2021 Baltimore Ravens season

The 2021 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 26th season in the National Football League and their fourteenth under head coach John Harbaugh.

2021 Baltimore Ravens season
Owner	Steve Bisciotti
Head coach	John Harbaugh
General manager	Eric DeCosta
Home field	M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record	8–9
Division place	4th AFC North
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	TE Mark Andrews RS Devin Duvernay QB Lamar Jackson FB Patrick Ricard K Justin Tucker
AP All-Pros	TE Mark Andrews (1st team) RS Devin Duvernay (1st team) K Justin Tucker (1st team)
Team MVP	Mark Andrews
Uniform
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Draft

Main article: 2021 NFL Draft

2021 Baltimore Ravens Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	27	Rashod Bateman	WR	Minnesota
	31	Odafe Oweh	OLB	Penn State
3	94	Ben Cleveland	OG	Georgia
	104	Brandon Stephens	CB	SMU
4	131	Tylan Wallace	WR	Oklahoma State
5	160	Shaun Wade	CB	Ohio State
	171	Daelin Hayes	OLB	Notre Dame
	184	Ben Mason	FB	Michigan

Regular season

Schedule

The Ravens' 2021 schedule was announced on May 12.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 13	at Las Vegas Raiders	L 27–33 (OT)	0–1	Allegiant Stadium	Recap
2	September 19	Kansas City Chiefs	W 36–35	1–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
3	September 26	at Detroit Lions	W 19–17	2–1	Ford Field	Recap
4	October 3	at Denver Broncos	W 23–7	3–1	Empower Field at Mile High	Recap
5	October 11	Indianapolis Colts	W 31–25 (OT)	4–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
6	October 17	Los Angeles Chargers	W 34–6	5–1	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
7	October 24	Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–41	5–2	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
8	Bye
9	November 7	Minnesota Vikings	W 34–31 (OT)	6–2	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
10	November 11	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–22	6–3	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
11	November 21	at Chicago Bears	W 16–13	7–3	Soldier Field	Recap
12	November 28	Cleveland Browns	W 16–10	8–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
13	December 5	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 19–20	8–4	Heinz Field	Recap
14	December 12	at Cleveland Browns	L 22–24	8–5	FirstEnergy Stadium	Recap
15	December 19	Green Bay Packers	L 30–31	8–6	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–41	8–7	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
17	January 2	Los Angeles Rams	L 19–20	8–8	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
18	January 9	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–16 (OT)	8–9	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Division

AFC North
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(4) Cincinnati Bengals	10	7	0	.588	4–2	8–4	460	376	L1
(7) Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	1	.559	4–2	7–5	343	398	W2
Cleveland Browns	8	9	0	.471	3–3	5–7	349	371	W1
Baltimore Ravens	8	9	0	.471	1–5	5–7	387	392	L6

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.