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.

Draft

 2021 Los Angeles Chargers Draft Round  Selection  Player  Position  College  Notes 1  13 Rashawn Slater  OT  Northwestern  2  47 Asante Samuel Jr.  CB  Florida State  3  77 Josh Palmer  WR  Tennessee 97* Tre' McKitty  TE  Georgia  Compensatory selection 4  118 Chris Rumph II  OLB  Duke  5  159 Brenden Jaimes  OT  Nebraska  6  185 Nick Niemann  LB  Iowa  from Jacksonville via Tennessee 198 Larry Rountree III  RB  Missouri  7  241 Mark Webb  S  Georgia 

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  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  Kansas City Chiefs L 28–34  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  9–8 Allegiant Stadium Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
Division

Conference

Notes

References

Category:2021 National Football League season by team
Category:2021 in California
Category:2020s in Los Angeles, California
Category:Los Angeles Chargers