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 Washington | L | 34-37 OT | OT | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Cleveland | W | 24-21 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Cincinnati | L | 14-18 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Washington | L | 9-13 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs St. Louis | L | 20-23 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/11 | at NY Giants | L | 7-23 | 1-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Houston | W | 35-14 | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Dallas | W | 24-20 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs NY Giants | L | 24-26 | 3-6 | |||||||||||||||