2021 San Francisco 49ers season

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.

## Draft

|Round|Selection|Player|Position|College|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Trey Lance|QB|North Dakota State|From Houston via Miami|||
|Aaron Banks|OG|Notre Dame|From Las Vegas|||
|Trey Sermon|RB|Ohio State|From Los Angeles Rams|||
|Ambry Thomas|CB|Michigan|2020 Resolution JC-2A picks|||
|Jaylon Moore|OG|Western Michigan||||
|Deommodore Lenoir|CB|Oregon|From New Orleans|||
|Talanoa Hufanga|S|USC|Compensatory pick|||
|Elijah Mitchell|RB|Louisiana||||

### Schedule

The 49ers' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

|style=""|Week|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|September 12|at Detroit Lions|**W** 41–33|1–0|Ford Field|Recap|||||||||
|September 19|at Philadelphia Eagles|**W** 17–11|2–0|Lincoln Financial Field|Recap|||||||||
|September 26|Green Bay Packers|**L** 28–30|2–1|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 3|**Seattle Seahawks**|**L** 21–28|2–2|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 10|at **Arizona Cardinals**|**L** 10–17|2–3|State Farm Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|colspan="6"|_Bye_|||||||||||||
|October 24|Indianapolis Colts|**L** 18–30|2–4|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 31|at Chicago Bears|**W** 33–22|3–4|Soldier Field|Recap|||||||||
|November 7|**Arizona Cardinals**|**L** 17–31|3–5|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||**Los Angeles Rams**|**W** 31–10|4–5|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 21|at Jacksonville Jaguars|**W** 30–10|5–5|TIAA Bank Field|Recap|||||||||
|November 28|Minnesota Vikings|**W** 34–26|6–5|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 5|at **Seattle Seahawks**|**L** 23–30|6–6|Lumen Field|Recap|||||||||
|December 12|at Cincinnati Bengals|**W** 26–23|7–6|Paul Brown Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 19|Atlanta Falcons|**W** 31–13|8–6|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||at Tennessee Titans|**L** 17–20|8–7|Nissan Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 2|Houston Texans|**W** 23–7|9–7|Levi's Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 9|at **Los Angeles Rams**|**W** 27–24|10–7|SoFi 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|January 16|at Dallas Cowboys (3)|**W** 23–17|1–0|AT&T Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||at Green Bay Packers (1)|**W** 13–10|2–0|Lambeau Field|Recap|||||||||
|January 30|at Los Angeles Rams (4)|**L** 17–20|2–1|SoFi Stadium|Recap|||||||||

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **team**: San Francisco 49ers
- **logo**:
- **year**: 2021
- **record**: 10–7
- **division place**: 3rd NFC West
- **coach**: Kyle Shanahan
- **general manager**: John Lynch (American football), John Lynch
- **owner**: Jed York
- **stadium**: Levi's Stadium
- **playoffs**: **Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs** (at 2021 Dallas Cowboys season, Cowboys) 23–17
**Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs** (at 2021 Green Bay Packers season, Packers) 13–10
Lost 2021–22 NFL playoffs, NFC Championship (at 2021 Los Angeles Rams season, Rams) 17–20
- **ap all-pros**: WR Deebo Samuel _<small>(1st team)</small>_
OT Trent Williams _<small>(1st team)</small>_
- **uniform**:
- **shortnavlink**: 49ers seasons