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 Cleveland | L | 7-21 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Houston | L | 21-23 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Denver | W | 17-10 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 16-0 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Los Angeles | L | 23-28 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Chicago | W | 20-14 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs New England | L | 0-16 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Cincinnati | L | 10-24 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Denver | W | 13-11 | 4-5 | |||||||||||||||