1982 New England Patriots season

1982 New England Patriots season
Head coach Ron Meyer
General manager Bucko Kilroy
Owner Billy Sullivan
Home field Schaeffer Stadium
Results
Record 5–4
Division Place 7th AFC
Playoff finish Lost First Round (Dolphins) 28–13
Pro Bowlers G John Hannah
CB Mike Haynes
AP All-Pros G John Hannah (2nd team)
CB Mike Haynes (2nd team)
Uniform
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The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's strike-shortened 1982 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.

Contents

Staff

New England Patriots 1982 staff
Front Office
  • President – Billy Sullivan
  • Executive Vice President – Chuck Sullivan
  • General Manager – Bucko Kilroy
  • Assistant General Manager – Patrick Sullivan
  • Director of Player Development – Dick Steinberg
  • Director of College Scouting – Joe Mendes
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Bill McPeak

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Lew Erber
  • Offensive Backfield – Cleve Bryant
  • Receivers – Steve Endicott
  • Offensive Line – Bill Muir
  

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – LeBaron Caruthers

Regular season

Schedule

Week Opponent Result Score Attendance
1 at Baltimore Colts W 24–13
39,055
2 New York Jets L 7–31
53,515
3 at Cleveland Browns L 7–10
51,781
4 Houston Oilers W 29–21
33,602
5 at Chicago Bears L 13–26
36,973
6 Miami Dolphins W 3–0 (Snowplow Game)
25,716
7 at Seattle Seahawks W 16–0
53,457
8 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–37
51,515
9 Buffalo Bills W 30–19
36,218
Wildcard at Miami Dolphins L 13–28
68,842

Standings

AFC
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Los Angeles Raiders 8 1 0 .889 260 200
Miami Dolphins 7 2 0 .778 198 131
Cincinnati Bengals 7 2 0 .778 232 177
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 3 0 .667 204 146
San Diego Chargers 6 3 0 .667 288 221
New York Jets 6 3 0 .667 245 166
New England Patriots 5 4 0 .556 143 157
Cleveland Browns 4 5 0 .444 140 182
Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 150 154
Seattle Seahawks 4 5 0 .444 127 147
Kansas City Chiefs 3 6 0 .333 176 184
Denver Broncos 2 7 0 .222 148 226
Houston Oilers 1 8 0 .111 136 245
Baltimore Colts 0 8 1 .056 113 236

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Qualified for playoffs

Roster

All of the following players appeared in at least one game for the 1982 New England Patriots.

Name Position Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 294
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