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 St. Louis | L | 7-21 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Chicago | W | 10-0 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Kansas City | W | 27-17 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at San Francisco | W | 23-20 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Tampa Bay | L | 10-13 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Atlanta | L | 0-35 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Dallas | L | 7-21 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Washington | L | 10-27 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Atlanta | W | 35-6 | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||