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 coachJack Patera and general manager John Thompson were fired on Wednesday, October 13, and
Mike McCormack took over as head coach for the remainder of the season.[1][2]
After the strike ended in November, the Seahawks won twice to even their record at 2–2, then lost a close game to the
Los Angeles Raiders. After beating the
Chicago Bears the next week, the team was upset 16–0 in the
Kingdome by the
New England Patriots.[3] Seattle finished at 4–5 and missed the expanded playoffs as the second team out in the tiebreaker.
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.
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abMiami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2).
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abPittsburgh finished ahead of San Diego based on better record against common opponents (3–1 to Chargers' 2–1). Conference tiebreak was initially used to eliminate New York Jets.
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abc Pittsburgh and San Diego finished ahead of New York Jets based on conference record (Pittsburgh and San Diego 5–3 against Jets’ 2–3)
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abcCleveland finished ahead of Buffalo and Buffalo ahead of Seattle based on conference record (4–3 to Buffalo’s 3–3 to Seattle’s 3–5).
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 coachJack Patera and general manager John Thompson were fired on Wednesday, October 13, and
Mike McCormack took over as head coach for the remainder of the season.[1][2]
After the strike ended in November, the Seahawks won twice to even their record at 2–2, then lost a close game to the
Los Angeles Raiders. After beating the
Chicago Bears the next week, the team was upset 16–0 in the
Kingdome by the
New England Patriots.[3] Seattle finished at 4–5 and missed the expanded playoffs as the second team out in the tiebreaker.
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.
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abMiami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2).
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abPittsburgh finished ahead of San Diego based on better record against common opponents (3–1 to Chargers' 2–1). Conference tiebreak was initially used to eliminate New York Jets.
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abc Pittsburgh and San Diego finished ahead of New York Jets based on conference record (Pittsburgh and San Diego 5–3 against Jets’ 2–3)
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abcCleveland finished ahead of Buffalo and Buffalo ahead of Seattle based on conference record (4–3 to Buffalo’s 3–3 to Seattle’s 3–5).