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 Los Angeles | W | 35-23 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/20 | at NY Giants | W | 27-19 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | vs Minnesota | W | 26-7 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at NY Jets | L | 13-15 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Buffalo | W | 33-21 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | vs Detroit | L | 10-30 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Baltimore | T | 20-20 | 4-2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | at Atlanta | W | 38-7 | 5-2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | at Detroit | L | 24-27 | 5-3-1 | |||||||||||||||