Head coach Forrest Gregg Home field Riverfront Stadium Division place 3rd AFC | General manager Paul Brown Record 7–2 | |
Playoff finish Lost Wildcard Playoffs
(Jets) 44–17 | ||
The 1982 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 15th year in professional football and its 13th with the National Football League (NFL). 1982 was the first year in which the Bengals made the playoffs for a second-consecutive season; they would not do so again for another 30 years.
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.