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 Seattle | W | 21-7 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Philadelphia | L | 21-24 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs New England | W | 10-7 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/25 | at Dallas | L | 14-31 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs San Diego | L | 13-30 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Cincinnati | L | 10-23 | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 10-9 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Houston | W | 20-14 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Pittsburgh | L | 21-37 | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||