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{{short description|30th season in franchise history; second winless season since AFL/NFL merger}}
{{Infobox NFL season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
| team = Baltimore Colts
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = Baltimore Colts
| year = 1982
| record = 0–8–1
| conference_place = 14th [[American Football Conference|AFC]]
| coach = [[Frank Kush]]
| general manager = [[Ernie Accorsi]]
| owner = [[Robert Irsay]]
| stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
| pro_bowlers = ''None''
| shortnavlink = Colts seasons
}}

The '''[[1982 NFL season|1982]] [[Baltimore Colts]] [[List of Indianapolis Colts seasons|season]]''' was the 30th season for the team in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), and the Colts’ penultimate season in [[Baltimore]]. It was their first under former [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] coach [[Frank Kush]], who was hired to replace [[Mike McCormack (American football)|Mike McCormack]] after he recorded a 2–14 record in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lowman|first=Wayne |title=McCormack’s Fall Traced to Chaos in Front Office |work=The Evening Sun|date=December 22, 1981 |location=[[Hanover, Pennsylvania]] |page=8}}</ref>

The Colts finished the NFL's strike-shortened 1982 season without a victory, finishing with eight losses and one tie in their nine games. The Colts became the third team since the league’s expansion era began in 1960, after the [[1960 Dallas Cowboys season|1960 Dallas Cowboys]] and [[1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], and the second team since the [[AFL-NFL merger]] to finish a regular season winless. Since then, the [[2008 Detroit Lions season|2008 Detroit Lions]] and the [[2017 Cleveland Browns season|2017 Cleveland Browns]] have posted winless seasons; the Colts are the only one of these five teams that did not do so in a full, uninterrupted season (the Cowboys played twelve games, the Buccaneers fourteen, and the Lions and Browns sixteen, as per the league standards of the time). The Colts are also the only winless team to not have a winning percentage of .000 due to the tie giving them a percentage of .056 which is the worst non-zero win percentage for a team in post-1900s North American sports history. It would be the final season the Colts tied a game for [[2022 Indianapolis Colts season|40 years]]. This record is only breakable by an NFL team going 0–16–1 (.029) in a season, an MLB team going 8–154 or worse, an NBA team going 4–78 or worse, or by an NHL team finishing with 9 points or fewer.

As mentioned above, the NFL's 1982 season was disrupted by a [[National Football League Players Association#1982 strike|strike by the league's players]]. In the Colts’ first game after the end of the strike on November 21, they were shut out by the [[1982 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] 37–0. The following week, they were shut out by the [[1982 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] 20–0, in a game in which the Colts’ offense never crossed the 50-yard line.<ref>{{cite news |title=Against Bills, Colts Have No Offense |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=Times Wire Services |date=November 29, 1982 |page=6}}</ref> Nevertheless, the week after that, they lost by only three points to the playoff-bound and defending AFC champion [[1982 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]].

== Offseason ==

=== NFL draft ===
{{main|1982 NFL draft}}
{{NFL team draft start
| year = 1982
| teamname = Baltimore Colts
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 1
| pick = 2
| player = [[Johnie Cooks]]
| position = [[Linebacker]]
| college = [[1981 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 1
| pick = 4
| player = [[Art Schlichter]]
| position = [[Quarterback]]
| college = [[1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 2
| pick = 28
| player = [[Leo Wisniewski]]
| position = [[Nose tackle]]
| college = [[1981 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 2
| pick = 34
| player = [[Rohn Stark]]
| position = [[Punter (football)|Punter]]
| college = [[1981 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]]
| notes =
| probowl = yes
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 3
| pick = 57
| player = [[Jim Burroughs]]
| position = [[Cornerback]]
| college = [[1981 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 4
| pick = 98
| player = [[Mike Pagel]]
| position = [[Quarterback]]
| college = [[1981 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 5
| pick = 113
| player = [[Terry Crouch]]
| position = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| college = [[1981 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 6
| pick = 140
| player = [[Pat Beach]]
| position = [[Tight end]]
| college = [[1981 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 7
| pick = 169
| player = [[Fletcher Jenkins]]
| position = [[Defensive tackle]]
| college = [[1981 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster = yes
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 8
| pick = 196
| player = Tony Loia
| position = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| college = [[1981 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster =
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 9
| pick = 225
| player = Tony Berryhill
| position = [[Center (gridiron football)|Center]]
| college = [[1981 Clemson Tigers football team|Clemson]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster =
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 10
| pick = 252
| player = [[Tom Deery]]
| position = [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| college = [[Widener Pride football |Widener]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster =
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 11
| pick = 280
| player = Lamont Meacham
| position = [[Defensive back]]
| college = [[1981 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster =
}}
{{NFL team draft entry
| round = 12
| pick = 307
| player = Johnnie Wright
| position = [[Running back]]
| college = [[1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]
| notes =
| probowl = no
| maderoster =
}}
{{NFL team draft end
| hof = no
}}

