Editing Oakland Invaders (section)

{{Short description|American football team}}
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{{Infobox USFL team
| name = Oakland Invaders
| current =
| logo = 
| helmet = 
| founded = 1977
| folded = 1986
| city = [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]]<br>in [[Oakland, California]]
| misc = 
| uniform =
| colors = Air Force Blue, Invader Gold, Navy, White<br>{{color box|#0073CF}} {{color box|#FFBC3D}} {{color box|#002147}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} 
| coach = 1983–1984 [[John Ralston (coach)|John Ralston]] (9–12)<br> 1984 [[Chuck Hutchison]] (7–8)<br>1985 [[Charlie Sumner]] (15-5-1)
| owner = 1982–1985 [[Tad Taube]]<br> 1985 [[A. Alfred Taubman]] and Tad Taube
| chairman =
| president = 
| general manager = 
| mascot =
| nicknames =
| league =
[[California Football League (1974-1982)|California Football League]] (1977–1982)
[[United States Football League]] (1983–1985)
* Western Conference (1984–1985)
** Pacific Division (1983–1984)
| team_history =
* Twin Cities Cougars (1977–1982)
* Oakland Invaders (1983–1985) 
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 1
| no_div_champs = 1
| league_champs = 
| conf_champs = 1985
| div_champs = 1983
| playoff_appearances = 1983, 1985
| no_playoff_appearances = 2
| stadium_years =
* [[Marysville High School (California)|Marysville High School field]] (1977–1982)
* [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]] (1983–1985)
}}

The '''Oakland Invaders''' were a professional [[American football]] team that played in the [[United States Football League]] (USFL) from 1983 through 1985.  Based in [[Oakland, California]], they played at the [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]].

The team can trace its history to 1977 when they played in the [[California Football League (1974-1982)|California Football League]] as the '''Twin Cities Cougars''', and won four league championships (1979–1982).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/21-02-791.pdf|title=In football, professionalism is a question of attitude}}</ref> During that time, they played their home games at the [[Marysville High School (California)|Marysville High School field]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://110percent.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10361/of-rattlers-and-cougars/|title=Of Rattlers and Cougars|last=Barber|first=Phil|website=[[The Press Democrat]]}}</ref>