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===1983 season=== Taube held fast to [[David Dixon (businessman)|David Dixon]]'s original blueprint for the USFL, heavily marketing the team in the Bay Area while keeping tight controls on spending (including player salaries). Led by the league's 2nd ranked passer QB [[Fred Besana]], WR [[Gordon Banks (American football)|Gordon Banks]], and ex-Raiders HB [[Arthur Whittington]] and TE [[Raymond Chester]], the Invaders finished with 9β9 record. However, in an extremely weak Pacific Division, this was enough to garner them the division title. In the playoffs, despite a valiant effort, they were overrun by the eventual league champion [[Michigan Panthers]], 37β21 in front of 60,237 rabid fans in the [[Pontiac Silverdome]] (the largest crowd for any USFL game in the 1983 season). ====1983 schedule and results==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Week !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Day !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Date !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Opponent !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Result !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Record !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| TV !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Venue !style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"| Attendance |- ! colspan="9" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"|Regular season |-style="background:#cfc" ! 1 | Sunday | March 6 | at [[Arizona Wranglers]] | '''W''' 24β0 | 1β0 | | [[Sun Devil Stadium]] | 45,167 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 2 | Sunday | March 13 | [[Birmingham Stallions]] | '''L''' 14β20 {{Small|(OT)}} | 1β1 | | [[Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum]] | 47,344 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 3 | Saturday | March 19 | at [[Michigan Panthers]] | '''W''' 33β27 | 2β1 | [[ESPN]] | [[Pontiac Silverdome]] | 28,952 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 4 | Monday | March 28 | at [[Denver Gold]] | '''L''' 12β22 | 2β2 | ESPN | [[Mile High Stadium]] | 38,720 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 5 | Sunday | April 3 | at [[Los Angeles Express (USFL)|Los Angeles Express]] | '''L''' 7β10 | 2β3 | | [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] | 23,538 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 6 | Sunday | April 10 | at [[Portland Breakers|Boston Breakers]] | '''W''' 26β7 | 3β3 | [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]] | [[Nickerson Field]] | 7,984 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 7 | Saturday | April 16 | [[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Philadelphia Stars]] | '''L''' 7β17 | 3β4 | ESPN | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 34,901 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 8 | Sunday | April 24 | at [[Birmingham Stallions]] | '''L''' 9β21 | 3β5 | | [[Legion Field]] | 18,500 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 9 | Monday | May 2 | [[Arizona Wranglers]] | '''W''' 34β20 | 4β5 | ESPN | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 27,460 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 10 | Sunday | May 8 | [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] | '''L''' 10β17 | 4β6 | ABC | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 26,989 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 11 | Monday | May 16 | [[Washington Federals]] | '''W''' 34β27 | 5β6 | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 25,900 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 12 | Saturday | May 21 | at [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] | '''L''' 9β29 | 5β7 | ESPN | [[Tampa Stadium]] | 43,389 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 13 | Sunday | May 29 | [[Los Angeles Express (USFL)|Los Angeles Express]] | '''W''' 20β10 | 6β7 | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 28,967 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 14 | Saturday | June 4 | [[New Jersey Generals]] | '''W''' 34β21 | 7β7 | ESPN | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 32,908 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 15 | Monday | June 13 | [[Denver Gold]] | '''W''' 16β10 | 8β7 | ESPN | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 26,840 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 16 | Monday | June 20 | at [[Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars|Philadelphia Stars]] | '''L''' 6β12 | 8β8 | ESPN | [[Veterans Stadium]] | 16,933 |-style="background:#cfc" ! 17 | Saturday | June 25 | [[Portland Breakers|Boston Breakers]] | '''W''' 17β16 | 9β8 | ESPN | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 30,396 |-style="background:#fcc" ! 18 | Sunday | July 3 | at [[Chicago Blitz]] | '''L''' 7β31 | 9β9 | | [[Soldier Field]] | 12,346 |- style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="9" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Oakland Invaders|border=2}}"|Playoffs |-style="background:#fcc" ! Divisional<br>Playoff | Sunday | July 10 | at [[Michigan Panthers]] | '''L''' 21β37 | β | [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]] | [[Pontiac Silverdome]] | 60,237 |} Sources<ref>[https://www.statscrew.com/football/results/t-USFLOAK/y-1983 statscrew.com 1983 Oakland Invaders Game-by-Game Results Retrieved December 30, 2018]</ref><ref>[http://www.usflsite.com/1983season.php usflsite.com 1983 USFL Season Retrieved December 30, 2018]</ref><ref>[https://www.profootballarchives.com/1983usfloak.html profootballarchives.com 1983 Oakland Invaders (USFL) Retrieved December 30, 2018 ]</ref>
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