The 1982 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 19th season under head coach Roy Kidd, the Colonels compiled a perfect 13–0 record and defeated Delaware in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4		at South Carolina State*		State College Stadium Orangeburg, SC	W 20–19		[2]
September 11		Youngstown State		Hanger Field Richmond, KY	W 31–17
September 24		at Akron	No. 2	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 19–10
October 2		at Austin Peay	No. 1	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	W 27–18
October 9		Middle Tennessee	No. 1	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	W 35–10
October 23		at Western Kentucky*	No. 1	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 35–21	18,000	[3]
October 30		Murray State	No. 1	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	W 21–20
November 6		at Tennessee Tech	No. 1	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 34–17
November 13		at UCF*	No. 1	Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL	W 26–14	4,822
November 20		Morehead State	No. 1	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	W 20–3
December 4	8:12 p.m.	No. 9 Idaho*	No. 1	Hanger Field Richmond, KY (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	W 38–30	10,893	[4]
December 11		No. 4 Tennessee State*	No. 1	Hanger Field Richmond, KY (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	W 13–7	7,338	[5]
December 18		vs. No. 3 Delaware*	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game—Pioneer Bowl)	W 17–14	11,257	[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time