=== Undrafted free agents ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1982 Undrafted Free Agents of note
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"|Player
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"|Position
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"|College
|-
|[[Bernard Henry (American football)|Bernard Henry]]
|Wide Receiver
|[[1981 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
|}

== Personnel ==

=== Staff ===
{{NFL final staff
| year = 1982
| year = 1982
| team = Baltimore Colts
| record = 0–8–1

| division_place = 14th [[American Football Conference|AFC]]
| front_office =
| coach = [[Frank Kush]]
* President and Treasurer – [[Robert Irsay]]
| stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
* General manager – [[Ernie Accorsi]]
| playoffs = ''did not qualify''
* Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Terpening

| head_coach =
* Head coach – [[Frank Kush]]

| offensive =
* Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – [[Zeke Bratkowski]]
* Running Backs – [[Roger Theder]]
* Receivers – Richard Mann
* Offensive Line – [[Hal Hunter (American football, born 1934)|Hal Hunter]]
* Assistant Offensive Line – [[Mike Westhoff]]

| defensive =
* Defensive Coordinator – [[Bud Carson]]
* Defensive Line – [[Gunther Cunningham]]
* Linebackers – [[Rick Venturi]]
* Secondary – [[Bob Valesente]]

| special_teams =
* Special Teams – Bob Valesente
}}
}}
The '''[[1982 NFL season|1982]] [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] [[List of Indianapolis Colts seasons|season]]''' was the 30th season for the team in the [[National Football League]], and the Colts' penultimate season in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]]. The Baltimore Colts finished the [[National Football League]]'s 1982 season with a record of 0 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie. They finished fifth in the [[American Football Conference|AFC]] [[AFC East|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 season|2008 Detroit Lions]].


=== Roster ===
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]].
{{NFL season roster
| year = 1982
| team = Baltimore Colts

| quarterbacks =
{{NFLplayer|11|David Humm}}
{{NFLplayer|18|Mike Pagel|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|10|Art Schlichter|rookie=y}}

| running_backs =
{{NFLplayer|33|Curtis Dickey}}
{{NFLplayer|31|Zachary Dixon}}
{{NFLplayer|32|Randy McMillan|FB}}
{{NFLplayer|28|Cleveland Franklin}}
{{NFLplayer|38|Johnnie Wright|d=American football|rookie=y}}

| wide_receivers =
{{NFLplayer|80|Ray Butler|d=American football}}
{{NFLplayer|85|Matt Bouza}}
{{NFLplayer|87|Elmer Bailey}}
{{NFLplayer|88|Bernard Henry|d=American football|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|84|Holden Smith|d=American football|rookie=y}}

| tight_ends =
{{NFLplayer|81|Pat Beach|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|86|Reese McCall}}
{{NFLplayer|83|Tim Sherwin}}

| offensive_linemen =
{{NFLplayer|53|Ray Donaldson|C}}
{{NFLplayer|68|Jeff Hart|d=American football|T}}
{{NFLplayer|62|Ken Huff|G}}
{{NFLplayer|75|Terry Crouch|rookie=y|G}}
{{NFLplayer|63|Nat Hudson|d=American football|G}}
{{NFLplayer|65|Glenn Hyde|T}}
{{NFLplayer|78|Greg Murtha|T}}
{{NFLplayer|79|John Sinnott|d=American football|T}}
{{NFLplayer|67|Arland Thompson|G}}
{{NFLplayer|64|Ben Utt|G}}

| defensive_linemen =
{{NFLplayer|73|Cleveland Crosby|rookie=y|DE}}
{{NFLplayer|72|Steve Durham|d=American football|rookie=y|DE}}
{{NFLplayer|92|James Hunter|d=American football|rookie=y|DT}}
{{NFLplayer|94|Fletcher Jenkins|rookie=y|DE}}
{{NFLplayer|93|Harry Stanback|DE}}
{{NFLplayer|99|Donnell Thompson|DE}}
{{NFLplayer|69|Leo Wisniewski|rookie=y|DT}}

