2021 Los Angeles Rams season

85th season in franchise history

The 2021 season is the Los Angeles Rams' 84th season in the National Football League and the fifth under head coach Sean McVay.

2021 Los Angeles Rams season
OwnerStan Kroenke
Head coachSean McVay
General managerLes Snead
Home fieldSoFi Stadium
Results
Record12–5
Division place1st NFC West
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Cardinals) 34–11
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Buccaneers) 30–27
Won NFC Championship (vs. 49ers) 20–17
Won Super Bowl LVI (vs.[A] Bengals) 23–20
Pro Bowlers
AP All-Pros
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Uniform

Draft change

2021 Los Angeles Rams Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
2 57 Tutu Atwell WR Louisville
3 103 Ernest Jones LB South Carolina
4 117 Bobby Brown III DT Texas A&M
130 Robert Rochell CB Central Arkansas
141 Jacob Harris WR UCF
5 174 Earnest Brown IV DE Northwestern
7 233 Jake Funk RB Maryland
249 Ben Skowronek WR Notre Dame
252 Chris Garrett LB Concordia–St. Paul

Regular season change

Schedule change

The Rams' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 12 Chicago Bears W 34–14 1–0 SoFi Stadium Recap
2 September 19 at Indianapolis Colts W 27–24 2–0 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap
3 September 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 34–24 3–0 SoFi Stadium Recap
4 October 3 Arizona Cardinals L 20–37 3–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
5 October 7 at Seattle Seahawks W 26–17 4–1 Lumen Field Recap
6 October 17 at New York Giants W 38–11 5–1 MetLife Stadium Recap
7 October 24 Detroit Lions W 28–19 6–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
8 October 31 at Houston Texans W 38–22 7–1 NRG Stadium Recap
9 November 7 Tennessee Titans L 16–28 7–2 SoFi Stadium Recap
10 November 15 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–31 7–3 Levi's Stadium Recap
11 Bye
12 November 28 at Green Bay Packers L 28–36 7–4 Lambeau Field Recap
13 December 5 Jacksonville Jaguars W 37–7 8–4 SoFi Stadium Recap
14 December 13 at Arizona Cardinals W 30–23 9–4 State Farm Stadium Recap
15 December 21 Seattle Seahawks W 20–10 10–4 SoFi Stadium Recap
16 December 26 at Minnesota Vikings W 30–23 11–4 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap
17 January 2 at Baltimore Ravens W 20–19 12–4 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
18 January 9 San Francisco 49ers L 24–27 (OT) 12–5 SoFi Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings change

Division change

NFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(4) Los Angeles Rams 12 5 0 .706 3–3 8–4 460 372 L1
(5) Arizona Cardinals 11 6 0 .647 4–2 7–5 449 366 L1
(6) San Francisco 49ers 10 7 0 .588 2–4 7–5 427 365 W2
Seattle Seahawks 7 10 0 .412 3–3 4–8 395 366 W2

Conference change

# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division winners
1[a] Green Bay Packers North 13 4 0 .765 4–2 9–3 .479 .480 L1
2[a] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 13 4 0 .765 4–2 8–4 .467 .443 W3
3[b] Dallas Cowboys East 12 5 0 .706 6–0 10–2 .488 .431 W1
4[b] Los Angeles Rams West 12 5 0 .706 3–3 8–4 .483 .409 L1
Wild cards
5 Arizona Cardinals West 11 6 0 .647 4–2 7–5 .490 .492 L1
6 San Francisco 49ers West 10 7 0 .588 2–4 7–5 .500 .438 W2
7[c] Philadelphia Eagles East 9 8 0 .529 3–3 7–5 .469 .350 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[c] New Orleans Saints South 9 8 0 .529 4–2 7–5 .512 .516 W2
9 Minnesota Vikings North 8 9 0 .471 4–2 6–6 .507 .434 W1
10[d] Washington Football Team East 7 10 0 .412 2–4 6–6 .529 .420 W1
11[d][e] Seattle Seahawks West 7 10 0 .412 3–3 4–8 .519 .424 W2
12[d][e] Atlanta Falcons South 7 10 0 .412 2–4 4–8 .472 .315 L2
13 Chicago Bears North 6 11 0 .353 2–4 4–8 .524 .373 L1
14 Carolina Panthers South 5 12 0 .294 2–4 3–9 .509 .412 L7
15 New York Giants East 4 13 0 .235 1–5 3–9 .536 .485 L6
16 Detroit Lions North 3 13 1 .206 2–4 3–9 .528 .627 W1
Tiebreakers[f]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Green Bay finished ahead of Tampa Bay based on conference record.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dallas finished ahead of LA Rams based on conference record.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Philadelphia finished ahead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Washington finished ahead of Atlanta and Seattle based on head-to-head sweep.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Seattle finished ahead of Atlanta based on win percentage in common games.
  6. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason change

Schedule change

Round Date Time (PST) Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue TV Recap
Wild Card January 17 5:15 p.m. Arizona Cardinals (5) W 34–11 1–0 SoFi Stadium ESPN Recap
Divisional January 23 12:00 p.m. at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2) W 30–27 2–0 Raymond James Stadium NBC Recap
NFC Championship January 30 3:40 p.m. San Francisco 49ers (6) W 20–17 3–0 SoFi Stadium Fox Recap
Super Bowl LVI February 13 3:30 p.m. vs.[A] Cincinnati Bengals (A4) W 23–20 4–0 SoFi Stadium NBC Recap

Notes change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Despite being played in the Rams home stadium, the Super Bowl is still officially considered a neutral site game.