| Team: | New York Giants |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Record: | 4–5 |
| Division Place: | 10th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC East) |
| Coach: | Ray Perkins |
| General Manager: | George Young |
| Owner: | Wellington Mara |
| Stadium: | Giants Stadium |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers: | LB Lawrence Taylor LB Harry Carson CB Mark Haynes P Dave Jennings |
| Shortnavlink: | Giants seasons |
The New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season in the National Football League, but was shortened to nine games due to the 1982 NFL Players Strike.
The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on a 9–7 record from 1981, a season in which they had made the playoffs for the first time since 1963 and also clinched their first winning record since 1972. However, the Giants stumbled out the gates early, starting 0–2 before the strike occurred. After the strike ended, the Giants won four of their last seven games, but missed the playoffs because of losing two tiebreakers against the Saints and the Lions (who both ended with identical 4–5 records). The Giants lost the tiebreakers based on best conference record. The Lions went 4–4 against NFC teams, while the Giants and Saints both went 3–5 against NFC teams. The Lions won the tiebreaker over the Saints, thus eliminating the Saints and Giants from playoff contention and putting the Lions into the playoffs as the final wild card spot in the NFC. This was the nineteenth season out of the last twenty that the Giants missed the playoffs.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School | |
| 1 | 18 | Butch Woolfolk | Running back | University of Michigan | |
| 2 | 45 | Joe Morris | Running back | Syracuse University | |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | 102 | Gerry Raymond | Boston College | ||
| 5 | 129 | Colorado | |||
| 6 | 156 | Linebacker | North Carolina | ||
| 7 | 186 | Jeff Wiska | Guard | Michigan State | |
| 8 | 213 | Robert Hubble | Tight end | Rice | |
| 9 | 240 | John Higgins | Defensive back | UNLV | |
| 10 | 270 | Tackle | Wake Forest | ||
| 11 | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | 323 | Defensive tackle | Richmond |
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 12 | L 14–16 | 0–1 | Giants Stadium | 74,286 | Recap | ||
| 2 | September 20 | L 19–27 | 0–2 | Giants Stadium | 68,405 | Recap | ||
| 3 | Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike | |||||||
| 4 | at Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| 6 | ||||||||
| 7 | at Philadelphia Eagles | Rescheduled to January 2 | ||||||
| 8 | Dallas Cowboys | Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike | ||||||
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| 11 | November 21 | Washington Redskins | L 17–27 | 0–3 | Giants Stadium | 70,766 | Recap | |
| 12 | November 25 | W 13–6 | 1–3 | Pontiac Silverdome | 64,348 | Recap | ||
| 13 | December 5 | W 17–14 | 2–3 | Giants Stadium | 71,184 | Recap | ||
| 14 | December 11 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 23–7 | 3–3 | Giants Stadium | 66,053 | Recap | |
| 15 | December 19 | at Washington Redskins | L 14–15 | 3–4 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | 50,030 | Recap | |
| 16 | December 26 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 21–24 | 3–5 | Busch Stadium | 39,824 | Recap | |
| 17 | January 2 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 26–24 | 4–5 | Veterans Stadium | 55,797 | Recap | |
See also: 1982 Detroit Lions season.
See also: 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season.
See also: 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season.
Ray Perkins last game as Giants head coach