EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Interstat) — Kirk Cousins threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Matt Gay made a 53-yard field goal with 27 seconds remaining to lift the Las Vegas Raiders to a 38-33 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Attendance was 70,080. Las Vegas improved to 4-4. New York dropped to 2-6.

The Jets moved ahead 23-14 at halftime after Jason Sanders made a 39-yard field goal with nine seconds left in the second quarter. Las Vegas opened the third quarter with a scoring drive capped by Cousins’ 2-yard touchdown pass to Brock Bowers, cutting the deficit to 23-21. New York answered on Braelon Allen’s 21-yard touchdown run, but Cousins scored on a 1-yard run later in the quarter to make it 30-28 entering the fourth.

Cousins then put the Raiders in front with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Nailor with 11:33 remaining. Sanders’ 31-yard field goal pulled New York within 35-33 with 4:31 left, but Las Vegas moved into position for Gay’s 53-yarder, which provided the final margin. The Raiders stopped a two-game losing streak, while the Jets lost their second straight.

Cousins completed 19 of 26 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran five times for 3 yards and a score. Geno Smith completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns for New York and ran once for 4 yards.

Allen rushed 21 times for 147 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for six yards. Adonai Mitchell caught seven passes for 142 yards and a touchdown. Garrett Wilson had six receptions for 83 yards. Kenyon Sadiq caught one pass for 22 yards, Mason Taylor had three receptions for 19 yards, and Isaiah Williams caught one pass for 18 yards and a touchdown while also returning two kickoffs for 66 yards and two punts for 22 yards.

Bowers caught seven passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Michael Mayer had five receptions for 53 yards. Nailor caught four passes for 38 yards and a score. Ashton Jeanty rushed twice for 9 yards and caught three passes for 64 yards. Mike Washington Jr. rushed 25 times for 83 yards. Dylan Laube returned three kickoffs for 144 yards and a touchdown, including a 95-yard score in the second quarter.

Sanders made all four of his field goals, connecting from 21, 36, 39 and 31 yards. Gay made the 53-yard game-winner. Isaiah Williams scored on an 18-yard pass from Smith in the second quarter. The Raiders’ Nakobe Dean made 12 tackles. Jeremy Chinn had 10 tackles and an interception. Quay Walker had nine tackles, Eric Stokes and Treydan Stukes had eight apiece, Maxx Crosby had four tackles and a sack, and Tim Keenan III added a sack. Jamien Sherwood led New York with 14 tackles. Dane Belton had 12, Minkah Fitzpatrick nine, Demario Davis seven, Azareye’h Thomas five, and Will McDonald IV had two tackles and a sack. Darrell Jackson Jr. had four tackles.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected N.Y. Jets 32, Las Vegas 23. Interstat’s ELO system had projected N.Y. Jets with a 59.4 percent probability to win. N.Y. Jets had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 71 went under the over/under line of 46.