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 | vs New England | L | 13-24 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | at Miami | L | 20-24 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at NY Jets | L | 0-37 | 0-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Buffalo | L | 0-20 | 0-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Cincinnati | L | 17-20 | 0-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Minnesota | L | 10-13 | 0-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | vs Green Bay | T | 20-20 | 0-6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at San Diego | L | 26-44 | 0-7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Miami | L | 7-34 | 0-8-1 | |||||||||||||||