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 Los Angeles | L | 17-23 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Denver | L | 21-24 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at St. Louis | W | 31-20 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs New Orleans | L | 20-23 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/2 | at Los Angeles | W | 30-24 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/11 | vs San Diego | L | 37-41 | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Atlanta | L | 7-17 | 2-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Kansas City | W | 26-13 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Los Angeles | L | 20-21 | 3-6 | |||||||||||||||