| linebackers =
{{NFLplayer|98|Johnie Cooks|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|55|Barry Krauss|MLB}}
{{NFLplayer|54|Sanders Shiver}}
{{NFLplayer|52|Greg Bracelin}}
{{NFLplayer|50|Joe Harris|d=American football}}
{{NFLplayer|57|Mike Humiston}}
{{NFLplayer|51|Ricky Jones|d=American football}}
{{NFLplayer|49|Cliff Odom}}
{{NFLplayer|90|Gary Padjen|rookie=y}}
{{NFLplayer|60|Dave Simmons|d=linebacker, born 1957}}

| defensive_back =
{{NFLplayer|26|Kim Anderson|d=American football|FS}}
{{NFLplayer|25|Nesby Glasgow|CB/FS}}
{{NFLplayer|42|Derrick Hatchett|CB}}
{{NFLplayer|30|Larry Anderson|d=American football|SS}}
{{NFLplayer|45|Jim Burroughs|rookie=y|CB}}
{{NFLplayer|34|Jeff Delaney|CB}}
{{NFLplayer|27|Darryl Hemphill|rookie=y|CB}}
{{NFLplayer|44|Sid Justin|CB}}
{{NFLplayer|35|Dwayne O'Steen|CB}}

| special_teams =
{{NFLplayer|16|Mike Wood|d=American football|K}}
{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;3|Rohn Stark|rookie=y|P}}
{{NFLplayer|&nbsp;1|Dan Miller|d=American football|rookie=y|K}}

