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 | |
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Owner | Jed York |
Head coach | Kyle Shanahan |
General manager | John Lynch |
Home field | Levi's Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 10–7 |
Division place | 3rd NFC West |
Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 23–17 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Packers) 13–10 Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 17–20 |
Pro Bowlers | 5 |
AP All-Pros | WR Deebo Samuel (1st team) OT Trent Williams (1st team) |
Uniform | |
Draft
changeRound | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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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
changeSchedule
changeThe 49ers' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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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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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
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changeRound | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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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 |