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2021 Washington Football Team season

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2021 Washington Football Team season
OwnerDaniel Snyder
PresidentJason Wright
Head coachRon Rivera
General managerMartin Mayhew
Offensive coordinatorScott Turner
Defensive coordinatorJack Del Rio
Home fieldFedExField
Results
Record7–10
Division place3rd NFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersOG Brandon Scherff
DT Jonathan Allen
Uniform

The 2021 season was the 90th season for the Washington Football Team and their second under head coach Ron Rivera.

2021 Washington Football Team Draft
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 19 Jamin Davis LB Kentucky
2 51 Sam Cosmi T Texas
3 74 Benjamin St-Juste CB Minnesota from San Francisco
82 Dyami Brown WR North Carolina
4 124 John Bates TE Boise State
5 163 Darrick Forrest SS Cincinnati
6 225 Camaron Cheeseman LS Michigan from Philadelphia
7 240 William Bradley-King DE Baylor
246 Shaka Toney DE Penn State
258 Dax Milne WR BYU from Miami

Schedule

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Regular season

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 12 Los Angeles Chargers L 16–20 0–1 FedExField Recap
2 September 16 New York Giants W 30–29 1–1 FedExField Recap
3 September 26 at Buffalo Bills L 21–43 1–2 Highmark Stadium Recap
4 October 3 at Atlanta Falcons W 34–30 2–2 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap
5 October 10 New Orleans Saints L 22–33 2–3 FedExField Recap
6 October 17 Kansas City Chiefs L 13–31 2–4 FedExField Recap
7 October 24 at Green Bay Packers L 10–24 2–5 Lambeau Field Recap
8 October 31 at Denver Broncos L 10–17 2–6 Empower Field at Mile High Recap
9 Bye
10 November 14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 29–19 3–6 FedExField Recap
11 November 21 at Carolina Panthers W 27–21 4–6 Bank of America Stadium Recap
12 November 29 Seattle Seahawks W 17–15 5–6 FedExField Recap
13 December 5 at Las Vegas Raiders W 17–15 6–6 Allegiant Stadium Recap
14 December 12 Dallas Cowboys L 20–27 6–7 FedExField Recap
15 December 21 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17–27 6–8 Lincoln Financial Field Recap
16 December 26 at Dallas Cowboys L 14–56 6–9 AT&T Stadium Recap
17 January 2 Philadelphia Eagles L 16–20 6–10 FedExField Recap
18 January 9 at New York Giants W 22–7 7–10 MetLife Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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Division

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NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(3) Dallas Cowboys 12 5 0 .706 6–0 10–2 530 358 W1
(7) Philadelphia Eagles 9 8 0 .529 3–3 7–5 444 385 L1
Washington Football Team 7 10 0 .412 2–4 6–6 335 434 W1
New York Giants 4 13 0 .235 1–5 3–9 258 416 L6

Conference

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# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division winners
1[a] Green Bay Packers North 13 4 0 .765 4–2 9–3 .479 .480 L1
2[a] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 13 4 0 .765 4–2 8–4 .467 .443 W3
3[b] Dallas Cowboys East 12 5 0 .706 6–0 10–2 .488 .431 W1
4[b] Los Angeles Rams West 12 5 0 .706 3–3 8–4 .483 .409 L1
Wild cards
5 Arizona Cardinals West 11 6 0 .647 4–2 7–5 .490 .492 L1
6 San Francisco 49ers West 10 7 0 .588 2–4 7–5 .500 .438 W2
7[c] Philadelphia Eagles East 9 8 0 .529 3–3 7–5 .469 .350 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[c] New Orleans Saints South 9 8 0 .529 4–2 7–5 .512 .516 W2
9 Minnesota Vikings North 8 9 0 .471 4–2 6–6 .507 .434 W1
10[d] Washington Football Team East 7 10 0 .412 2–4 6–6 .529 .420 W1
11[d][e] Seattle Seahawks West 7 10 0 .412 3–3 4–8 .519 .424 W2
12[d][e] Atlanta Falcons South 7 10 0 .412 2–4 4–8 .472 .315 L2
13 Chicago Bears North 6 11 0 .353 2–4 4–8 .524 .373 L1
14 Carolina Panthers South 5 12 0 .294 2–4 3–9 .509 .412 L7
15 New York Giants East 4 13 0 .235 1–5 3–9 .536 .485 L6
16 Detroit Lions North 3 13 1 .206 2–4 3–9 .528 .627 W1
Tiebreakers[f]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Green Bay finished ahead of Tampa Bay based on conference record.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dallas finished ahead of LA Rams based on conference record.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Philadelphia finished ahead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Washington finished ahead of Atlanta and Seattle based on head-to-head sweep.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Seattle finished ahead of Atlanta based on win percentage in common games.
  6. 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.