2021 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 2021 season was the Pittsburgh Steelers' 89th season in the National Football League and their 15th under head coach Mike Tomlin.

Draft

 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers Draft Round  Selection  Player  Position  College  Notes 1  24 Najee Harris  RB  Alabama   2  55 Pat Freiermuth  TE  Penn State   3  87 Kendrick Green  C  Illinois   4  128 Dan Moore Jr.  OT Texas A&M   140 Buddy Johnson  ILB  Compensatory selection 5  156 Isaiahh Loudermilk  DT  Wisconsin  from Dallas via Philadelphia and Miami 6  216 Quincy Roche  OLB  Miami  from Tampa Bay 7  245 Tre Norwood  CB Oklahoma  from Miami 254 Pressley Harvin III  P  Georgia Tech  from Baltimore

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

 Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 12 at Buffalo Bills W 23–16 1–0 Highmark Stadium Recap 2 September 19 Las Vegas Raiders L 17−26 1–1 Heinz Field Recap 3 September 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 10–24 1–2 Heinz Field Recap 4 October 3 at Green Bay Packers L 17–27 1–3 Lambeau Field Recap 5 October 10 Denver Broncos W 27–19 2–3 Heinz Field Recap 6 October 17 Seattle Seahawks W 23–20  3–3 Heinz Field Recap 7 Bye 8 October 31 at Cleveland Browns W 15–10 4–3 FirstEnergy Stadium Recap 9  Chicago Bears W 29–27 5–3 Heinz Field Recap 10 November 14 Detroit Lions T 16–16  5–3–1 Heinz Field Recap 11 November 21 at Los Angeles Chargers L 37–41 5–4–1 SoFi Stadium Recap 12 November 28 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10–41 5–5–1 Paul Brown Stadium Recap 13 December 5 Baltimore Ravens W 20–19 6–5–1 Heinz Field Recap 14  at Minnesota Vikings L 28–36 6–6–1 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap 15 December 19 Tennessee Titans W 19–13 7–6–1 Heinz Field Recap 16 December 26 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10–36 7–7–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap 17  Cleveland Browns W 26–14 8–7–1 Heinz Field Recap 18 January 9 at Baltimore Ravens W 16–13  9–7–1 M&T Bank 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, 2022 at Kansas City Chiefs (2) L 21–42 0–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap

References

Category:2021 National Football League season by team
Category:Pittsburgh Steelers