Las Vegas completed one of the more dramatic preseason turnarounds in recent memory, scoring 22 unanswered points after trailing 20-3 at halftime. Houston had built that lead through a dominant first quarter: Jo'quavious Marks scored on a 20-yard rush, Wade Woodaz returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown, and Ka'imi Fairbairn added a 51-yard field goal — all before the midway point of the opening period. Fairbairn extended the lead to 20-3 with a 57-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter. The Raiders answered with touchdowns from Dylan Laube (third quarter, 4-yard rush) and Dare Ogunbowale (fourth quarter, 19-yard rush), then Aidan O'Connell punched in a 1-yard rush with 0:14 remaining to win it, with both fourth-quarter extra-point attempts failing.

With no standings or playoff stakes attached to a Week 2 preseason game, the result carries weight only in terms of how each team performed across four quarters. For Las Vegas, the second half showed genuine resilience from the depth roster: O'Connell operated efficiently at 15-of-24 for 166 yards while also supplying the winning score on the ground, and the running backs who carried the comeback — Laube and Ogunbowale — each found the end zone in separate quarters. For Houston, the collapse of a 17-point lead offers the coaching staff a clear second-half performance to examine, even in a context where the final score has no bearing on the regular season. Fairbairn's two field goals — at 51 and 57 yards — were the one individual standout from the losing side.