2021 Los Angeles Chargers season

The 2021 season was the Los Angeles Chargers' 52nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their first under head coach Brandon Staley.

2021 Los Angeles Chargers season
OwnerDean Spanos
Head coachBrandon Staley
General managerTom Telesco
Home fieldSoFi Stadium
Results
Record9–8
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers
6
AP All-Pros
3
  • OT Rashawn Slater (2nd team)
  • C Corey Linsley (2nd team)
  • KR Andre Roberts (2nd team)
Uniform

Draft
See the main article: 2021 NFL Draft
2021 Los Angeles Chargers Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
113 Rashawn SlaterOTNorthwestern
247 Asante Samuel Jr.CBFlorida State
377 Josh PalmerWRTennessee
97* Tre' McKittyTEGeorgiaCompensatory selection[upper-alpha 1]
4118 Chris Rumph IIOLBDuke
5159 Brenden JaimesOTNebraska
6185 Nick NiemannLBIowafrom Jacksonville via Tennessee[upper-alpha 2]
198 Larry Rountree IIIRBMissouri
7241 Mark WebbSGeorgia

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 12 at Washington Football Team W 20–16 1–0 FedExField Recap
2 September 19 Dallas Cowboys L 17–20 1–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
3 September 26 at Kansas City Chiefs W 30–24 2–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
4 October 4 Las Vegas Raiders W 28–14 3–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
5 October 10 Cleveland Browns W 47–42 4–1 SoFi Stadium Recap
6 October 17 at Baltimore Ravens L 6–34 4–2 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
7 Bye
8 October 31 New England Patriots L 24–27 4–3 SoFi Stadium Recap
9 November 7 at Philadelphia Eagles W 27–24 5–3 Lincoln Financial Field Recap
10 November 14 Minnesota Vikings L 20–27 5–4 SoFi Stadium Recap
11 November 21 Pittsburgh Steelers W 41–37 6–4 SoFi Stadium Recap
12 November 28 at Denver Broncos L 13–28 6–5 Empower Field at Mile High Recap
13 December 5 at Cincinnati Bengals W 41–22 7–5 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
14 December 12 New York Giants W 37–21 8–5 SoFi Stadium Recap
15 December 16 Kansas City Chiefs L 28–34 (OT) 8–6 SoFi Stadium Recap
16 December 26 at Houston Texans L 29–41 8–7 NRG Stadium Recap
17 January 2 Denver Broncos W 34–13 9–7 SoFi Stadium Recap
18 January 9 at Las Vegas Raiders L 32–35 (OT) 9–8 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.

Notes
  1. Los Angeles received their 97th pick as a compensatory selection for the loss of Philip Rivers to the free agency market.
  2. Los Angeles acquired a 2021 sixth-round selection (No. 185 overall) as part of a trade that sent cornerback Desmond King to the Tennessee Titans.[1][2]

References
  1. "Titans add secondary help with trade for King". ESPN.com. November 2, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  2. Davenport, Turron (October 14, 2020). "Unhappy LB Correa traded by Titans to Jaguars". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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