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 | ||||||||||||||
9/13 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 28-36 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
9/19 | at St. Louis | W | 24-7 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
11/21 | vs Tampa Bay | W | 14-9 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
11/25 | vs Cleveland | W | 31-14 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
12/5 | at Washington | W | 24-10 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
12/13 | at Houston | W | 37-7 | 5-1 | |||||||||||||||
12/19 | vs New Orleans | W | 21-7 | 6-1 | |||||||||||||||
12/26 | vs Philadelphia | L | 20-24 | 6-2 | |||||||||||||||
1/3 | at Minnesota | L | 27-31 | 6-3 |