| reserve_lists =
{{NFLplayer|71|Mike Ozdowski|DE|IR}}

| practice_squad =
}}


== Regular season ==
== Regular season ==
=== Schedule ===
=== Schedule ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Week
! Week
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"|Original<br/>week
! Original week
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Date
! Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Opponent
! Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Result
! Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Record
! Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Venue
! Venue
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"| Attendance
! Attendance
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 1
! 1
| 1
!1
| September 12, 1982
| September 12
| '''[[New England Patriots]]'''
| '''[[1982 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]]'''
| '''L''' 13–24
| '''L''' 13–24
| 0–1
| 0–1
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| <center>39,055</center>
| 39,055
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 2
! 2
| 2
!2
| September 19, 1982
| September 19
| at [[Miami Dolphins]]
| at '''[[1982 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]'''
| '''L''' 20–24
| '''L''' 20–24
| 0–2
| 0–2
| [[Miami Orange Bowl]]
| [[Miami Orange Bowl]]
| <center>51,999</center>
| 51,999
|-
|-
!—
| *
| 3
!3
| September 26, 1982
! September 26
| '''[[New York Jets]]'''
! '''[[1982 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]'''
| Canceled
! rowspan="4" | Canceled
! rowspan="8" | 0–2
|
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
! Memorial Stadium
! rowspan="8"| ''NFLPA Strike''
|
|-
|-
!—
| *
| 4
!4
| October 3, 1982
! October 3
| at [[Detroit Lions]]
! at [[1982 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
! [[Pontiac Silverdome]]
| Canceled
|
| [[Silverdome|Pontiac Silverdome]]
|
|-
|-
!—
| *
| 5
!5
| October 10, 1982
! October 10
| '''[[Buffalo Bills]]'''
! '''[[1982 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]'''
! Memorial Stadium
| Canceled
|
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
|
|-
|-
!—
| *
| 6
!6
| October 17, 1982
! October 17
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
! at [[1982 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
! [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]]
| Canceled
|- style="background:#F36;"
|
!—
| [[Cleveland Stadium]]
!7
|
| October 24
| '''[[1982 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]'''
| Postponed (played January 2)
| Memorial Stadium
|-
|-
! —
| *
!8
| 7
| October 24, 1982
! October 31
! [[1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
| '''[[Miami Dolphins]]'''
| Canceled (played Jan 2, 1983)
! rowspan="3" | Canceled
! Memorial Stadium
|
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
|
|-
| *
| 8
| October 31, 1982
| '''[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]'''
| Canceled
|
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
|
|-
|-
! —
| *
| 9
!9
| November 7, 1982
! November 7
| at [[New England Patriots]]
! at '''[[1982 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]]'''
! [[Foxboro Stadium|Schaefer Stadium]]
| Canceled
|
| [[Foxboro Stadium|Schaefer Stadium]]
|
|-
|-
!—
| *
| 10
!10
| November 14, 1982
! November 14
| '''[[Oakland Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]]'''
! [[1982 Los Angeles Raiders season|Los Angeles Raiders]]
! Memorial Stadium
| Canceled
|-style="background:#fcc"
|
! 3
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
!11
|
| November 21
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| at '''[[1982 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]'''
| 3
| 11
| November 21, 1982
| at [[New York Jets]]
| '''L''' 0–37
| '''L''' 0–37
| 0–3
| 0–3
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| <center>46,970</center>
| 46,970
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 4
! 4
| 12
!12
| November 28, 1982
| November 28
| at [[Buffalo Bills]]
| at '''[[1982 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]'''
| '''L''' 0–20
| '''L''' 0–20
| 0–4
| 0–4
| [[Ralph Wilson Stadium|Rich Stadium]]
| [[Rich Stadium]]
| <center>33,985</center>
| 33,985
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 5
! 5
| 13
!13
| December 5, 1982
| December 5
| '''[[Cincinnati Bengals]]'''
| [[1982 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
| '''L''' 17–20
| '''L''' 17–20
| 0–5
| 0–5
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| Memorial Stadium
| <center>23,598</center>
| 23,598
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 6
! 6
| 14
!14
| December 12, 1982
| December 12
| at [[Minnesota Vikings]]
| at [[1982 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]
| '''L''' 10–13
| '''L''' 10–13
| 0–6
| 0–6
| [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]]
| [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome|Metrodome]]
| <center>53,981</center>
| 53,981
|-style="background:#ffc"
|- bgcolor="#ffeeaa"
| 7
! 7
| 15
!15
| December 19, 1982
| December 19
| '''[[Green Bay Packers]]'''
| [[1982 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| '''T''' 20–20
| '''T''' 20–20 {{small|(OT)}}
| 0–6–1
| 0–6–1
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| Memorial Stadium
| <center>25,920</center>
| 25,920
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 8
! 8
| 16
!16
| December 26, 1982
| December 26
| at [[San Diego Chargers]]
| at [[1982 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| '''L''' 26–44
| '''L''' 26–44
| 0–7–1
| 0–7–1
| [[Qualcomm Stadium|San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium]]
| [[Jack Murphy Stadium]]
| <center>49,711</center>
| 49,711
|-style="background:#fcc"
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 9
! 9
!17
| 7
| January 2, 1983
| January 2, 1983
| '''[[Miami Dolphins]]'''
| '''[[1982 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]'''
| '''L''' 7–34
| '''L''' 7–34
| 0–8–1
| 0–8–1
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| Memorial Stadium
| <center>19,073</center>
| 19,073
|-style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1982|border=2}}"
|colspan="8"| '''Note:''' Intra-division opponents are in '''bold''' text.
|}
|}


=== Standings ===
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===
{{1982 AFC East standings}}
{{1982 AFC East standings}}
{{1982 AFC standings}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[American Football Conference|AFC]]'''
|-
!Team!!W!!L!!T!!PCT!!PF!!PA
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 Los Angeles Raiders season|Los Angeles Raiders]]
|8||1||0||.889||260||200
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]
|7||2||0||.778||198||131
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
|7||2||0||.778||232||177
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
|6||3||0||.667||204||146
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
|6||3||0||.667||288||221
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]
|6||3||0||.667||245||166
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]]
|5||4||0||.556||143||157
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| [[1982 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
|4||5||0||.444||140||182
|-
|align="left"| [[1982 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
|4||5||0||.444||150||154
|-
|align="left"| [[1982 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]]
|4||5||0||.444||127||147
|-
|align="left"| [[1982 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]
|3||6||0||.333||176||184
|-
|align="left"| [[1982 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]]
|2||7||0||.222||148||226
|-
|align="left"| [[1982 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]]
|1||8||0||.111||136||245
|-
|align="left"| '''Baltimore Colts'''
|0||8||1||.056||113||236
|} <ref> NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 294</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | <small>Qualified for playoffs</small>
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[History of the Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[History of the Indianapolis Colts]]
*[[List of Indianapolis Colts seasons]]
* [[List of Indianapolis Colts seasons]]
*[[Colts–Patriots rivalry]]
* [[Colts–Patriots rivalry]]


