1982 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1982 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Steelers 50th Anniversary Logo
OwnerArt Rooney
General managerDick Haley
Head coachChuck Noll
Home fieldThree Rivers Stadium
Results
Record6–3
Division place4th AFC
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Chargers) 28–31
Pro BowlersOT Larry Brown
LB Jack Lambert
S Donnie Shell
WR John Stallworth
C Mike Webster
AP All-ProsJack Lambert (1st team)
Donnie Shell (1st team)
Team MVPDwayne Woodruff
Bradshaw setting up a play against the Chiefs during week 13.

The 1982 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 50th in the National Football League. The Steelers returned to the playoffs after missing the playoffs for two years. This was also the Steelers 50th Anniversary season. Although the season was shortened as a result of the 1982 strike, the Steelers finished with a strong 6–3 record, good enough for fourth in the AFC as a whole. Although division standings were thrown out as a result of the strike, the Steelers unofficially finished second in the AFC Central, one game behind the defending AFC Champion Cincinnati Bengals.

The 1982 season is best remembered as the final seasons for Hall of Famers Lynn Swann and Jack Ham and the "unofficial" final season of fellow Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, who would miss much of the 1983 season due to injuries before retiring. On the flip side, it would also be the first year of placekicker Gary Anderson and the first year of the team using a 3–4 defense, a style still used by the team as of 2019.

The Steelers would lose in the first round of the playoffs to the San Diego Chargers, in what would be the last home playoff game for the Steelers for the next ten years.