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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 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.
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.
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 were victorious over the Chargers of a score 34–27. The Raiders ended up moving on to play in Super Bowl 15 defeating the Eagles 27–10. On November 22, 1982, the Raiders hosted their first Monday Night football game in Los Angeles against the San Diego Chargers.
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 ]
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The 1981 season was the Oakland Raiders' 22nd, its 12th in the National Football League and third under head coach Tom Flores.The team failed to improve on its 1980 record of 11–5, finishing 7–9, becoming the fourth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champions and miss the playoffs.