== References ==
== References ==
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1982 Baltimore Colts season
OwnerRobert Irsay
General managerErnie Accorsi
Head coachFrank Kush
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record0–8–1
Conference place14th AFC
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersNone

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. It was their first under former Arizona State coach Frank Kush, who was hired to replace Mike McCormack after he recorded a 2–14 record in 1981.[1]

The Colts finished the NFL's strike-shortened 1982 season without a victory, finishing with eight losses and one tie in their nine games. The Colts became the third team since the league’s expansion era began in 1960, after the 1960 Dallas Cowboys and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the second team since the AFL-NFL merger to finish a regular season winless. Since then, the 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns have posted winless seasons; the Colts are the only one of these five teams that did not do so in a full, uninterrupted season (the Cowboys played twelve games, the Buccaneers fourteen, and the Lions and Browns sixteen, as per the league standards of the time). The Colts are also the only winless team to not have a winning percentage of .000 due to the tie giving them a percentage of .056 which is the worst non-zero win percentage for a team in post-1900s North American sports history. It would be the final season the Colts tied a game for 40 years. This record is only breakable by an NFL team going 0–16–1 (.029) in a season, an MLB team going 8–154 or worse, an NBA team going 4–78 or worse, or by an NHL team finishing with 9 points or fewer.

As mentioned above, 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, 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.[2] Nevertheless, the week after that, they lost by only three points to the playoff-bound and defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals.

Offseason

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NFL draft

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Main article: 1982 NFL draft
1982 Baltimore Colts draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 2 Johnie Cooks  Linebacker Mississippi State
1 4 Art Schlichter  Quarterback Ohio State
2 28 Leo Wisniewski  Nose tackle Penn State
2 34 Rohn Stark *  Punter Florida State
3 57 Jim Burroughs  Cornerback Michigan State
4 98 Mike Pagel  Quarterback Arizona State
5 113 Terry Crouch  Guard Oklahoma
6 140 Pat Beach  Tight end Washington State
7 169 Fletcher Jenkins  Defensive tackle Washington
8 196 Tony Loia  Guard Arizona State
9 225 Tony Berryhill  Center Clemson
10 252 Tom Deery  Safety Widener
11 280 Lamont Meacham  Defensive back Western Kentucky
12 307 Johnnie Wright  Running back South Carolina
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Undrafted free agents

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1982 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player Position College
Bernard Henry Wide Receiver Arizona State

Personnel

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Staff

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1982 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Bob Valesente



Roster

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1982 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

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Schedule

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

Standings

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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
AFC
# Team W L T PCT PF PA STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Los Angeles Raiders 8 1 0 .889 260 200 W5
2[a] Miami Dolphins 7 2 0 .778 198 131 W3
3[a] Cincinnati Bengals 7 2 0 .778 232 177 W2
4[b][c] Pittsburgh Steelers 6 3 0 .667 204 146 W2
5[b][c] San Diego Chargers 6 3 0 .667 288 221 L1
6[c] New York Jets 6 3 0 .667 245 166 L1
7 New England Patriots 5 4 0 .556 143 157 W1
8[d] Cleveland Browns 4 5 0 .444 140 182 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9[d] Buffalo Bills 4 5 0 .444 150 154 L3
10[d] Seattle Seahawks 4 5 0 .444 127 147 W1
11 Kansas City Chiefs 3 6 0 .333 176 184 W1
12 Denver Broncos 2 7 0 .222 148 226 L3
13 Houston Oilers 1 8 0 .111 136 245 L7
14 Baltimore Colts 0 8 1 .056 113 236 L2
Tiebreakers
  1. ^ a b Miami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2).
  2. ^ a b Pittsburgh 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.
  3. ^ a b c Pittsburgh and San Diego finished ahead of New York Jets based on conference record (Pittsburgh and San Diego 5–3 against Jets’ 2–3)
  4. ^ a b c Cleveland 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).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lowman, Wayne (December 22, 1981). "McCormack's Fall Traced to Chaos in Front Office". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Against Bills, Colts Have No Offense". Los Angeles Times. Times Wire Services. November 29, 1982. p. 6.


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