2021 San Francisco 49ers season

76th season in franchise history

The 2021 season is the San Francisco 49ers' 72nd season in the National Football League and their fifth under the head coach Kyle Shanahan. They finished the regular season with 10 wins and 7 lossses, and advanced to the playoffs as the 6th seed. In the playoffs, they upset the 3rd-seeded Dallas Cowboys (who had 12 wins and 5 losses) and the 1-seed Green Bay Packers (13 wins and 4 losses), but lost in the NFC title game to division rival Los Angeles Rams.

2021 San Francisco 49ers season
OwnerJed York
Head coachKyle Shanahan
General managerJohn Lynch
Home fieldLevi's Stadium
Results
Record10–7
Division place3rd NFC West
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 23–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Packers) 13–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 17–20
Pro Bowlers
AP All-ProsWR Deebo Samuel (1st team)
OT Trent Williams (1st team)
Uniform
2021 San Francisco 49ers Draft
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 3 Trey Lance QB North Dakota State From Houston via Miami
2 48 Aaron Banks OG Notre Dame From Las Vegas
3 88 Trey Sermon RB Ohio State From Los Angeles Rams
102 Ambry Thomas CB Michigan 2020 Resolution JC-2A picks
5 155 Jaylon Moore OG Western Michigan
172 Deommodore Lenoir CB Oregon From New Orleans
180 Talanoa Hufanga S USC Compensatory pick
6 194 Elijah Mitchell RB Louisiana

Regular season

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Schedule

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The 49ers' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 12 at Detroit Lions W 41–33 1–0 Ford Field Recap
2 September 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17–11 2–0 Lincoln Financial Field Recap
3 September 26 Green Bay Packers L 28–30 2–1 Levi's Stadium Recap
4 October 3 Seattle Seahawks L 21–28 2–2 Levi's Stadium Recap
5 October 10 at Arizona Cardinals L 10–17 2–3 State Farm Stadium Recap
6 Bye
7 October 24 Indianapolis Colts L 18–30 2–4 Levi's Stadium Recap
8 October 31 at Chicago Bears W 33–22 3–4 Soldier Field Recap
9 November 7 Arizona Cardinals L 17–31 3–5 Levi's Stadium Recap
10 November 15 Los Angeles Rams W 31–10 4–5 Levi's Stadium Recap
11 November 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 30–10 5–5 TIAA Bank Field Recap
12 November 28 Minnesota Vikings W 34–26 6–5 Levi's Stadium Recap
13 December 5 at Seattle Seahawks L 23–30 6–6 Lumen Field Recap
14 December 12 at Cincinnati Bengals W 26–23 (OT) 7–6 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
15 December 19 Atlanta Falcons W 31–13 8–6 Levi's Stadium Recap
16 December 23 at Tennessee Titans L 17–20 8–7 Nissan Stadium Recap
17 January 2 Houston Texans W 23–7 9–7 Levi's Stadium Recap
18 January 9 at Los Angeles Rams W 27–24 (OT) 10–7 SoFi Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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Division

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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

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# 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

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Schedule

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Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap
Wild Card January 16 at Dallas Cowboys (3) W 23–17 1–0 AT&T Stadium Recap
Divisional January 22 at Green Bay Packers (1) W 13–10 2–0 Lambeau Field Recap
NFC Championship January 30 at Los Angeles Rams (4) L 17–20 2–1 SoFi Stadium Recap