The 1982 Chicago Bears season was the team's strike-shortened 63rd season in the National Football League, and their first under head coach Mike Ditka. The team failed to improve on their 6âÂÂ10 record from 1981 to finish at 3âÂÂ6 and failed to make the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Bears would end up being the only team in the NFC Central to not make the playoffs in 1982. This particular feat would be repeated in a full 16-game season in 1997.
The strike also prevented the BearsâÂÂPackers rivalry from being played this year, making the LionsâÂÂPackers rivalry the longest-running annual series in the league.
This would be the final full season that George Halas was the Bears' owner, as he died during the following season on October 31, 1983 at the age of 88.
After the draft, the Bears signed 2 undrafted free agents, linebacker Dan Rains from Cincinnati and running back Calvin Thomas of Illinois.