2021 Las Vegas Raiders season

The 2021 season was the Las Vegas Raiders' 52nd season in the National Football League and their eight and final under head coach Jon Gruden.

2021 Las Vegas Raiders season
Owner	Mark Davis Carol Davis
Head coach	Jon Gruden (resigned Oct. 11, 3–2 record) Rich Bisaccia (replacement; 7–5 record)
General manager	Mike Mayock
Home field	Allegiant Stadium
Results
Record	10–7
Division place	2nd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bengals) 19–26
Pro Bowlers	3 LB Denzel Perryman DE Maxx Crosby P A. J. Cole III
AP All-Pros	3 DE Maxx Crosby (2nd team) K Daniel Carlson (2nd team) P A. J. Cole III (1st team)
Uniform
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Draft

Main article: 2021 NFL Draft

2021 Las Vegas Raiders Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	17	Alex Leatherwood	OT	Alabama
2	43	Trevon Moehrig	S	TCU
3	79	Malcolm Koonce	LB	Buffalo
	80	Divine Deablo	S	Virginia Tech
4	143	Tyree Gillespie	S	Missouri
5	167	Nate Hobbs	CB	Illinois
6	230	Jimmy Morrissey	C	Pittsburgh

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 13	Baltimore Ravens	W 33–27 (OT)	1–0	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
2	September 19	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 26–17	2–0	Heinz Field	Recap
3	September 26	Miami Dolphins	W 31–28 (OT)	3–0	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
4	October 4	at Los Angeles Chargers	L 14–28	3–1	SoFi Stadium	Recap
5	October 10	Chicago Bears	L 9–20	3–2	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
6	October 17	at Denver Broncos	W 34–24	4–2	Empower Field at Mile High	Recap
7	October 24	Philadelphia Eagles	W 33–22	5–2	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
8	Bye
9	November 7	at New York Giants	L 16–23	5–3	MetLife Stadium	Recap
10	November 14	Kansas City Chiefs	L 14–41	5–4	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
11	November 21	Cincinnati Bengals	L 13–32	5–5	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
12	November 25	at Dallas Cowboys	W 36–33 (OT)	6–5	AT&T Stadium	Recap
13	December 5	Washington Football Team	L 15–17	6–6	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
14	December 12	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 9–48	6–7	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
15	December 20	at Cleveland Browns	W 16–14	7–7	FirstEnergy Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	Denver Broncos	W 17–13	8–7	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
17	January 2	at Indianapolis Colts	W 23–20	9–7	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
18	January 9	Los Angeles Chargers	W 35–32 (OT)	10–7	Allegiant Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(2) Kansas City Chiefs	12	5	0	.706	5–1	7–5	480	364	W1
(5) Las Vegas Raiders	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	374	439	W4
Los Angeles Chargers	9	8	0	.529	3–3	6–6	474	459	L1
Denver Broncos	7	10	0	.412	1–5	3–9	335	322	L4

Conference

AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division winners
1[a]	Tennessee Titans	South	12	5	0	.706	5–1	8–4	.472	.480	W3
2[a]	Kansas City Chiefs	West	12	5	0	.706	5–1	7–5	.538	.517	W1
3	Buffalo Bills	East	11	6	0	.647	5–1	7–5	.472	.428	W4
4	Cincinnati Bengals	North	10	7	0	.588	4–2	8–4	.472	.462	L1
Wild cards
5[b]	Las Vegas Raiders	West	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	.510	.515	W4
6[b]	New England Patriots	East	10	7	0	.588	3–3	8–4	.481	.394	L1
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	9	7	1	.559	4–2	7–5	.521	.490	W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[c]	Indianapolis Colts	South	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.495	.431	L2
9[c][d]	Miami Dolphins	East	9	8	0	.529	4–2	6–6	.464	.379	W1
10[c][d]	Los Angeles Chargers	West	9	8	0	.529	3–3	6–6	.510	.500	L1
11[e]	Cleveland Browns	North	8	9	0	.471	3–3	5–7	.514	.415	W1
12[e]	Baltimore Ravens	North	8	9	0	.471	1–5	5–7	.531	.460	L6
13	Denver Broncos	West	7	10	0	.412	1–5	3–9	.484	.357	L4
14[f]	New York Jets	East	4	13	0	.235	0–6	4–8	.512	.426	L2
15[f]	Houston Texans	South	4	13	0	.235	3–3	4–8	.498	.397	L2
16	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	3	14	0	.176	1–5	3–9	.512	.569	W1
Tiebreakers[g]
Tennessee finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory. Las Vegas finished ahead of New England based on win percentage in common games. Indianapolis finished ahead of Miami and Los Angeles based on conference record. Miami finished ahead of LA Chargers based on win percentage in common games. Cleveland finished ahead of Baltimore based on division record. NY Jets finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head victory. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

See also: 2021–22 NFL playoffs

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
Wild Card	January 15	at Cincinnati Bengals (4)	L 19–26	0–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap