1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 96th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1982 and ended on 19 September 1982.
It was the last year to date that a Kilkenny team played in the Leinster championship.
Kerry were the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth successive championship title.
Kerry qualified for the final. On 19 September 1982, Offaly won the championship following a 1–15 to 0–17 defeat of Kerry in one of the most dramatic and iconic All-Ireland finals in the history of the championship. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland SFC victory.
Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0–34. Offaly's Martin Furlong was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
[Connacht Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Leinster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Finals'''
[Ulster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]
Semi-finals'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Scoring
;Overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0–34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| 2 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 3–22 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 3 | Barney Rock | Dublin | 1–18 | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Brendan Lowry | Offaly | 2–10 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| 4 | Eoin Liston | Kerry | 2–10 | 16 | 5 | 3.66 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Ger Power | Kildare | 2–4 | 10 | Kilkenny |
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 2–4 | 10 | Cork |
| 3 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0–9 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | Mick Finneran | Roscommon | 2–2 | 8 | Sligo |
| 4 | Seán Moloney | Clare | 1–5 | 8 | Limerick |
| 4 | Larry Tompkins | Kildare | 0–8 | 8 | Wexford |
| 4 | Martin McHugh | Donegal | 0–8 | 8 | Armagh |
| 4 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0–8 | 8 | Louth |
| 9 | John McCormack | Longford | 1–4 | 7 | Dublin |
| 9 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 1–4 | 7 | Armagh |
| 9 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0–7 | 7 | Kerry |
| 9 | Matt Connor | Offaly | 0–7 | 7 | Galway |
| 9 | Barney Rock | Dublin | 0–7 | 7 | Kildare |
Miscellaneous
- Kilkenny's 4–10 to 2–2 defeat by Kildare in the Leinster preliminary round was their last game in the Leinster Championship as the Kilkenny County Board declined to enter a team in all subsequent championships.
- London decide to play Connacht championship games in a rotational system and are dropped from the Connacht championship draws.
- Offaly stop Kerry from winning a fifth All Ireland title in a row in the All Ireland final. A new record of that was set by Dublin winning 6 in a row.