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The team originated in Oakland, California as the Oakland Raiders, where they first played 22 seasons from 1960 to 1981. From 1982 to 1994, the team played 13 seasons in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Raiders, before returning to Oakland in 1995. The team played 25 seasons in its second stint in Oakland from 1995 to 2019.
The 1982 Los Angeles Raiders season was the team's 23rd season, 13th season in the National Football League (NFL) and first of 13 seasons in Los Angeles. [1]In May 1982, a lawsuit brought by the Raiders and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1980 concluded, with the jury determining that the NFL violated antitrust laws when it rejected the proposed move by the team from Oakland to Los Angeles.
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland, California from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raiders. Between 1982 and 1994, the team played in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Raiders.
Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles in 1982. After the first two games of the 1982 season the size of the active roster was increased from 45 to 49 players, where it would remain through the end of the 1984 season. [6]
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then again from 1995 to 2019.
The Raiders shared the Coliseum with the Oakland Athletics once the A's moved to Oakland from Kansas City in 1968, except for the years the Raiders called Los Angeles home (1982–94). The Raiders defeated and lost to all 31 other NFL teams at the Coliseum at least once.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the Las Vegas Raiders franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Lester Craig Hayes (born January 22, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Hayes was commonly referred to as " the Judge " and " Lester the Molester " because of his bump-and-run coverage . [ 1 ]