Team: | New Orleans Saints |
Year: | 1982 |
Record: | 4–5 |
Conference Place: | 9th NFC (would have been 2nd in the NFC West) |
Coach: | Bum Phillips |
General Manager: | Bum Phillips |
Owner: | John Mecom, Jr. |
Stadium: | Louisiana Superdome |
Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers: | RB George Rogers |
Shortnavlink: | Saints seasons |
The 1982 New Orleans Saints season saw the team nearly qualify for the NFL playoffs, missing it by a tiebreaker. The Saints finished with a 4–5 record, and narrowly missed the playoffs in a complicated labyrinth of tie-breakers.
See main article: article and 1982 NFL draft. [1]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | |
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1 | September 12 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 7–21 | 0–1 | Louisiana Superdome | 58,673 | |
2 | September 19 | at Chicago Bears | W 10–0 | 1–1 | Soldier Field | 56,600 | |
– | September 26 | Denver Broncos | canceled | 1–1 | Louisiana Superdome | 1982 NFL players strike | |
– | October 3 | at Los Angeles Raiders | canceled | 1–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||
– | October 10 | San Francisco 49ers | canceled | 1–1 | Louisiana Superdome | ||
– | October 17 | at Minnesota Vikings | canceled | 1–1 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | ||
– | October 24 | at Los Angeles Rams | canceled | 1–1 | Anaheim Stadium | ||
– | October 31 | Atlanta Falcons | postponed | 1–1 | Louisiana Superdome | ||
– | November 7 | Los Angeles Rams | canceled | 1–1 | Louisiana Superdome | ||
– | November 14 | at San Diego Chargers | canceled | 1–1 | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||
3 | November 21 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 27–17 | 2–1 | Louisiana Superdome | 39,341 | |
4 | November 28 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 23–20 | 3–1 | Candlestick Park | 51,611 | |
5 | December 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–13 | 3–2 | Louisiana Superdome | 61,709 | |
6 | December 12 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 0–35 | 3–3 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 39,535 | |
7 | December 19 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 7–21 | 3–4 | Texas Stadium | 64,506 | |
8 | December 26 | Washington Redskins | L 10–27 | 3–5 | Louisiana Superdome | 48,667 | |
9 | January 2, 1983 | Atlanta Falcons | W 35–6 | 4–5 | Louisiana Superdome | 47,336 | |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |