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 Green Bay | L | 23-35 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Detroit | L | 14-19 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Atlanta | L | 17-34 | 0-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Kansas City | W | 20-14 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/2 | vs San Francisco | L | 24-30 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Denver | L | 24-27 | 1-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/18 | at Los Angeles | L | 31-37 | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Chicago | L | 26-34 | 1-7 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at San Francisco | W | 21-20 | 2-7 | |||||||||||||||