The Raiders suffered their first loss of the season, going down 20-14 to the Patriots at Frank Youell Field.
The Raiders were held to just 24 yards rushing.
Tommy Morrow intercepted a pair of passes, increasing his league-leading total to six in three games.
Cotton Davidson was ineffective at quarterback and gave way to Tom Flores who led the team to both touchdowns, on passes to Art Powell and Bo Roberson, in the fourth quarter.
Powell caught eight passes for 150 yards and a score.
| Final | |||||
| Boston | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
1 BOS Billy Lott 55 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick)
2 BOS Gino Cappelletti 46 field goal
2 BOS Larry Garron 3 run (Gino Cappelletti kick)
3 BOS Gino Cappelletti 47 field goal
4 OAK Art Powell 33 pass from Tom Flores (Mike Mercer kick)
4 OAK Bo Roberson 52 pass from Tom Flores (Mike Mercer kick)
Head coaches - Mike Holovak, Al Davis
Starting QBs - Babe Parilli, Cotton Davidson
Halfback Clem Daniels was held out of the game and Mike Sommer started in his place.
Center Jim Otto injured his foot in the second quarter and missed the rest of the game.
Ollie Spencer took his place on the line.