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 Houston | W | 27-6 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Pittsburgh | L | 20-26 OT | OT | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Philadelphia | W | 18-14 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Los Angeles | W | 31-17 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Baltimore | W | 20-17 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Cleveland | W | 23-10 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/20 | at San Diego | L | 34-50 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Seattle | W | 24-10 | 6-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Houston | W | 35-27 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||