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 Detroit | L | 10-17 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs New Orleans | L | 0-10 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Detroit | W | 20-17 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Minnesota | L | 7-35 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs New England | W | 26-13 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Seattle | L | 14-20 | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs St. Louis | L | 7-10 | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Los Angeles | W | 34-26 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Tampa Bay | L | 23-26 | 3-6 | |||||||||||||||