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.

2021 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner	The Rooney Family
Head coach	Mike Tomlin
General manager	Kevin Colbert
Home field	Heinz Field
Results
Record	9–7–1
Division place	2nd AFC North
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Chiefs) 21–42
Pro Bowlers	2 OLB T.J. Watt DT Cameron Heyward
AP All-Pros	2 DT Cameron Heyward (1st team) EDGE T. J. Watt (1st team)
Team MVP	T.J. Watt
Team ROY	Najee Harris
Uniform
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Draft

Main article: 2021 NFL 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.^[1]

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 (OT)	3–3	Heinz Field	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 31	at Cleveland Browns	W 15–10	4–3	FirstEnergy Stadium	Recap
9	November 8	Chicago Bears	W 29–27	5–3	Heinz Field	Recap
10	November 14	Detroit Lions	T 16–16 (OT)	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	December 9	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	January 3	Cleveland Browns	W 26–14	8–7–1	Heinz Field	Recap
18	January 9	at Baltimore Ravens	W 16–13 (OT)	9–7–1	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.

Postseason

See also: 2021–22 NFL playoffs

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