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Record: 7-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1982 AFC Champions
Scored 198 points (22.0/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 131 points (14.6/g), 2nd.
Differential of 67 points (7.4/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 6.5-2.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.4/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total 8.2, Offense: 2.6, Defense: 5.6, SoS: 0.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | New York Jets | 45 | 28 | 25 | 323 | 113 | 210 | 2 | 20 | 341 | 197 | 144 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 20 | 21 | 303 | 161 | 142 | 2 | 14 | 256 | 96 | 160 | |||
| 3 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 7 | 13 | 249 | 127 | 122 | 2 | 18 | 258 | 126 | 132 | 7 | |
| 4 | Mon | November 29 | boxscore | L | 3-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 23 | 18 | 330 | 227 | 103 | 6 | 15 | 215 | 61 | 154 | ||
| 5 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 14 | 17 | 301 | 123 | 178 | 1 | 13 | 182 | 89 | 93 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 16 | 235 | 59 | 176 | 2 | 13 | 212 | 13 | 199 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sat | December 18 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | New York Jets | 20 | 19 | 16 | 304 | 184 | 120 | 3 | 17 | 274 | 166 | 108 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Mon | December 27 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 10 | 17 | 242 | 81 | 161 | 3 | 17 | 301 | 163 | 138 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | January 2 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 34 | 7 | 22 | 371 | 239 | 132 | 2 | 20 | 273 | 116 | 157 | 5 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | January 8 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | New England Patriots | 28 | 13 | 27 | 448 | 234 | 214 | 3 | 14 | 237 | 160 | 77 | 3 | ||
| Division | Sun | January 16 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 13 | 29 | 413 | 199 | 214 | 2 | 17 | 247 | 168 | 79 | 7 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 23 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | New York Jets | 14 | 0 | 13 | 198 | 60 | 138 | 4 | 10 | 139 | 77 | 62 | 5 | ||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 30 | boxscore | L | 10-3 | N | Washington Redskins | 17 | 27 | 9 | 176 | 80 | 96 | 2 | 24 | 400 | 124 | 276 | 2 | |