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    OpponentResultScoreRecord
9/12vs WashingtonL  34-37
OT
0-1
9/19at ClevelandW  24-21 1-1
11/21vs CincinnatiL  14-18 1-2
11/28at WashingtonL  9-13 1-3
12/5vs St. LouisL  20-23 1-4
12/11at NY GiantsL  7-23 1-5
12/19vs HoustonW  35-14 2-5
12/26at DallasW  24-20 3-5
1/2vs NY GiantsL  24-26 3-6