2021 Las Vegas Raiders season

The 2021 season was the Las Vegas Raiders' 52nd season in the National Football League and their eight and final under head coach Jon Gruden.

2021 Las Vegas Raiders season
OwnerMark Davis
Carol Davis
Head coachJon Gruden (resigned Oct. 11, 3–2 record)
Rich Bisaccia (replacement; 7–5 record)
General managerMike Mayock
Home fieldAllegiant Stadium
Results
Record10–7
Division place2nd AFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bengals) 19–26
Pro Bowlers
3
  • LB Denzel Perryman
  • DE Maxx Crosby
  • P A. J. Cole III
AP All-Pros
3
  • DE Maxx Crosby (2nd team)
  • K Daniel Carlson (2nd team)
  • P A. J. Cole III (1st team)
Uniform

Draft
See the main article: 2021 NFL Draft
2021 Las Vegas Raiders Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollege
117 Alex LeatherwoodOTAlabama
243 Trevon MoehrigSTCU
379 Malcolm KoonceLBBuffalo
80 Divine DeabloSVirginia Tech
4143 Tyree GillespieSMissouri
5167 Nate HobbsCBIllinois
6230 Jimmy MorrisseyCPittsburgh

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 13 Baltimore Ravens W 33–27 (OT) 1–0 Allegiant Stadium Recap
2 September 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–17 2–0 Heinz Field Recap
3 September 26 Miami Dolphins W 31–28 (OT) 3–0 Allegiant Stadium Recap
4 October 4 at Los Angeles Chargers L 14–28 3–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
5 October 10 Chicago Bears L 9–20 3–2 Allegiant Stadium Recap
6 October 17 at Denver Broncos W 34–24 4–2 Empower Field at Mile High Recap
7 October 24 Philadelphia Eagles W 33–22 5–2 Allegiant Stadium Recap
8 Bye
9 November 7 at New York Giants L 16–23 5–3 MetLife Stadium Recap
10 November 14 Kansas City Chiefs L 14–41 5–4 Allegiant Stadium Recap
11 November 21 Cincinnati Bengals L 13–32 5–5 Allegiant Stadium Recap
12 November 25 at Dallas Cowboys W 36–33 (OT) 6–5 AT&T Stadium Recap
13 December 5 Washington Football Team L 15–17 6–6 Allegiant Stadium Recap
14 December 12 at Kansas City Chiefs L 9–48 6–7 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
15 December 20 at Cleveland Browns W 16–14 7–7 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap
16 December 26 Denver Broncos W 17–13 8–7 Allegiant Stadium Recap
17 January 2 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–20 9–7 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap
18 January 9 Los Angeles Chargers W 35–32 (OT) 10–7 Allegiant Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Division
AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) Kansas City Chiefs 12 5 0 .706 5–1 7–5 480 364 W1
(5) Las Vegas Raiders 10 7 0 .588 3–3 8–4 374 439 W4
Los Angeles Chargers 9 8 0 .529 3–3 6–6 474 459 L1
Denver Broncos 7 10 0 .412 1–5 3–9 335 322 L4

Conference
AFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division winners
1[lower-alpha 1] Tennessee Titans South 12 5 0 .706 5–1 8–4 .472 .480 W3
2[lower-alpha 1] Kansas City Chiefs West 12 5 0 .706 5–1 7–5 .538 .517 W1
3 Buffalo Bills East 11 6 0 .647 5–1 7–5 .472 .428 W4
4 Cincinnati Bengals North 10 7 0 .588 4–2 8–4 .472 .462 L1
Wild cards
5[lower-alpha 2] Las Vegas Raiders West 10 7 0 .588 3–3 8–4 .510 .515 W4
6[lower-alpha 2] New England Patriots East 10 7 0 .588 3–3 8–4 .481 .394 L1
7 Pittsburgh Steelers North 9 7 1 .559 4–2 7–5 .521 .490 W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[lower-alpha 3] Indianapolis Colts South 9 8 0 .529 3–3 7–5 .495 .431 L2
9[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Miami Dolphins East 9 8 0 .529 4–2 6–6 .464 .379 W1
10[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Los Angeles Chargers West 9 8 0 .529 3–3 6–6 .510 .500 L1
11[lower-alpha 5] Cleveland Browns North 8 9 0 .471 3–3 5–7 .514 .415 W1
12[lower-alpha 5] Baltimore Ravens North 8 9 0 .471 1–5 5–7 .531 .460 L6
13 Denver Broncos West 7 10 0 .412 1–5 3–9 .484 .357 L4
14[lower-alpha 6] New York Jets East 4 13 0 .235 0–6 4–8 .512 .426 L2
15[lower-alpha 6] Houston Texans South 4 13 0 .235 3–3 4–8 .498 .397 L2
16 Jacksonville Jaguars South 3 14 0 .176 1–5 3–9 .512 .569 W1
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 7]
  1. Tennessee finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory.
  2. Las Vegas finished ahead of New England based on win percentage in common games.
  3. Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami and Los Angeles based on conference record.
  4. Miami finished ahead of LA Chargers based on win percentage in common games.
  5. Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on division record.
  6. NY Jets finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head victory.
  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

Schedule
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap
Wild Card January 15 at Cincinnati Bengals (4) L 19–26 0–1 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
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