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 Atlanta | L | 14-16 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | vs Green Bay | L | 19-27 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Washington | L | 17-27 | 0-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/25 | at Detroit | W | 13-6 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Houston | W | 17-14 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/11 | vs Philadelphia | W | 23-7 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Washington | L | 14-15 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at St. Louis | L | 21-24 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Philadelphia | W | 26-24 | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||