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 Minnesota | L | 10-17 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Washington | L | 13-21 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Dallas | L | 9-14 | 0-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | vs Miami | W | 23-17 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at New Orleans | W | 13-10 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at NY Jets | L | 17-32 | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Buffalo | W | 24-23 | 3-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Detroit | W | 23-21 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Chicago | W | 26-23 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||