vegas beat Miami 27-13 in its opener and then won 26-14 at the Los Angeles Chargers. New Orleans had beaten Baltimore 24-17 on the road and lost 31-30 at Detroit in overtime before hosting Las Vegas. The game was a National Football League regular-season contest. The Saints lost at home.

Cousins completed 22 of 33 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 3 yards. In his previous game, Cousins threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns in the win at the Los Angeles Chargers, adding 1 rushing yard. Brock Bowers was his leading receiver with 10 catches for 116 yards and one touchdown. Michael Mayer added three receptions for 32 yards and one score. Cody White caught one pass for 4 yards and a touchdown. Tre Tucker had four catches for 43 yards. Jalen Nailor caught one pass for 16 yards. Ashton Jeanty led the Las Vegas rushing attack with 19 carries for 56 yards and added three receptions for 37 yards. Mike Washington Jr. ran five times for 54 yards and a touchdown. Dylan Laube returned a kickoff 28 yards and made one tackle. Malik Benson returned a punt 13 yards. Matt Gay made field goals of 41, 37 and 25 yards. Cody White also recorded one tackle.

Tyler Shough kept New Orleans in the game with four touchdown passes. He completed 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards and rushed for 36 yards. Chris Olave caught nine passes for 107 yards. Juwan Johnson had eight receptions for 53 yards, one tackle and two touchdowns. Noah Fant caught four passes for 33 yards and two scores. Devaughn Vele added three receptions for 39 yards. Alvin Kamara ran nine times for 36 yards and caught one pass for 5 yards. Travis Etienne Jr. carried 13 times for 57 yards and caught two passes for 13 yards. Kendre Miller had four carries for 14 yards, two receptions for 5 yards and an 18-yard kickoff return. CJ Donaldson ran once for 5 yards. Jayden Price had four kickoff returns for 83 yards, one punt return for 11 yards and one tackle. Jalen Moreno-Cropper returned a kickoff 22 yards. Ryan Wright punted three times for 132 yards. Bryce Lance and Jordan Howden did not record statistics. New Orleans finished with four touchdown passes from Shough, two to Johnson and two to Fant.

Las Vegas received a strong defensive effort from Nakobe Dean, who made 12 tackles. Taron Johnson added eight tackles. Hezekiah Masses had six tackles and an interception. Adam Butler finished with three tackles. Maxx Crosby and Eric Stokes each had two tackles. Connor Heyward did not record a statistic. New Orleans was led by Kaden Elliss with nine tackles. Danny Stutsman and Jonas Sanker each made seven tackles. Kool-Aid McKinstry and Davon Godchaux each had five tackles. Carl Granderson recorded four tackles. Khristian Boyd had three tackles and one sack. Anfernee Jennings, Julian Blackmon, Pete Werner and Nathan Shepherd each made three tackles. Chase Young had two tackles and two sacks. Isaiah Stalbird, Quincy Riley and Colby Wooden each added two tackles. Vernon Broughton and Mike Reid each had one tackle. Justin Reid finished with four tackles. Daniel Carlson handled kicking duties for New Orleans.

The game opened with a 41-yard field goal by Gay with 7:35 remaining in the first quarter. Shough answered at 0:50 in the first quarter with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Johnson, but the extra point was blocked, leaving New Orleans ahead 6-3. Gay tied the game with a 37-yard field goal at 11:27 of the second quarter. Cousins then found Mayer for a 3-yard touchdown at 5:46, and Gay added the extra point. Shough connected with Fant for a 3-yard score at 1:54, and Carlson made the extra point to tie the game again. Gay made a 25-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter to give Las Vegas a 16-13 lead.

In the third quarter, Shough threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Johnson with 6:40 remaining. He later found Fant for a 16-yard touchdown with 5:46 remaining, and Carlson added the extra point. Washington broke free for a 35-yard run with 3:20 remaining that moved Las Vegas to the New Orleans 1-yard line. In the fourth quarter, Cousins hit White for a 4-yard touchdown with 9:21 remaining. The two-point conversion attempt failed when Cousins was sacked. Cousins then found Bowers for a 4-yard touchdown with 6:22 remaining, and Gay made the extra point to complete the scoring.

Las Vegas next hosts Kansas City before visiting New England. The Raiders also have home games ahead against Buffalo, the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle and the Los Angeles Chargers. Their remaining road games include trips to the New York Jets, San Francisco, Denver and Cleveland. New Orleans next hosts Atlanta, then welcomes Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Carolina and Green Bay. The Saints will visit the New York Giants, Chicago, Cincinnati and Carolina.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New Orleans 31, Las Vegas 24. Interstat’s ELO system had projected New Orleans with an 84.1 percent probability to win. Las Vegas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +3.5. The total score of 62 went under the over/under line of 43.5.