The 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, began in August 1982 and concluded with the Dvision I-AA championship game on December 18 at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in the Pioneer Bowl, 17−14.