1982 season of NFL team New York Jets
The 1982 New York Jets season was the 23rd season for the franchise and its 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 . The season was marred by an eight-week players’ strike, cancelling eight scheduled games (one game was made up at the end of the season), and eliminating divisional play for the season; the top eight teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–3 in sixth place in the American Football Conference . They defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 44-17 and Los Angeles Raiders 17-14 in the first two rounds of the playoffs to advance to their first AFC Championship Game . There, they fell to their division rivals, the Miami Dolphins , 14–0.
Schedule
Regular season
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
Venue
1
September 12
Miami Dolphins
L 28–45
0–1
Shea Stadium
53,360
2
September 19
at New England Patriots
W 31–7
1–1
Schaefer Stadium
53,515
September 26
at Baltimore Colts [1]
Memorial Stadium
Cancelled due to 1982 NFL players strike
October 3
Houston Oilers [1]
Shea Stadium
October 10
Denver Broncos [1]
Shea Stadium
October 18
Buffalo Bills [1]
Shea Stadium
October 24
at Kansas City Chiefs [1]
Arrowhead Stadium
October 31
New England Patriots [1]
Shea Stadium
November 7
at Buffalo Bills [1]
Rich Stadium
November 14
at Pittsburgh Steelers [1]
Three Rivers Stadium
3
November 21
Baltimore Colts
W 37–0
2–1
Shea Stadium
46,970
4
November 28
Green Bay Packers
W 15–13
3–1
Shea Stadium
53,872
5
at Detroit Lions
W 28–13
4–1
Pontiac Silverdome
79,361
6
December 12
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
W 32–17
5–1
Shea Stadium
28,147
7
December 19
at Miami Dolphins
L 19–20
5–2
Miami Orange Bowl
67,702
8
December 26
at Minnesota Vikings
W 42–14
6–2
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
58,672
9
January 2, 1983
at Kansas City Chiefs
L 13–37
6–3
Arrowhead Stadium
11,902
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1 vs Dolphins
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
MIA
NYJ
1
Dolphins
Andra Franklin 1-yard touchdown run, Uwe von Schamann kick good
7
0
1
Jets
Wesley Walker 29-yard touchdown reception from Richard Todd , Pat Leahy kick good
7
7
1
Dolphins
Punt returned 59 yards for touchdown by Tommy Vigorito , Uwe von Schamann kick good
14
7
2
Dolphins
Andra Franklin 1-yard touchdown run, Uwe von Schamann kick good
21
7
2
Dolphins
25-yard field goal by Uwe von Schamann
24
7
2
Jets
Mike Augustyniak 2-yard touchdown run, Pat Leahy kick good
24
14
3
Dolphins
David Woodley 15-yard touchdown reception from Tony Nathan , Uwe von Schamann kick good
31
14
3
Dolphins
Interception returned 35 yards for touchdown by Glenn Blackwood , Uwe von Schamann kick good
38
14
3
Dolphins
Interception returned 19 yards for touchdown by Don McNeal , Uwe von Schamann kick good
45
14
4
Jets
Jerome Barkum 7-yard touchdown reception from Richard Todd, Pat Leahy kick good
45
21
4
Jets
Wesley Walker 5-yard touchdown reception from Richard Todd, Pat Leahy kick good
45
28
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
45
28
Week 2
1
2 3 4 Total
• Jets
0
10 7 14
31
Patriots
0
0 7 0
7
[2]
Week 3
1
2 3 4 Total
Colts
0
0 0 0
0
• Jets
10
17 7 3
37
Date: November 21Location: Shea StadiumReferee: Fred Wyant TV announcers (NBC): Bob Costas and Bob Trumpy
[3]
Week 4
1
2 3 4 Total
Packers
6
7 0 0
13
• Jets
6
0 9 0
15
[4]
Week 5
1
2 3 4 Total
• Jets
7
14 0 7
28
Lions
3
0 7 3
13
[5]
Week 6
1
2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers
0
3 7 7
17
• Jets
14
0 9 9
32
Date: December 12Location: Shea Stadium Game weather: 23, cloudyReferee: Ben Dreith <TV announcers (CBS): John Madden and Pat Summeral
[6]
Week 7 at Dolphins
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Jets
Passing
Richard Todd
16/29, 174 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Freeman McNeil
21 Rush, 89 Yds
Receiving
Wesley Walker
7 Rec, 96 Yds, TD
Dolphins
Passing
David Woodley
12/25, 148 Yds, TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Andra Franklin
17 Rush, 75 Yds, TD
Receiving
Duriel Harris
4 Rec, 74 Yds, TD
Week 8
1
2 3 4 Total
• Jets
7
14 7 14
42
Vikings
0
7 0 7
14
[7]
Week 9
1
2 3 4 Total
Jets
6
0 0 7
13
• Chiefs
7
20 0 10
37
[8]
Postseason
Wild card
1
2 3 4 Total
• Jets
3
17 3 21
44
Bengals
14
0 3 0
17
[9]
Divisional
1
2 3 4 Total
• Jets
7
3 0 7
17
Raiders
0
0 14 0
14
[10]
Championship
1
2 3 4 Total
Jets
0
0 0 0
0
• Dolphins
0
0 7 7
14
[11]
The Mud Bowl
Standings