1982 Buffalo Bills season
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The 1982
Buffalo Bills
season was the 23rd season for the club and its 13th in the National Football League
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1982 NFL season
The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule...
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Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was the 23rd season for the club and its 13th in the National Football League
National Football League
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NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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| 1 | 19 | Perry Tuttle Perry Tuttle Perry Tuttle is a former Clemson football standout in the early 1980s. His career continued into the National Football League and Canadian Football League... |
Wide Receiver | Clemson University |
| 2 | 48 | Matt Kofler Matt Kofler Matthew Joseph Kofler was an American football player and coach. He was a quarterback in the National Football League from 1982 to 1985, playing for the Buffalo Bills and the Indianapolis Colts. He had been head coach at San Diego Mesa College since 2006.-References:... |
Quarterback | San Diego State |
| 3 | 59 | Eugene Marve Eugene Marve Eugene Raymond Marve is a former American football linebacker who played in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Saginaw Valley State University.... |
Linebacker | Saginaw Valley State |
| 4 | 93 | Van Williams | Running Back | Carson-Newman |
| 6 | 160 | DeWayne Chivers | Tight End | South Carolina |
| 7 | 171 | Gary Anderson | Kicker | Syracuse |
| 8 | 218 | Luc Tousignant Luc Tousignant Luc Tousignant is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League and Olympic handball player.... |
Quarterback | Fairmont State |
| 9 | 245 | Dennis Edwards | Defensive End | USC |
| 10 | 272 | Vic James | Defensive Back | Colorado |
| 11 | 298 | Frank Kalil Frank Kalil -Pro career:Kalil was drafted in the 11th round with the 298th pick in the 1982 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills as an offensive guard. Kalil played professionally in the USFL.-College career:... |
Guard | Arizona |
| 12 | 329 | Tony Suber | Defensive Tackle | Gardner-Webb |
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Bills points | Opponents | Record | Attendance |
| 1 | Sept. 12 | Kansas City Chiefs 1982 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1982 Kansas City Chiefs season ended in a 3–6 record that resulted from the NFL Players Association strike that shortened the season.In May 1982, running back Joe Delaney underwent surgery to repair a detached retina in his eye, a radical procedure at the time... |
Win | 14 | 9 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Sept. 16 | Minnesota Vikings 1982 Minnesota Vikings season 1982 was the 22nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. It was also Minnesota's first season of play in the newly constructed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and the Vikings did not disappoint by starting their new stadium's history... |
Win | 23 | 22 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Nov. 21 | Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Loss | 7 | 9 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Nov. 28 | Baltimore Colts 1982 Baltimore Colts season The 1982 Baltimore Colts season was the 30th season for the team in the National Football League, and the Colts' penultimate season in Baltimore. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1982 season with a record of 0 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie. They finished fifth in the AFC East... |
Win | 20 | 0 | 3–1 | |
| 5 | Dec. 5 | at Green Bay Packers 1982 Green Bay Packers season The 1982 Green Bay Packers season was their 62nd season in the National Football League and shortened due to a players strike. The club posted a 5–3–1 record under coach Bart Starr. Due to the strike, the NFL ignored division standing and placed eight teams from each conference into the playoffs.... in Miwaukee |
Loss | 21 | 33 | 3–2 | |
| 6 | Dec. 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
Win | 13 | 0 | 4–2 | |
| 7 | Dec. 19 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were regarded for the first time as a regular playoff contender. They were considered by some to be the best Buccaneer team yet, despite a mediocre offensive line and the lack of a feature running back. The team played only two games before the players' union called a... |
Loss | 23 | 24 | 4–3 | |
| 8 | Dec. 27 | at Miami Dolphins 1982 Miami Dolphins season -NFL Draft:-Regular season:The Dolphins finished the strike-shortened regular season with a 7–2 record, ranking them second in the AFC.The Dolphins' main strength was their defense, nicknamed the "Killer Bees" because 6 of their 11 starters had last names that began with the letter "B"... |
Loss | 10 | 27 | 4–4 | |
| 9 | Jan. 2 | at New England Patriots 1982 New England Patriots season 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.... |
Loss | 19 | 30 | 4–5 | |
Standings
| AFC American Football Conference The American Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League . This conference and its counterpart, the National Football Conference , currently contain 16 teams each, making up the 32 teams of the NFL.... |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Los Angeles Raiders 1982 Los Angeles Raiders season The 1982 Los Angeles Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 7–9 record from 1981. This is the first of thirteen seasons for the Raiders in Los Angeles.-Offseason:-Schedule:-Standings: -Post season:-See also:... |
8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 260 | 200 |
| Miami Dolphins 1982 Miami Dolphins season -NFL Draft:-Regular season:The Dolphins finished the strike-shortened regular season with a 7–2 record, ranking them second in the AFC.The Dolphins' main strength was their defense, nicknamed the "Killer Bees" because 6 of their 11 starters had last names that began with the letter "B"... |
7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 198 | 131 |
| Cincinnati Bengals 1982 Cincinnati Bengals season The 1982 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 15th year in professional football and its 13th with the National Football League.The Bengals posted a 7–2 record in a strike-shortened season to earn a postseason berth, but lost to the Jets in the first round of the playoffs, 44–17... |
7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 232 | 177 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers 1982 Pittsburgh Steelers season The 1982 Pittsburgh Steelers saw the team return to the playoffs after a two-year hiatus. This was also the Steelers 50th Anniversary season. Although the season was shortened as a result of the 1982 strike, the Steelers finished a strong 6–3 record, good enough for fourth in the AFC as a whole... |
6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 204 | 146 |
| San Diego Chargers 1982 San Diego Chargers season The 1982 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 10–6 record in 1981. It was a strike-shorten season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment. It ended with a second round loss to the... |
6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 288 | 221 |
| New York Jets 1982 New York Jets season The 1982 New York Jets season was the 23rd season for the team and the 13th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–5–1 record from 1981 and return to the playoffs under head coach Walt Michaels... |
6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 245 | 166 |
| New England Patriots 1982 New England Patriots season 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.... |
5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 143 | 157 |
| Cleveland Browns 1982 Cleveland Browns season The 1982 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 33rd season with the National Football League.The Browns were among 8 teams that qualified for the playoffs during this strike shorted season, and became one of only three teams to ever qualify for the playoffs despite having a losing record... |
4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 140 | 182 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 150 | 154 |
| Seattle Seahawks 1982 Seattle Seahawks season The 1982 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's seventh season with the National Football League. Head coach Jack Patera was fired after the first two games of the season, which were followed by a 57-day players strike... |
4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 127 | 147 |
| Kansas City Chiefs 1982 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1982 Kansas City Chiefs season ended in a 3–6 record that resulted from the NFL Players Association strike that shortened the season.In May 1982, running back Joe Delaney underwent surgery to repair a detached retina in his eye, a radical procedure at the time... |
3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 176 | 184 |
| Denver Broncos 1982 Denver Broncos season The 1982 Denver Broncos season was the team's 23rd year in professional football and its 13th with the National Football League.-Staff:-Schedule:-Standings:-External links:* *... |
2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 148 | 226 |
| Houston Oilers 1982 Houston Oilers season -NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings: -Roster:-References:* *... |
1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 136 | 245 |
| Baltimore Colts 1982 Baltimore Colts season The 1982 Baltimore Colts season was the 30th season for the team in the National Football League, and the Colts' penultimate season in Baltimore. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1982 season with a record of 0 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie. They finished fifth in the AFC East... |
0 | 8 | 1 | .056 | 113 | 236 |
| Qualified for playoffs |