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 | |
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Owner | Stan Kroenke |
Head coach | Sean McVay |
General manager | Les Snead |
Home field | SoFi Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 12–5 |
Division place | 1st NFC West |
Playoff finish | Won 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 | 4
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AP All-Pros | 3
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Uniform | |
Draft
changeRound | Selection | Player | Position | College |
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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
changeSchedule
changeThe Rams' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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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
changeDivision
changeNFC West | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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] | |||||||||||
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Postseason
changeSchedule
changeRound | Date | Time (PST) | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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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 |