# 1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals season was the franchise’s 63rd year with the National Football League and the 23rd season in St. Louis. It was the Cardinals first postseason appearance since 1975, and their last before the team’s 1988 move to Arizona, as well as the last NFL postseason appearance for any St. Louis franchise until the Rams’ Super Bowl championship season of 1999. The 1982 Football Cardinals were 5–4 during the regular-season.
In the postseason the Cardinals faced the Green Bay Packers and were trounced 41–16. This season would be the last season the Cardinals made the playoffs until 1998, when the team was far into its current tenure in Arizona.

## Offseason
### NFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 12 | at New Orleans Saints | W 21–7 | 1–0 | Louisiana Superdome | 58,673 |
| 2 | September 19 | Dallas Cowboys | L 7–24 | 1–1 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50,705 |
| – | Players' strike | Players' strike | Players' strike | Players' strike | Players' strike | Players' strike |
| 3 | November 21 | San Francisco 49ers | L 20–31 | 1–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 38,064 |
| 4 | November 28 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 23–20 | 2–2 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 33,411 |
| 5 | December 5 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 23–20 | 3–2 | Veterans Stadium | 63,622 |
| 6 | December 12 | Washington Redskins | L 7–12 | 3–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 35,308 |
| 7 | December 19 | at Chicago Bears | W 10–7 | 4–3 | Soldier Field | 43,270 |
| 8 | December 26 | New York Giants | W 24–21 | 5–3 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39,824 |
| 9 | January 2, 1983 | at Washington Redskins | L 0–28 | 5–4 | RFK Stadium | 55,045 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

### Week 3

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • 49ers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |

### Playoffs

| Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| Wildcard | January 8, 1983 | at Green Bay Packers (3) | L 16–41 | 0–1 | Lambeau Field | 54,282 |

#### NFC: Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Packers | 7 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
* Game weather: 26 °F (−3.3 °C), overcast
* Game attendance: 54,282
* Referee: Fred Wyant
* TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris

## Standings

NFC East :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Washington Redskins$^{(1)}$ | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 190 | 128 | W4 |
| Dallas Cowboys$^{(2)}$ | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 226 | 145 | L2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals$^{(6)}$ | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 135 | 170 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 164 | 160 | W1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 191 | 195 | L1 |
NFCvte :
| # | Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| Seeded postseason qualifiers |||||||||
| 1 | Washington Redskins | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 190 | 128 | W4 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 226 | 145 | L2 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 226 | 169 | L1 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 187 | 198 | W1 |
| 5 | Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 183 | 199 | L2 |
| 6 | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 135 | 170 | L1 |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 158 | 178 | W3 |
| 8 | Detroit Lions | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 181 | 176 | W1 |
| Did not qualify for the postseason |||||||||
| 9 | New Orleans Saints | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 129 | 160 | W1 |
| 10 | New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 164 | 160 | W1 |
| 11 | San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 209 | 206 | L1 |
| 12 | Chicago Bears | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 141 | 174 | L1 |
| 13 | Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 191 | 195 | L1 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 200 | 250 | W1 |
| Tiebreakers |||||||||
| 1 2 3 4 Minnesota (4–1), Atlanta (4–3), St. Louis (5–4), Tampa Bay (3–3) seeds were determined by best won-lost record in conference games. 1 2 3 Detroit finished ahead of New Orleans and the N.Y. Giants based on best conference record (4–4 to Saints’ 3–5 to Giants’ 3–5). 1 2 3 San Francisco finished ahead of Chicago, and Chicago finished ahead of Philadelphia, based on conference record (49ers’ 2–3 to Bears’ 2–5 to Eagles’ 1–5). |||||||||

## Awards and records

* Luis Sharpe, NFL All-Rookie team