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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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