1982 New England Patriots season

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1982 New England Patriots season
OwnerBilly Sullivan
General managerBucko Kilroy
Head coachRon Meyer
Home fieldSchaefer Stadium
Results
Record5–4
Division place7th AFC
Playoff finishLost First Round (Dolphins) 28–13
Pro BowlersG John Hannah
CB Mike Haynes
AP All-ProsG John Hannah (2nd team)
CB Mike Haynes (2nd team)
Uniform

The 1982 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League and 24th overall. They finished the National Football League's strike-shortened season with a record of five wins and four losses and finished seventh in the American Football Conference.

The 1982 season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 9 due to the 57-day players strike.

Staff

New England Patriots 1982 staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

 

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

Roster

1982 New England Patriots roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

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Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Original week Opponent Result Score Record Venue Attendance
1 1 at Baltimore Colts W 24–13 1–0 Memorial Stadium
39,055
2 2 New York Jets L 7–31 1–1 Schaefer Stadium
53,515
* 3 Seattle Seahawks Canceled Schaefer Stadium
* 4 at Buffalo Bills Canceled Rich Stadium
* 5 Cincinnati Bengals Canceled Schaefer Stadium
* 6 at Miami Dolphins Canceled Miami Orange Bowl
* 7 St. Louis Cardinals Canceled Schaefer Stadium
* 8 at New York Jets Canceled Shea Stadium
* 9 Baltimore Colts Canceled Schaefer Stadium
* 10 Buffalo Bills Canceled (played Jan 2, 1983) Schaefer Stadium
11 3 at Cleveland Browns L 7–10 1–2 Cleveland Stadium
51,781
12 4 Houston Oilers W 29–21 2–2 Schaefer Stadium
33,602
13 5 at Chicago Bears L 13–26 2–3 Soldier Field
36,973
14 6 Miami Dolphins W 3–0 (Snowplow Game) 3–3 Schaefer Stadium
25,716
15 7 at Seattle Seahawks W 16–0 4–3 Kingdome
53,457
16 8 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–37 4–4 Three Rivers Stadium
51,515
17 9 Buffalo Bills W 30–19 5–4 Schaefer Stadium
36,218

Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Miami Dolphins(2) 7 2 0 .778 6–1 6–1 198 131 W3
New York Jets(6) 6 3 0 .667 2–2 2–3 245 166 L1
New England Patriots(7) 5 4 0 .556 3–1 5–3 143 157 W1
Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 1–3 3–3 150 154 L3
Baltimore Colts 0 8 1 .056 0–5–0 0–7–0 113 236 L2
AFC
# Team W L T PCT PF PA STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Los Angeles Raiders 8 1 0 .889 260 200 W5
2[a] Miami Dolphins 7 2 0 .778 198 131 W3
3[a] Cincinnati Bengals 7 2 0 .778 232 177 W2
4[b][c] Pittsburgh Steelers 6 3 0 .667 204 146 W2
5[b][c] San Diego Chargers 6 3 0 .667 288 221 L1
6[c] New York Jets 6 3 0 .667 245 166 L1
7 New England Patriots 5 4 0 .556 143 157 W1
8[d] Cleveland Browns 4 5 0 .444 140 182 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9[d] Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 150 154 L3
10[d] Seattle Seahawks 4 5 0 .444 127 147 W1
11 Kansas City Chiefs 3 6 0 .333 176 184 W1
12 Denver Broncos 2 7 0 .222 148 226 L3
13 Houston Oilers 1 8 0 .111 136 245 L7
14 Baltimore Colts 0 8 1 .056 113 236 L2
Tiebreakers
  1. ^ a b Miami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2).
  2. ^ a b Pittsburgh finished ahead of San Diego based on better record against common opponents (3–1 to Chargers' 2–1). Conference tiebreak was initially used to eliminate New York Jets.
  3. ^ a b c Pittsburgh and San Diego finished ahead of New York Jets based on conference record (Pittsburgh and San Diego 5–3 against Jets’ 2–3)
  4. ^ a b c Cleveland finished ahead of Buffalo and Buffalo ahead of Seattle based on conference record (4–3 to Buffalo’s 3–3 to Seattle’s 3–5).

AFC Super Bowl Tournament

Round Opponent Result Score Venue Attendance
AFC First Round at Miami Dolphins L 13–28 Miami Orange Bowl
68,842

See also

References


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