1982 Baltimore Colts season

1982 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Frank Kush
General manager	Ernie Accorsi
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	0–8–1
Conference place	14th AFC
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1982 Baltimore Colts season was the 30th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL), and the Colts' penultimate season in Baltimore. The Colts finished the NFL's 1982 season with a record of 0 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie. They finished fifth in the AFC East division. It was the Colts' only winless season during the team's time in Baltimore. The '82 Colts were also the last winless club in the entire NFL until the 2008 Detroit Lions.

The NFL's 1982 season was disrupted by a strike by the league's players. In the Colts' first game after the end of the strike (on November 21, 1982), they were shut out by the New York Jets 37–0. The following week, they were shut out by the Buffalo Bills 20–0, in a game in which the Colts' offense never crossed the 50 yard line. But the week after that, they lost by only three points to the playoff-bound and defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals.

Personnel

Staff

1982 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
General Manager – Ernie Accorsi
Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Terpening

Head coaches

Head Coach – Frank Kush

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Zeke Bratkowski
Running Backs – Roger Theder
Receivers – Richard Mann
Offensive Line – Hal Hunter
Assistant Offensive Line – Mike Westhoff

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Bud Carson
Defensive Line – Gunther Cunningham
Linebackers – Rick Venturi
Secondary – Bob Valesente

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Bob Valesente

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Original week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	September 12, 1982	New England Patriots	L 13–24	0–1	Memorial Stadium	39,055
2	2	September 19, 1982	at Miami Dolphins	L 20–24	0–2	Miami Orange Bowl	51,999
*	3	September 26, 1982	New York Jets	Canceled		Memorial Stadium
*	4	October 3, 1982	at Detroit Lions	Canceled		Pontiac Silverdome
*	5	October 10, 1982	Buffalo Bills	Canceled		Memorial Stadium
*	6	October 17, 1982	at Cleveland Browns	Canceled		Cleveland Stadium
*	7	October 24, 1982	Miami Dolphins	Canceled (played Jan 2, 1983)		Memorial Stadium
*	8	October 31, 1982	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Canceled		Memorial Stadium
*	9	November 7, 1982	at New England Patriots	Canceled		Schaefer Stadium
*	10	November 14, 1982	Los Angeles Raiders	Canceled		Memorial Stadium
3	11	November 21, 1982	at New York Jets	L 0–37	0–3	Shea Stadium	46,970
4	12	November 28, 1982	at Buffalo Bills	L 0–20	0–4	Rich Stadium	33,985
5	13	December 5, 1982	Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–20	0–5	Memorial Stadium	23,598
6	14	December 12, 1982	at Minnesota Vikings	L 10–13	0–6	Metrodome	53,981
7	15	December 19, 1982	Green Bay Packers	T 20–20	0–6–1	Memorial Stadium	25,920
8	16	December 26, 1982	at San Diego Chargers	L 26–44	0–7–1	San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium	49,711
9	17	January 2, 1983	Miami Dolphins	L 7–34	0–8–1	Memorial Stadium	19,073

A 57-day-long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to 9. Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament. Division standings were ignored. Eight teams from each conference were seeded 1–8 based on their regular season records.

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins⁽²⁾	7	2	0	.778	6–1	6–1	198	131	W3
New York Jets⁽⁶⁾	6	3	0	.667	2–2	2–3	245	166	L1
New England Patriots⁽⁷⁾	5	4	0	.556	3–1	5–3	143	157	W1
Buffalo Bills	4	5	0	.444	1–3	3–3	150	154	L3
Baltimore Colts	0	8	1	.056	0–5–0	0–7–0	113	236	L2

American Football Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Raiders⁽¹⁾	8	1	0	.889	260	200	W5
Miami Dolphins⁽²⁾	7	2	0	.778	198	131	W3
Cincinnati Bengals⁽³⁾	7	2	0	.778	232	177	W2
Pittsburgh Steelers⁽⁴⁾	6	3	0	.667	204	146	W2
San Diego Chargers⁽⁵⁾	6	3	0	.667	288	221	L1
New York Jets⁽⁶⁾	6	3	0	.667	245	166	L1
New England Patriots⁽⁷⁾	5	4	0	.556	143	157	W1
Cleveland Browns⁽⁸⁾	4	5	0	.444	140	182	L1
Buffalo Bills	4	5	0	.444	150	154	L3
Seattle Seahawks	4	5	0	.444	127	147	W1
Kansas City Chiefs	3	6	0	.333	176	184	W1
Denver Broncos	2	7	0	.222	148	226	L3
Houston Oilers	1	8	0	.111	136	245	L7
Baltimore Colts	0	8	1	.056	113	236	L2

References

Indianapolis Colts

Formerly the Baltimore Colts (1953–1983) Founded in 1953 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (20)	1958 1959 1964 1965✝ 1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 ^{✝Tied for 1st place in their division, but since there was no tie-breaking system in 1965, a game was played to determine who went to the conference championship. The Colts lost the divisional playoff game.}

Super Bowl appearances (4)	III (1968) V (1970) XLI (2006) XLIV (2009)

League championships (5)	1958 1959 1968 1970 2006

Retired numbers	18 19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1982 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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