2021 Detroit Lions season

The 2021 season was the Detroit Lions' 92nd season in the National Football League, the 20th season playing home games at Ford Field and their first season under the head coach Dan Campbell.

 Draft 

 2021 Detroit Lions Draft Round  Selection  Player  Position  College  Notes  Source 1  7 Penei Sewell  OT  Oregon     2  41 Levi Onwuzurike  DT  Washington     3  72 Alim McNeill  DT  NC State     101 Ifeatu Melifonwu  CB  Syracuse  from Los Angeles Rams   4  112 Amon-Ra St. Brown  WR  USC     113 Derrick Barnes  LB  Purdue  from Cleveland Browns   7  257 Jermar Jefferson  RB  Oregon State  from Cleveland Browns  

Regular season
Schedule
The Lions schedule was released on May 13, 2021.Detroit Lions 2021 schedule NFL.com

 Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 12 San Francisco 49ers L 33–41 0–1 Ford Field Recap 2  at Green Bay Packers L 17–35 0–2 Lambeau Field Recap 3 September 26 Baltimore Ravens L 17–19 0–3 Ford Field Recap 4 October 3 at Chicago Bears L 14–24 0–4 Soldier Field Recap 5 October 10 at Minnesota Vikings L 17–19 0–5 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap 6 October 17 Cincinnati Bengals L 11–34 0–6 Ford Field Recap 7 October 24 at Los Angeles Rams L 19–28 0–7 SoFi Stadium Recap 8 October 31 Philadelphia Eagles L 6–44 0–8 Ford Field Recap 9 Bye 10 November 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers T 16–16  0–8–1 Heinz Field Recap 11 November 21 at Cleveland Browns L 10–13 0–9–1 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap 12 November 25 Chicago Bears L 14–16 0–10–1 Ford Field Recap 13 December 5 Minnesota Vikings W 29–27 1–10–1 Ford Field Recap 14 December 12 at Denver Broncos L 10–38 1–11–1 Empower Field at Mile High Recap 15 December 19 Arizona Cardinals W 30–12 2–11–1 Ford Field Recap 16 December 26 at Atlanta Falcons L 16–20 2–12–1 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap 17 January 2 at Seattle Seahawks L 29–51 2–13–1 Lumen Field Recap 18 January 9 Green Bay Packers W 37–30 3–13–1 Ford Field Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings
Division

Conference

References

Category:2021 National Football League season by team
Category:Detroit Lions seasons
Category:2020s in Detroit