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 Tampa Bay | W | 17-10 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/16 | at Buffalo | L | 22-23 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Green Bay | L | 7-26 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Chicago | W | 35-7 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Miami | L | 14-22 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Baltimore | W | 13-10 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Detroit | W | 34-31 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs NY Jets | L | 14-42 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/3 | vs Dallas | W | 31-27 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||