A 57-day players' strike reduced the 1982 season to a 9 game schedule. For the post-season, division standings were ignored and eight teams from each conference were seeded based on their regular season records.
1982 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/12 | at NY Giants | W | 16-14 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Los Angeles | L | 14-38 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Los Angeles | W | 34-17 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs St. Louis | L | 20-23 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Denver | W | 34-27 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs New Orleans | W | 35-0 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at San Francisco | W | 17-7 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Green Bay | L | 7-38 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at New Orleans | L | 6-35 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||