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 Cincinnati | L | 6-27 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Seattle | W | 23-21 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 10-24 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at New England | L | 21-29 | 1-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at NY Giants | L | 14-17 | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/13 | vs Dallas | L | 7-37 | 1-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Philadelphia | L | 14-35 | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs Cleveland | L | 14-20 | 1-7 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Cincinnati | L | 27-35 | 1-8 | |||||||||||||||