2021 Buffalo Bills season

The 2021 season was the Buffalo Bills' 52nd in the National Football League, and their fifth under the head coach Sean McDermott.

## Draft

|Round|Selection|Player|Position|College|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Gregory Rousseau|DE|Miami (FL)|Opted out of the 2020 CFB season while at the University of Miami|||
|Carlos Basham Jr.|DE|Wake Forest||||
|Spencer Brown|OT|Northern Iowa||||
|Tommy Doyle|OT|Miami (OH)|from Las Vegas|||
|Marquez Stevenson|WR|Houston|from Washington via Las Vegas and Miami and Houston|||
|Damar Hamlin|S|Pittsburgh|from New Orleans via Houston|||
|Rachad Wildgoose|CB|Wisconsin||||
|Jack Anderson|OG|Texas Tech|from Carolina|||

### Schedule

The Bills 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

|style=""|Week|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|September 12|Pittsburgh Steelers|**L** 16–23|0–1|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|September 19|at **Miami Dolphins**|**W**  35–0|1–1|Hard Rock Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|September 26|Washington Football Team|**W** 43–21|2–1|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 3|Houston Texans|**W** 40–0|3–1|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 10|at Kansas City Chiefs|**W** 38–20|4–1|Arrowhead Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||at Tennessee Titans|**L** 31–34|4–2|Nissan Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|colspan="6"|_Bye_|||||||||||||
|October 31|**Miami Dolphins**|**W** 26–11|5–2|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 7|at Jacksonville Jaguars|**L** 6–9|5–3|TIAA Bank Field|Recap|||||||||
|November 14|at **New York Jets**|**W** 45–17|6–3|MetLife Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 21|Indianapolis Colts|**L** 15–41|6–4|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 25|at New Orleans Saints|**W** 31–6|7–4|Caesars Superdome|Recap|||||||||
||**New England Patriots**|**L** 10–14|7–5|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 12|at Tampa Bay Buccaneers|**L** 27–33|7–6|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 19|Carolina Panthers|**W**  31–14|8–6|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 26|at **New England Patriots**|**W** 33–21|9–6|Gillette Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 2|Atlanta Falcons|**W** 29–15|10–6|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 9|**New York Jets**|**W** 27–10|11–6|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
**Note:** Intra-division opponents are in **bold** text.

### Schedule

|style=""|Round|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent (seed)|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||New England Patriots (6)|**W** 47–17|1–0|Highmark Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 23|at Kansas City Chiefs (2)|**L** 36–42|1–1|Arrowhead Stadium|Recap|||||||||

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **team**: Buffalo Bills
- **year**: 2021
- **record**: 11–6
- **division place**: 1st AFC East
- **coach**: Sean McDermott
- **general manager**: Brandon Beane
- **owner**: Terrence Pegula, Terry and Kim Pegula
- **stadium**: Highmark Stadium (New York), Highmark Stadium
- **playoffs**: **Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs** (vs. 2021 New England Patriots season, Patriots) 47–17
Lost 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs (at 2021 Kansas City Chiefs season, Chiefs) 2021 AFC Divisional playoff game (Buffalo–Kansas City), 36–42
- **pro bowlers**: OT Dion Dawkins
 WR Stefon Diggs
- **ap all-pros**: FS Jordan Poyer _<small>(1st team)</small>_
SS Micah Hyde (American football), Micah Hyde _<small>(2nd team)</small>_
- **uniform**:
- **shortnavlink**: Bills seasons