2021 Arizona Cardinals season

The 2021 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 102nd season in the National Football League and their third under head coach Kliff Kingsbury.

2021 Arizona Cardinals season
OwnerMichael Bidwill
Head coachKliff Kingsbury[lower-alpha 1]
General managerSteve Keim
Home fieldState Farm Stadium
Results
Record11–6
Division place2nd NFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 11–34
Pro Bowlers
4
  • QB Kyler Murray
  • RB James Conner
  • OLB Chandler Jones
  • SS Budda Baker
AP All-ProsSS Budda Baker (2nd team)
Uniform

Draft
See the main article: 2021 NFL Draft
2021 Arizona Cardinals Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
116 Zaven CollinsLBTulsa
249 Rondale MooreWRPurdue
4136 Marco WilsonCBFloridafrom Kansas City via Baltimore
6210 Victor DimukejeDEDukefrom Baltimore
223 Tay GowanCBUCFfrom Minnesota via trade for Mason Cole
7243 James WigginsSCincinnati
247 Michal MenetCPenn Statefrom Chicago via Las Vegas

Regular season

Schedule

The Cardinals' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 12 at Tennessee Titans W 38–13 1–0 Nissan Stadium Recap
2 September 19 Minnesota Vikings W 34–33 2–0 State Farm Stadium Recap
3 September 26 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 31–19 3–0 TIAA Bank Field Recap
4 October 3 at Los Angeles Rams W 37–20 4–0 SoFi Stadium Recap
5 October 10 San Francisco 49ers W 17–10 5–0 State Farm Stadium Recap
6 October 17 at Cleveland Browns W 37–14 6–0 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap
7 October 24 Houston Texans W 31−5 7–0 State Farm Stadium Recap
8 October 28 Green Bay Packers L 21–24 7–1 State Farm Stadium Recap
9 November 7 at San Francisco 49ers W 31–17 8–1 Levi's Stadium Recap
10 November 14 Carolina Panthers L 10–34 8–2 State Farm Stadium Recap
11 November 21 at Seattle Seahawks W 23–13 9–2 Lumen Field Recap
12 Bye
13 December 5 at Chicago Bears W 33–22 10–2 Soldier Field Recap
14 December 13 Los Angeles Rams L 23–30 10–3 State Farm Stadium Recap
15 December 19 at Detroit Lions L 12–30 10–4 Ford Field Recap
16 December 25 Indianapolis Colts L 16–22 10–5 State Farm Stadium Recap
17 January 2 at Dallas Cowboys W 25–22 11–5 AT&T Stadium Recap
18 January 9 Seattle Seahawks L 30–38 11–6 State Farm Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division
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
NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division winners
1[lower-alpha 2] Green Bay Packers North 13 4 0 .765 4–2 9–3 .479 .480 L1
2[lower-alpha 2] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 13 4 0 .765 4–2 8–4 .467 .443 W3
3[lower-alpha 3] Dallas Cowboys East 12 5 0 .706 6–0 10–2 .488 .431 W1
4[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4] Philadelphia Eagles East 9 8 0 .529 3–3 7–5 .469 .350 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[lower-alpha 4] 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[lower-alpha 5] Washington Football Team East 7 10 0 .412 2–4 6–6 .529 .420 W1
11[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] Seattle Seahawks West 7 10 0 .412 3–3 4–8 .519 .424 W2
12[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] 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[lower-alpha 7]
  1. Vance Joseph and Jeff Rodgers (Interim HCs for Week 6 after Kingsbury tested positive for COVID-19)
  2. Green Bay finished ahead of Tampa Bay based on conference record.
  3. Dallas finished ahead of LA Rams based on conference record.
  4. Philadelphia finished ahead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  5. Washington finished ahead of Atlanta and Seattle based on head-to-head sweep.
  6. Seattle finished ahead of Atlanta based on win percentage in common games.
  7. 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
See also: 2021–22 NFL playoffs
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap
Wild Card January 17 at Los Angeles Rams (4) L 11–34 0–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
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