OAKLAND INVADERS

'Oakland Invaders' were a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League (USFL) from 1983 through 1985.
Oakland, California was without a football team after the Oakland Raiders relocated to Los Angeles, California before the 1982 NFL's season. In step the Invaders (the similar nickname was not an accident). The team had good fan support during the spring seasons of the USFL (1983-1985). The Michigan Panthers merged with the Invaders before 1985 and it helped the team to reach the 1985 USFL championship game. That game however, would be the last game ever played in the USFL's history.
Some former National Football League players and some who would play for the NFL later on were on this team. Among them were Ray Pinney of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Cedrick Hardman of the 1970s San Francisco 49ers and early 1980s Oakland Raiders, Anthony Carter (Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions), Arthur Whittington (Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills), Bobby Hebert (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons), Gary Plummer (San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers), Raymond Chester (Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts), Albert Bentley ( Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers), Dave Browning (Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots), Ray Bentley (Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals) and Derek Holloway (Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).

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Single season leaders

Season-By-Season

External links

Single season leaders

Rushing Yards: 1045 (1983), Arthur Whittington
Receiving Yards: 1323 (1985), Anthony Carter
Passing Yards: 3980 (1983), Fred Besana

Season-By-Season

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|1983 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1st Pacific || Lost Divisional (Michigan)
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|1984 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 4th WC Pacific || missed playoffs
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|1985 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1st WC || Won Quarterfinal (Tampa Bay)
Won Semifinal (Memphis)
Lost USFL Championship (Baltimore)
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!Totals || 31 || 26 || 1
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

External links

★ http://www.oaklandinvaders.info

★ http://www.remembertheusfl.8m.com/teams/oakland.html