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 San Francisco | W | 23-17 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Atlanta | W | 38-14 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/22 | vs San Diego | W | 28-24 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Cincinnati | L | 17-31 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Seattle | W | 28-23 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Kansas City | W | 21-16 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/18 | vs Los Angeles | W | 37-31 | 6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Denver | W | 27-10 | 7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at San Diego | W | 41-34 | 8-1 | |||||||||||||||