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 ClevelandL  7-21 0-1
9/19at HoustonL  21-23 0-2
11/21at DenverW  17-10 1-2
11/28vs PittsburghW  16-0 2-2
12/5at Los AngelesL  23-28 2-3
12/12vs ChicagoW  20-14 3-3
12/19vs New EnglandL  0-16 3-4
12/26at CincinnatiL  10-24 3-5
1/2vs DenverW  13-11 4-5