1982 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1982 Cincinnati Bengals season
General manager Paul Brown
Head coach Forrest Gregg
Home stadium Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record7–2
Division place3rd AFC
PlayoffsLost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Jets) 17–44

The 1982 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 13th season in the National Football League, their 15th overall and their third under head coach Forrest Gregg. It was the first year in which the Bengals made the playoffs for a second-consecutive season, and they would not do so again until 2012.

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The Bengals posted a 7–2 record in a strike-shortened season to earn a postseason berth but lost to the Jets in the first round of the playoffs, 44–17. This was the only playoff loss by the Bengals at Riverfront Stadium. Ken Anderson led the AFC in passing for the fourth time as the Bengals boasted the second-best offense in the NFL. Perhaps the best moment of the season for the Bengals was defeating the Raiders 31–17. The loss by the Raiders was their only loss of the season. The Bengals went 4–0 at home in 1982.

The last remaining active member of the 1982 Cincinnati Bengals was tight end Rodney Holman, who retired after the 1995 season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1982 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
126 Glen Collins   Defensive end Mississippi State
254 Emanuel Weaver   Defensive tackle South Carolina
382 Rodney Holman  *  Tight end Tulane
4110 Rodney Tate   Running back Texas
5138Paul Sorensen  Defensive back Washington State
6166Arthur King Defensive tackle Grambling State
7194 Ben Needham   Linebacker Michigan
8222 Kari Yli-Renko   Offensive tackle Cincinnati
9250James Bennett  Wide receiver Northwestern State
10278Larry Hogue Defensive back Utah State
11305Russell Davis Running back Idaho
12333Dan Feraday  Quarterback Toronto
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1982 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • President – John Sawyer
  • General manager – Paul Brown
  • Director of player personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Bruce Coslet

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1982 Cincinnati Bengals 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 (ST)

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 12 Houston Oilers W 27–61–0 Riverfront Stadium 52,268
2September 19at Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–261–1 Three Rivers Stadium 53,973
Players' strike
3November 21at Philadelphia Eagles W 18–142–1 Veterans Stadium 65,172
4November 28 Los Angeles Raiders W 31–173–1Riverfront Stadium53,330
5December 5at Baltimore Colts W 20–174–1 Memorial Stadium 23,598
6December 12 Cleveland Browns W 23–105–1Riverfront Stadium54,305
7December 20at San Diego Chargers L 34–505–2 Jack Murphy Stadium 51,296
8December 26 Seattle Seahawks W 24–106–2Riverfront Stadium55,330
9January 2, 1983at Houston Oilers W 35–277–2 Astrodome 26,522
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Cincinnati Bengals (3)720.7783–16–2232177W2
Pittsburgh Steelers (4)630.6673–15–3204146W2
Cleveland Browns (8)450.4442–24–3140182L1
Houston Oilers 180.1110–41–5136245L7
AFC
#TeamWLTPCTPFPASTK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Los Angeles Raiders 810.889260200W5
2 [a] Miami Dolphins 720.778198131W3
3 [a] Cincinnati Bengals 720.778232177W2
4 [b] [c] Pittsburgh Steelers 630.667204146W2
5 [b] [c] San Diego Chargers 630.667288221L1
6 [c] New York Jets 630.667245166L1
7 New England Patriots 540.556143157W1
8 [d] Cleveland Browns 450.444140182L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9 [d] Buffalo Bills 450.444150154L3
10 [d] Seattle Seahawks 450.444127147W1
11 Kansas City Chiefs 360.333176184W1
12 Denver Broncos 270.222148226L3
13 Houston Oilers 180.111136245L7
14 Baltimore Colts 081.056113236L2
Tiebreakers
  1. 1 2 Miami finished ahead of Cincinnati based on better conference record (6–1 to Cincinnati’s 6–2).
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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).

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
Wild CardJanuary 9, 1983 New York Jets (6)L 17–440–1 Riverfront Stadium 57,560

References

  1. ↑ "1982 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
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