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1982 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach Bart Starr
Home Field Lambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record 5–3–1
Place 3rd NFC
Playoff Finish Won First-round Playoffs
Lost Second-round Playoffs
Timeline
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1981 1983

The 1982 Green Bay Packers season was their 62nd season in the National Football League and shortened due to a players strike. The club posted a 5–3–1 record under coach Bart Starr. Due to the strike, the NFL ignored division standing and placed eight teams from each conference into the playoffs. The Packers finished the season in third place which earned them a playoff berth. The Packers beat the Cardinals 41–16 in the first round, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys 37–26 in the second. Their playoff berth was the first for the Packers in ten seasons.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 22 Ron Hallstrom Guard Iowa
3 71 Del Rodgers Running Back Utah
4 98 Robert Brown Linebacker Virginia Tech
5 126 Mike Meade Running Back Penn State
6 152 Chet Parlavecchio Linebacker Penn State
7 183 Joel Whitley Defensive Back UTEP
8 210 Thomas Boyd Linebacker Alabama
9 237 Charles Riggins Defensive End Bethune-Cookman
10 264 Eddie Garcia Placekicker SMU
11 294 John Macauley Center Stanford
12 321 Phil Epps Wide Receiver TCU

Personnel[]

Coaches/Staff[]

1982 Green Bay Packers final staff
Front Office
  • President – Robert J. Parins
  • Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan
  • Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Bob Schnelker
  • Offensive Backs – Pete Kettela
  • Receivers – Lew Carpenter
  • Offensive Line – Ernie McMillan
  • Assistant Offensive Line – Bill Meyers
  Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – John Meyer
  • Defensive Line – Doc Urich
  • Linebackers – John Marshall
  • Defensive Backs – Ross Fichtner
  • Quality Control – Dave Hanner

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Dick Rehbein


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Roster[]

1981 Green Bay Packers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 31 Gerry Ellis
  • 25 Harlan Huckleby
  • 33 Jim Jensen
  • 34 Terdell Middleton
  • 26 Eric Torkelson
  • 20 Delvin Williams

Wide receivers

  • 88 Ron Cassidy
  • 83 John Jefferson
  • 80 James Lofton
  • 84 Fred Nixon

Tight ends

  • 82 Paul Coffman
  • 81 Gary Lewis
  • 87 John Thompson
Offensive linemen
  • 61 Charlie Ane C
  • 57 Derrel Gofourth G
  • 69 Leotis Harris
  • 74 Tim Huffman G
  • 64 Syd Kitson G
  • 68 Greg Koch T
  • 79 Mark Koncar T
  • 54 Larry McCarren C
  • 67 Karl Swanke T

Defensive linemen

  • 73 Byron Braggs DE
  • 77 Mike Butler DE
  • 90 Ezra Johnson DE
  • 63 Terry Jones DT
  • 78 Casey Merrill DE
  • 75 Richard Turner DT
Linebackers
  • 60 Kurt Allerman
  • 59 John Anderson
  • 52 George Cumby
  • 53 Mike Douglass
  • 56 Cliff Lewis
  • 51 Guy Prather
  • 55 Randy Scott
  • 50 Rich Wingo

Defensive backs

  • 24 Johnnie Gray SS
  • 23 Maurice Harvey SS
  • 38 Estus Hood CB
  • 22 Mark Lee CB
  • 37 Mark Murphy FS
  • 29 Mike McCoy CB
  • 47 David Petway S
  • 30 Bill Whitaker S

Special teams

  • 16 Ray Stachowicz P
  • 10 Jan Stenerud K
Reserve lists
  • 21 Mike Jolly CB (IR) Injury icon 2
  • 40 Eddie Lee Ivery RB (IR) Injury icon 2


Practice squad



Rookies in italics
00 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
1 September 12 Los Angeles Rams W 35-23 Milwaukee County Stadium
53,694
2 September 20 at New York Giants W 27-19 Giants Stadium
68,405
3 November 21 Minnesota Vikings W 26-7 Milwaukee County Stadium
44,681
4 November 28 at New York Jets L 15-13 Shea Stadium
53,872
5 December 5 Buffalo Bills W 33-21 Milwaukee County Stadium
46,655
6 December 12 Detroit Lions L 30-10 Lambeau Field
51,875
7 December 19 at Baltimore Colts T 20-20 (OT) Memorial Stadium
25,920
8 December 26 at Atlanta Falcons W 38-7 Atlanta Stadium
50,245
9 January 2 at Detroit Lions L 27-24 Pontiac Silverdome
64,377

Standings[]

Template:1982 NFC standings

Playoffs[]

NFC First Round[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 6 0 7 16
Packers 7 21 10 3 41



  • stadium= Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • time= 11:30 a.m. CST
  • weather= 26°F, overcast
  • TV=CBS
  • TVAnnouncers= Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
  • referee= Fred Wyant
  • attendance= 54,282

Green Bay quarterback Lynn Dickey threw for 260 yards and 4 touchdowns en route to a 41-16 win. The Packers scored four touchdowns on four consecutive possessions. It was their first playoff victory since Super Bowl II.

NFC Second Round[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 7 6 13 26
Cowboys 6 14 3 14 37



The Cowboys scored touchdowns on two 80-yard drives while cornerback Dennis Thurman had 3 interceptions, including a 39-yard touchdown and one to clinch the victory. Packers quarterback Lynn Dickey threw for a franchise postseason record 332 yards and a touchdown, but his 3 interceptions were too costly to overcome. Receiver James Lofton caught 5 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown, and also had a 71-yard touchdown run on a reverse play, which tied the record for longest running play in a playoff game at the time.

Green Bay finished the game with a franchise playoff record 466 total yards.

Awards and records[]

  • Led NFL in Points Scored, (226)

References[]

  1. All Time Coaches Database. Packers.com. Retrieved on February 22, 2011.

Exernal links[]

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