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

 2021 San Francisco 49ers Draft Round  Selection  Player  Position  College  Notes 1  3 Trey Lance  QB  North Dakota State  From Houston via Miami 2  48 Aaron Banks  OG  Notre Dame  From Las Vegas 3  88 Trey Sermon  RB  Ohio State  From Los Angeles Rams 102 Ambry Thomas  CB  Michigan  2020 Resolution JC-2A picks 5  155 Jaylon Moore  OG  Western Michigan   172 Deommodore Lenoir  CB  Oregon  From New Orleans 180 Talanoa Hufanga  S  USC  Compensatory pick 6  194 Elijah Mitchell  RB  Louisiana  

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

 Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 12 at Detroit Lions W 41–33 1–0 Ford Field Recap 2 September 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17–11 2–0 Lincoln Financial Field Recap 3 September 26 Green Bay Packers L 28–30 2–1 Levi's Stadium Recap 4 October 3 Seattle Seahawks L 21–28 2–2 Levi's Stadium Recap 5 October 10 at Arizona Cardinals L 10–17 2–3 State Farm Stadium Recap 6Bye 7 October 24 Indianapolis Colts L 18–30 2–4 Levi's Stadium Recap 8 October 31 at Chicago Bears W 33–22 3–4 Soldier Field Recap 9 November 7 Arizona Cardinals L 17–31 3–5 Levi's Stadium Recap 10  Los Angeles Rams W 31–10 4–5 Levi's Stadium Recap 11 November 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 30–10 5–5 TIAA Bank Field Recap 12 November 28 Minnesota Vikings W 34–26 6–5 Levi's Stadium Recap 13 December 5 at Seattle Seahawks L 23–30 6–6 Lumen Field Recap 14 December 12 at Cincinnati Bengals W 26–23  7–6 Paul Brown Stadium Recap 15 December 19 Atlanta Falcons W 31–13 8–6 Levi's Stadium Recap 16  at Tennessee Titans L 17–20 8–7 Nissan Stadium Recap 17 January 2 Houston Texans W 23–7 9–7 Levi's Stadium Recap 18 January 9 at Los Angeles Rams W 27–24  10–7 SoFi Stadium Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
Division

Conference

Postseason

Schedule
 Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card January 16 at Dallas Cowboys (3) W 23–17 1–0 AT&T Stadium Recap Divisional  at Green Bay Packers (1) W 13–10 2–0 Lambeau Field Recap NFC Championship January 30 at Los Angeles Rams (4) L 17–20 2–1 SoFi Stadium Recap

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