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 NY Jets | W | 45-28 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Baltimore | W | 24-20 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Buffalo | W | 9-7 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/29 | at Tampa Bay | L | 17-23 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Minnesota | W | 22-14 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at New England | L | 0-3 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/18 | vs NY Jets | W | 20-19 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/27 | vs Buffalo | W | 27-10 | 6-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Baltimore | W | 34-7 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||