The 1982 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's seventh season with the National Football League (NFL), which was interrupted by a 57-day players strike, which began on September 21, after the second game.
The Seahawks lost their first two games, and three weeks into the strike, head coach Jack Patera and general manager John Thompson were fired on Wednesday, October 13, and Mike McCormack took over as head coach for the remainder of
After the strike ended in November, the Seahawks won twice to even their record then lost a close game to the Los Angeles Raiders. After beating the Chicago Bears the next week, the team was upset in the Kingdome by the New England Patriots. Seattle finished and missed the expanded playoffs as the second team out in the tiebreaker.
Offseason 1982 draft class
Undrafted free agents
+ 1982 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeRobert AlexanderSafetyPrairie ViewPat CurryDefensive endMontanaBrion DemskiQuarterbackWisconsin–Stevens PointJerry GaillardWide receiverClemsonKurt GarlLinebackerHumboldt StateMike HagenFullbackMontanaNorm JohnsonKickerUCLATony JacksonSafetyMichiganSteve KrainockQuarterbackRichmondBernie NowotarskiCornerbackKutztown StateJeff ReevesSafetyMichiganGrayson RogersQuarterbackPacificMike RustemeyerDefensive tackleRutgersAndy ShumwayFullbackWisconsin–Stevens PointSammy SimsSafetyNebraskaJeff SmithLinebackerAlcorn StateScot TiesingTight endUCLAWillie ToddRunning backCentral Michigan
Personnel Staff
Final roster
Starters in bold. (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1983 Pro Bowl.
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 St. Louis Cardinals W 14–0 1–0 Kingdome Recap 2 at Minnesota Vikings L 3–7 1–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap 3 at Los Angeles Rams L 13–23 1–2 Anaheim Stadium Recap 4 San Francisco 49ers L 13–17 1–3 Kingdome Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides1982 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.1983 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
Regular season By finishing in fifth place in 1981, Seattle plays the two NFC fifth-place finishers, the Cardinals and Bears, and two games against the other AFC fifth-place finisher, the Patriots.
Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap 1 September 12 Cleveland Browns L 7–21 0–1 Kingdome Recap 2 September 19 at Houston Oilers L 21–23 0–2 Astrodome Recap 3–10Players' strike 11 November 21 at Denver Broncos W 17–10 1–2 Mile High Stadium Recap 12 November 28 Pittsburgh Steelers W 16–0 2–2 Kingdome Recap 13 December 5 at Los Angeles Raiders L 23–28 2–3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 14 December 12 Chicago Bears W 20–14 3–3 Kingdome Recap 15 December 19 New England Patriots L 0–16 3–4 Kingdome Recap 16 December 26 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10–24 3–5 Riverfront Stadium Recap 17 January 2 Denver Broncos W 13–11 4–5 Kingdome Recap
Bold indicates division opponents. Source: 1982 NFL season results1982 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.
Standings Playoff teams were determined by the top eight conference teams.
Game summaries Preseason Week P1: vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Week P2: at Minnesota Vikings
Week P3: at Los Angeles Rams
Week P4: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Regular season Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 2: at Houston Oilers
Week 11: at Denver Broncos
Week 12: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 13: at Los Angeles Raiders
Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears
Week 15: vs. New England Patriots
Week 16: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 17: vs. Denver Broncos
References
External links
1982 Seattle Seahawks season at ESPN 1982 Seattle Seahawks season at Pro Football Reference (pro-football-reference.com) 1982 Seattle Seahawks Statistics at jt-sw.com 1982 Seattle Seahawks Schedule at jt-sw.com