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 Baltimore | W | 24-13 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs NY Jets | L | 7-31 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Cleveland | L | 7-10 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | vs Houston | W | 29-21 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | at Chicago | L | 13-26 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Miami | W | 3-0 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Seattle | W | 16-0 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Pittsburgh | L | 14-37 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Buffalo | W | 30-19 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||