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 | ||||||||||||||
| 9/13 | at Dallas | W | 36-28 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/19 | vs Cincinnati | W | 26-20 OT | OT | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| 11/21 | at Houston | W | 24-10 | 3-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/28 | at Seattle | L | 0-16 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/5 | vs Kansas City | W | 35-14 | 4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/12 | at Buffalo | L | 0-13 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/19 | at Cleveland | L | 9-10 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/26 | vs New England | W | 37-14 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2 | vs Cleveland | W | 37-21 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||