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 San Diego | L | 3-23 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs San Francisco | W | 24-21 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Seattle | L | 10-17 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at San Diego | L | 20-30 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Atlanta | L | 27-34 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Los Angeles | W | 27-24 | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Kansas City | L | 16-37 | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Los Angeles | L | 10-27 | 2-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Seattle | L | 11-13 | 2-7 | |||||||||||||||