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 Buffalo | L | 9-14 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs San Diego | W | 19-12 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at New Orleans | L | 17-27 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Los Angeles | L | 14-20 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Pittsburgh | L | 14-35 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Los Angeles | L | 16-21 | 1-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Denver | W | 37-16 | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs San Francisco | L | 13-26 | 2-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs NY Jets | W | 37-13 | 3-6 | |||||||||||||||