| Year: | 1982 |
| Team: | BYU Cougars |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | WAC |
| Record: | 8–4 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | LaVell Edwards |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Off Coach: | Roger French |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | West Coast |
| Def Coach: | Dick Felt |
| Dc Year: | 8th |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Cougar Stadium |
| Champion: | WAC champion |
| Bowl: | Holiday Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 17–47 vs. Ohio State |
The 1982 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 7–1 WAC), as WAC Champions and with a loss against Ohio State in the Holiday Bowl.
First-team All-WAC
First-team All-WAC
Consensus All-American,[2] first-team All-WAC[3]
First-team All-WAC[3]
First-team All-WAC[3]
First-team All-WAC[3]
Second-team All-WAC[3]
First-team All-WAC[3]