2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

The 2021 season was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 46th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Bruce Arians.

## Draft

|Round|Selection|Player|Position|College|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Joe Tryon-Shoyinka|OLB|Washington||||
|Kyle Trask|QB|Florida||||
|Robert Hainsey|OT|Notre Dame||||
|Jaelon Darden|WR|North Texas|from Seattle|||
|K. J. Britt|ILB|Auburn||||
|Chris Wilcox|CB|BYU|from Pittsburgh|||
|Grant Stuard|OLB|Houston||||

### Schedule

The Buccaneers' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12. As defending Super Bowl champions, the Buccaneers hosted the 2021 NFL Kickoff Game at Raymond James Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys.

|style=""|Week|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|September 9|Dallas Cowboys|**W** 31–29|1–0|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|September 19|**Atlanta Falcons**|**W** 48–25|2–0|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|September 26|at Los Angeles Rams|**L** 24–34|2–1|SoFi Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 3|at New England Patriots|**W** 19–17|3–1|Gillette Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 10|Miami Dolphins|**W** 45–17|4–1|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
||at Philadelphia Eagles|**W** 28–22|5–1|Lincoln Financial Field|Recap|||||||||
|October 24|Chicago Bears|**W** 38–3|6–1|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|October 31|at **New Orleans Saints**|**L** 27–36|6–2|Caesars Superdome|Recap|||||||||
|colspan="6"|_Bye_|||||||||||||
|November 14|at Washington Football Team|**L** 19–29|6–3|FedExField|Recap|||||||||
||New York Giants|**W** 30–10|7–3|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|November 28|at Indianapolis Colts|**W** 38–31|8–3|Lucas Oil Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 5|at **Atlanta Falcons**|**W** 30–17|9–3|Mercedes-Benz Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 12|Buffalo Bills|**W** 33–27|10–3|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 19|**New Orleans Saints**|**L** 0–9|10–4|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|December 26|at **Carolina Panthers**|**W** 32–6|11–4|Bank of America Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 2|at New York Jets|**W** 28–24|12–4|MetLife Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 9|**Carolina Panthers**|**W** 41–17|13–4|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
**Note:** Intra-division opponents are in **bold** text.

## Postseason

|style=""|Round|style=""|Date|style=""|Opponent (seed)|style=""|Result|style=""|Record|style=""|Venue|style=""|Recap|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|January 16|Philadelphia Eagles (7)|**W** 31–15|1–0|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||
|January 23|Los Angeles Rams (4)|**L** 27–30|1–1|Raymond James Stadium|Recap|||||||||

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **logo**: Tampa Bay Buccaneers wordmark.svg
- **team**: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- **year**: 2021
- **record**: 13–4
- **division place**: 1st NFC South
- **coach**: Bruce Arians
- **owner**: Malcolm Glazer, The Glazer family
- **general manager**: Jason Licht
- **off coach**: Byron Leftwich
- **def coach**: Todd Bowles
- **stadium**: Raymond James Stadium
- **playoffs**: **Won 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs** (vs. 2021 Philadelphia Eagles season, Eagles) 31–15
Lost 2021–22 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs (vs. 2021 Los Angeles Rams season, Rams) 27–30
- **ap all-pros**: QB Tom Brady **'
RT Tristan Wirfs **'
- **uniform**:
- **shortnavlink**: Buccaneers seasons