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 | vs Kansas City | W | 14-9 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/16 | vs Minnesota | W | 23-22 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Miami | L | 7-9 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Baltimore | W | 20-0 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Green Bay | L | 21-33 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 13-0 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Tampa Bay | L | 23-24 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | at Miami | L | 10-27 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at New England | L | 19-30 | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||